![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/damian-lewis-felt-drained-after-his-beloved-wife-helen-mccrorys-death/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/0_1MIRROR-main-1200x675-1.jpg&description=Actress Helen McCrory died in April 2021 after a battle with cancer, leaving behind husband and actor Damian Lewis and two childrenDamian Lewis says Helen McCrory was 'fabulous human being' Homeland actor Damian Lewis said he was drained and exhausted for "four or five months" after the death of his wife Helen McCrory last year. Acclaimed theatre and screen actress Helen, who was known for playing powerful women such as Shelby family matriarch Aunt Polly in the BBC gang drama Peaky Blinders and Narcissa Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, died in April 2021 aged 52 following a battle with cancer. Damian, 51, described losing his wife of more than a decade, with whom he shares two children, as both a 'creative' and 'difficult and sad' time in his life. Homeland actor Damian Lewis said he was drained and exhausted for "four or five months" after the death of his wife Helen McCrory last year ( Dave Benett/Getty Images) Damian described living with cancer and supporting a loved one as 'physically draining' and 'semi-grieving', as Helen fought her cancer for four-and-a-half years. "They say that the first day of diagnosis of an illness that could be terminal is your first day of grief. You are in a state of semi-grief while the person is still alive because there is always the sense that something might go wrong at any point," he told The Times magazine. "There's a hyper-alertness and you are incredibly present and charged at all times. You're on a sort of war footing. You've got something to deal with that gives you great focus. Everything is going into getting that person better." He added: "Until the moment of death you're fully engaged in living the best possible life that can be lived for the person dying, and for you as a family and for the children. It takes an enormous amount of energy. So the collapse in death, the exhaustion, comes with that." Lewis has returned to acting in his first role since Helen's death ( Tim P. Whitby/Getty Images for B) Damian has since g){kind=link}
Actress Helen McCrory died in April 2021 after a battle with cancer, leaving behind husband and actor Damian Lewis and two children
Homeland actor Damian Lewis said he was drained and exhausted for “four or five months” after the death of his wife Helen McCrory last year.
Acclaimed theatre and screen actress Helen, who was known for playing powerful women such as Shelby family matriarch Aunt Polly in the BBC gang drama Peaky Blinders and Narcissa Malfoy in the Harry Potter films, died in April 2021 aged 52 following a battle with cancer.
Damian, 51, described losing his wife of more than a decade, with whom he shares two children, as both a ‘creative’ and ‘difficult and sad’ time in his life.
Damian described living with cancer and supporting a loved one as ‘physically draining’ and ‘semi-grieving’, as Helen fought her cancer for four-and-a-half years.