Helen McCrory spoke about painting with her daughter and listening to her son play guitar as the family spent lockdown together, just months before her tragic death.
The Peaky Blinders star, 52, passed away after a heroic battle with cancer, her husband Damian Lewis, 50, announced on Friday night.
During an appearance on the BBC s Coronavirus Newscast podcast last April, the mother-of-two shared candid details about how she was coping in the pandemic.
As well as soaking up the extra family time and binging TV shows, Helen admitted finding the pandemic overwhelming at times and suddenly bursting into tears .
Tragic: Helen McCrory spoke about painting with her daughter and listening to her son play guitar as she spent lockdown with her family, months before her death (pictured in 2019)
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Helen McCrory swore friends to secrecy as she dealt heroically with her gruelling cancer treatment while continuing to carry out charity work just weeks before her death aged 52, a colleague revealed today.
Carrie Cracknell, who directed Helen McCrory in a stage production of Medea, said the actress wanted to keep her illness secret to avoid it becoming a focus over her professional life and philanthropy.
The Peaky Blinders and Harry Potter star appeared on TV to promote the Prince s Trust only six weeks before her death, and shared her secret struggle with very, very few people , according to Cracknell.
The actress died aged 52 after a secret battle with cancer
Helen, who was married to actor Damian Lewis, died at home peacefully surrounded by family
Lewis said she died as she lived. Fearlessly. We know how lucky we are to have had her in our lives
McCrory s heartbroken family had not publicly announced news of her heroic battle with cancer
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