Evanna Lynch

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Evanna Lynch (born August 16, 1991) is an Irish actress from Termonfeckin, County Louth, Ireland, where she lives with her father Donal, mother Marguerite and elder sisters Mairead and Emily.[1] It was revealed on February 2, 2006 that the then fourteen-year-old had been cast as Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix after her father flew her to London for the open audition for the role.[2] She began actual filming at the end of February at Leavesden Studios in London.

Lynch is a huge Harry Potter fan and, according to her family, is 'obsessed' with the series. As a younger child, Evanna would continually write to the author of the novels J. K. Rowling and, in one such letter, the youngster commented about how much she would love to act in a Harry Potter film but doubted this would happen as she lived in this sleepy little place called Termonfeckin, where nothing ever happened. And to Evanna's surprise, Rowling wrote back, "Don't be too hard on Termonfeckin; it does have a brilliant name! And I come from a very sleepy place."[1]

In 2003, aged eleven, Evanna was disappointed that she would miss the release of the novel Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix as she had been hospitalised. However, the hospital released her for a morning on the day of the launch where a local bookstore arranged for her to receive a copy that was signed by author J.K. Rowling.[3] On the day, Evanna was dressed in a Harry Potter t-shirt and having scrawled 'I love Harry Potter' down her arms. She had also painted her nails blue with Harry Potter written on every second nail and the golden snitch on every other one, as well as sporting painted-on black Harry Potter glasses.[3] Lynch's love for the novels even saw her choosing to name her cat Luna who has had several kittens, one of them named Dumbledore. Another cat she had, named Crookshanks, died in early 2006.[4].

The young actress finally had the chance to meet Rowling at the Leavesden Studios lot during the early stages of the fifth film's production. After a long chat, Rowling had one thing to say about Lynch portraying Luna: "perfect".[5] However, as Evanna is naturally a brunette, her hair had to be dyed blonde for the role of Luna.

As of September 2006, she is in Third Year at Our Lady's College, Greenhills, an all girls' Catholic school located in Drogheda, Ireland.[6] During her primary school years, she attended Cartown National School.[7] Also she is an avid reader of the Harry Potter fansite MuggleNet.[citation needed]

[edit] Trivia

  • Evanna was chosen for the role of Luna Lovegood over 15,000 other girls.
  • Once she was announced as being cast the role of Luna Lovegood, Evanna was escorted around her school grounds by two security guards.
  • As a Harry Potter fanatic she dreamed of playing the role of Luna. She and her friends even made a recording of her acting out the part and sent it to Warner Brothers but without any success.
  • Evanna has read each of the Harry Potter books 6 or 7 times.
  • Evanna has a signed copy of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix from J.K. Rowling.
  • Evanna is a vegetarian and an animal lover.
  • Her bedroom is orange and has quotes from the books written in turquoise.
  • She has in fact visited fansites about herself, though stopped shortly after due to negative comments.
  • Her father accompanied her on the trip to England for the tryouts.
  • Evanna was asked to do a screen test just a few short weeks after being asked to come back again after the tryouts.
  • She receieved a call three days after doing a screen test, saying she had gotten the part of Luna.
  • Evanna enjoys talking to the other cast members while off the set, and says that she no longer feels so nervous.
  • After being introduced to Luna's character, Evanna was positive that she[Luna] was the perfect character for her.
  • She enjoys films directed by Tim Burton.
  • The name Evanna, means young fighter in Irish and England. It means right handed in Scottish.
  • She makes beaded jewelry and made the radish earrings to be used in The Order of the Phoenix herself..[8]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b "Radio interview with Evanna Lynch's family", HPANA, 2006-02-15.
  2. ^ "Luna Lovegood role has been cast", BBC, 2006-02-02.
  3. ^ a b "First official photo of Luna Lovegood actress", HPANA, 2006-02-02.
  4. ^ Mzimba, Lizo. "Lizo's interview with Luna Lovegood", BBC, 2006-07-20.
  5. ^ "Rowling: "Evanna is perfect"", HPANA, 2006-04-05.
  6. ^ "Potter girl Evanna speaks only to the Drogheda Independent", Drogheda Independent, 2006-02-08.
  7. ^ "Evanna let out of hospital to get Potter book", Drogheda Independent, 2003-06-26.
  8. ^ "Everything Evanna: Quick Facts".

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