From attending Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry to being one of the newest ladies in the ton, Harry Potter star Katie Leung can do it all!
In 2005, the Scottish actress burst onto the scene when she portrayed Cho Chang in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. At first, she was Cedric Diggory’s girlfriend, but she became Harry’s crush after Cedric was killed by Lord Voldemort during the Triwizard Tournament.
Losing Cedric crushed Cho, and she became determined to avenge his death by joining Dumbledore’s Army — the unofficial group of students training to fight (and beat) the Dark Lord.
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Leung reprised her role as Cho Chang in three more Harry Potter movies: The Order of the Phoenix (2007), The Half-Blood Prince (2009), The Deathly Hallows Part 1 (2010), and The Deathly Hallows Part 2 (2011). However, her first professional film role is still the role for which she is most well-known.
However, Ms. Leung will soon be moving from the hills of Hogwarts to the City of London, and stepping back in time to do it!
Leung has been cast as Lady Araminta Gun in season four of the hit Netflix show Bridgerton. The show, which is based on the novels by Julia Quinn, will focus on Benedict Bridgerton, played by Luke Thompson. The first season focused on Daphne Bridgerton, the second told Anthony Bridgerton’s story, and the third season centered on Colin Bridgerton and Penelope Featherington.
According to Netflix and the book series, Lady Araminta has been married twice and widowed twice. She has returned to the ton to introduce her two daughters — Rosamund Li and Posy Li — to society, as they are now ready to find their match. Lady Araminta is also “fabulous, discerning and blunt” and “does not respond well” when something “threatens her standing in society.”
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Also joining Bridgerton season four of the popular show is Halo star Yerin Ha. Ha will be playing Sophie Baek, Benedict’s love interest whom he meets at his mother, Violet Bridgerton’s, masquerade ball.
We do not know when season four of Bridgerton will be released on Netflix. Typically, the seasons are two years apart, with the first season premiering in 2022, season two in 2022, and season three in 2024. Although this has always been the case, fans are still begging the studio not to take so long to release the upcoming season.
Bridgerton stars Jonathan Bailey as Anthony Bridgerton, Nicola Coughlan as Penelope Featherington, Luke Newton as Colin Bridgerton, Ruth Gemmell as Violet Bridgerton, Polly Walker as Lady Portia Featherington, and Adjoa Andoh as Lady Danbury.
In 2023, Netflix released the hit spinoff, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, which starred India Amarteifio as young Queen Charlotte and Golda Rosheuvel as the Queen Charlotte we see in Bridgerton.
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