Helen McCrory has passed away at the age of 52. 

McCrory was known in part for her role as Evelyn Poole, aka Madame Kali, a practitioner of the dark arts of the occult and leader of a coven of "nightcomers" in the Showtime series Penny Dreadful. In this compilation of scenes from Season 2, we see her luxuriating in her villainy as she manipulates Ferdinand Lyle (Simon Russell Beale) and schemes against Vanessa Ives.

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