Luna Lovegood: the actress who played the heroine in "Harry Potter"

2024 Author: Leah Sherlock | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 05:25

Films about Harry Potter - the famous wizard with a lightning bolt scar on his forehead, who survived after meeting with "The One Who Must Not Be Named", has been seen by almost everyone. However, after the release of the movie, not only the main character himself, i.e. Harry Potter, became a celebrity. Luna Lovegood (the actress who played her, to be more precise) sunk into the hearts of many fans with her unusual appearance, successful acting, as well as her character - a strange, slightly crazy girl with cockroaches in her head.

Harry Potter

This series of books is known to everyone, as is the series of films. Every second person watched such a famous movie, and everyone had their favorites. Someone has Harry himself, someone has Ron Weasley, someone has Hermione Granger, someone has Luna Lovegood. The actress who played the last character did not appear in the frame immediately, but very quickly won the hearts of many viewers.

The most famous character, which is not surprising, is Harry Potter, after whom, in fact, books and films are named. One day he receives a letter saying that he is not an ordinary boy, but a real wizard. His evil aunt and uncle tried their best to hide this information from their adopted nephew, but when the time came, they were forced to let Harry go to Hogwarts - the Academy of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Potter is surprised that everyone knows him, but the truth about who he is is written on his forehead in the form of a scar after an infantile meeting with Voldemort - the most cruel and dangerous dark magician. The latter was less fortunate than the small, unthinking kid, who escaped with only a scar, he was destroyed. However, it gradually becomes apparent that he is ready to be resurrected. In every part of the book or movie, Voldemort grows stronger, and in the fourth movie (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire), "the boy who lived" and his most nemesis meet. At first, no one believes Potter, because everyone is not ready to accept the terrible truth, they are sure that Voldemort cannot rise from the dead, but a year later they are convinced of the veracity of the guy’s words, albeit not immediately. The subsequent parts of the books and films turn into a full-fledged war with "He Who Must Not Be Named", including the Great Battle of Hogwarts between the Death Eaters, minions of Voldemorath, and the teachers and students of Hogwarts and other wizards.

Luna Lovegood Appears

This one appearedan eccentric and quirky girl in the fifth part ("Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix"). The main thing for her is not logic and rationality, but imagination, faith and elements hidden from the ordinary human eye and brain. However, this does not mean that Luna is stupid, on the contrary, she is quite smart and quick-witted.

The first meeting of the main characters (Harry, Ron and Hermione) with a girl took place on the Hogwarts Express, where all the compartments, except for the one in which Luna was, were occupied. Later, the girl helped Harry, who was harmed by Draco Malfoy.

Initially, because of her peculiarities, Lovegood is lonely. Everyone avoids and dislikes her, considers her crazy, and also periodically hide her things and simply call her names. However, this does not interfere with the girl at all, moreover, she never holds a grudge against anyone, despite the persecution of fellow students, she is so kind and good. "A bit of that" even Harry Potter himself called it. Luna Lovegood is that rare specimen who absolutely does not care about the opinions of others. True, she is still noticed as a person and accepted for who she is, after the girl's entry into the "Dumbledore's Detachment". She makes friends and admirers of the opposite sex, but still the girl considers her best friends the familiar trinity, as well as Nevil and Ginny.

Luna lives with her father, as her mother died when the girl was still a small child.

Evanna Lynch

Luna Lovegood is an actress whose real name is almost forgotten thanks to her most famous role. The girl is rarewhich of the fans or just movie lovers calls Evanna Lynch, as her parents dubbed her. Evanna from now on and, it seems, for a long time - it is Luna Lovegood. The actress herself is probably aware that many do not even know her real name.

Here is the "secret" revealed. You now know that Evanna Lynch is the real name of the actress who played the much-loved weirdo character.

Biography and career

Luna Lovegood's full name is Evanna Patricia Lynch. She was born in the Irish county of Louth, in Termonfekin on August 16, 1991. Evanna has two older sisters (Emily and Mairead) and a younger brother named Patrick. Lynch suffered from anorexia from the age of 11 to 13.

Evanna studied at a closed Catholic school for girls from 2004 to 2010. In September of the same year, she entered the Institute of Education, which is located in Ireland.

2 February 2006 Casting. The girl came to London hoping to become Luna Lovegood. About 15 thousand applicants came to the casting, so the chances of success were negligible. However, it was Evanna who drew the attention of the producers. They didn't want to hire professional actresses, because most of them are too predictable, which means they won't be able to create the right image. In addition, it was important for the creators that the contenders were going not just to play Luna, but to become her.

Filmography of the actress

Evanna Lynch is an actress who played Luna Lovegood and became famous precisely because of thisroles. It is unlikely that the girl would have made it to the screen if it were not for her incredible luck, because Evanna is not a professional actress. So, in terms of filmography, of course, the Harry Potter series is a major achievement. Even though Evanna Lynch starred not in all parts, but only in the last four, these are her most successful roles at the moment. So, apart from "Harry Potter" the actress lit up:

• In the series "Sinbad" and "Top".
• In the musical "A Very Potter Senior Year", which you can hardly find in Russian, but if you know English, you can appreciate it. However, there are more songs than actions, and the actress herself appears infrequently, so you can watch without translation.
• In When Your Best Friend Is Gay.
• In the short "It Doesn't Come Easy".

Besides, in 2014, a film called "Dynamite: A Cautionary Tale" will be released, where the actress will also take part.

Luna Lovegood's impact on Evanna Lynch's life

When the girl was still a girl, a child, she already loved the Harry Potter series of books. It is unlikely that little Evanna imagined that when she grew up, she would become one of the heroines of her favorite book, not just in her fantasies, but reincarnated as her on the screen.

After the release of the films, Evanna really wanted to star in at least one part, so after the announcement of the casting for the role of Luna Lovegood, the fourteen-year-old girl immediately rushed to London to make her dream come true.

Other interesting facts

• LunaLovegood is an actress whose photo can be seen more often in her stage role than in her everyday look. Most often, viewers remember the girl not by her real name, but by the one she had in the film.
• During her anorexia, J. Rowling herself sent Evanna a letter of support. The girl, in turn, also sent letters to the writer, in which she admired the books and stated that she would never be able to act in Harry Potter. Communication between Lynch and Rowling was not limited to correspondence: after the casting, they met, and the writer called the girl ideal for the role of Luna.
• Evanna Lynch is a vegetarian.
• Evanna's real hair color is dark, so she had to dye her hair blonde for the role.

Conclusion

Now you know what Luna Lovegood is like in reality. The actress who played her is known to all connoisseurs of the film series outwardly, and now many will remember her real name. And rightly so, because a character should never replace a real person, as happens with some actors who made their way into a big movie thanks to one successful and memorable role.