McCrory won Third Prize at the Ian Charleson Awards for her 1993 performance as Rose Trelawny in "Trelawny of the 'Wells'" at the National Theatre. In 2002 she was nominated for a London Evening Standard Theatre Award for Best Actress (for playing Elena in Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" at the Donmar Warehouse). She was later nominated for a 2006 Laurence Olivier Theatre Award for her role as Rosalind in "As You Like It" in London's West End. In April 2008, she made a "compelling" Rebecca West in a production of Ibsen's "Rosmersholm" at the Almeida Theatre, London.