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Katie Leung
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 Leung at the Harry Potter & the Goblet of Fire Tokyo premiere |
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| Born | Katie Liu Leung 8 August 1987 Motherwell, Scotland |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2005-present |
Katie Liu Leung (traditional Chinese: 梁佩詩; simplified Chinese: 梁佩诗; pinyin: Liáng Pèishī; Cantonese Yale: Lèuhng Pui-sī; born 8 August 1987) is a Scottish actress, best known for playing Cho Chang in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
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Biography
Personal life
Leung was born in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire to Peter, who was a businessman, and Kar Wai Li Leung, who works in a law firm. Her parents are now divorced, and she currently resides with her father, two brothers, and a sister in Battersea, South London.123 Her father owns a successful Chinese restaurant named Regent in Glasgow and a Chinese wholesale firm named Jade Palace Trading. She attended one of Scotland's most prestigious private schools, Hamilton College. She had delayed plans to go to art college and university in order to film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Currently, she is attending University of the Arts London.
On set of Order of the Phoenix Leung became good friends with fellow actresses Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley), Evanna Lynch (Luna Lovegood) and Afshan Azad (Padma Patil).
Career
Leung's father saw an advertisement for a Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire casting call, and suggested she should try out. She waited four hours in line for a five-minute audition, and said that she would rather be shopping than stand in line for a role she was almost certain she wouldn't get.4 Two weeks later, she was called back for a workshop and was cast as Cho Chang, in the process beating out over 4,500 other girls for the part, among them actresses Courtney Webb and Michelle Ang.5 She stated in an interview with the Daily Record that her Scottish accent probably gave her an edge in the casting.6
She appeared in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in which she and Daniel Radcliffe (Harry) shared an on-screen kiss that received much media coverage.7
In July 2007, Leung was cast by Gold Label Records, a subsidiary of EMI in Hong Kong, to be the female lead in the music video Love Coming Home (愛回家) by Leo Ku. Leung filmed the video in London while promoting the new Harry Potter film. Leo described Leung's acting as "professional" and "mature."8
Leung played Hsui Tai in the episode "Cat Among the Pigeons" of ITV1's Agatha Christie's Poirot,19 which premiered on ITV on 21 September 2008.
Leung has contributed her voice to the video games Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. Leung confirmed that she will return as Cho Chang in the Deathly Hallows movies.10 It is unknown if she will be in part I or II (or both).
Leung has been named as Scotland's most stylish female and as the hottest Scotswoman by The Scotsman.11 She has also been featured in Teen Vogue and in Evening Standard.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2005 | Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire | Cho Chang | |
| 2007 | Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Cho Chang | Film; Video game voiceover |
| 2008 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Hsui Tai | (TV) Episode "Cat Amongst the Pigeons". ITV1 production. |
| 2009 | Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince | Cho Chang | Video game voiceover |
| 2010/2011 | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows | Cho Chang | filming |
Music videos
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2007 | Love Coming Home (愛回家) (Music Video) - Leo Ku | Girlfriend |
Awards
2008
- Best Kiss Nominee 2008 MTV Movie Awards U.S. (alongside Daniel Radcliffe)12
2007
- Scotland's Most Stylish Female13
- #80 on the Cosmogirl's Hot 100 List.
2006
- Outstanding Newcomer Award (Top 4)
- Young Scots Award
References
- ^ a b "MAILonline". http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/home/you/article-1053532/Small-screen-gems-The-young-British-actresses-watch.html. Retrieved 2009-08-12.
- ^ LAU KIT WAI. Katie casts a spell. South China Morning Post. YOUNGPOST; Pg. 1. December 11, 2005.
- ^ ANDY DOUGAN. Motherwell girl Katie steals Harry Potter 's heart; MOVIE SPECIAL Katie Leung on her dream role . . . and the big secret she had to keep for two months. Evening Times (Glasgow). NEWS; Pg. 14. November 4, 2005.
- ^ "Katie Leung interview in Scottish Daily Record confirms asking father to go shopping". http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/tm_headline=kiss-me-katie--&method=full&objectid=19331234&siteid=66633-name_page.html. Retrieved 2007-07-15.
- ^ "Katie Leung 5/2007 Interview BBC.com". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2007/07/09/katie_leung_harry_potter_5_2007_interview.shtml. Retrieved Nov.5, 2009.
- ^ Exclusive: My Broad Accent Scot Me A Job As Harry Girl - The Daily Record
- ^ See, e.g., http://www.pr-inside.com/entertainment-blog/2007/06/28/leung-praises-radcliffe-kissing/, and http://movies.commongate.com/post/Harry_Potter_s_first_kiss/
- ^ (Chinese) "基仔張秋親熱大汗疊細汗". Sina.com. 2007-07-31. http://ent.sina.com.hk/cgi-bin/news/show_news.cgi?type=pic&date=2007-07-31&id=208134&ct=pic. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
- ^ Hendry, Steve (2007-12-02). "What Katie Leung Did Again". Sunday Mail. http://www.sundaymail.co.uk/tv-showbiz-news/entertainment-news/2007/12/02/what-katie-leung-did-again-78057-20190968/. Retrieved 2007-12-02.
- ^ http://www.mugglenet.com/app/news/show/2711
- ^ Watson, Jeremy (2007-11-18), Harry Potter actress flies from Hogwarts to top of eligibles list, The Scotsman, http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/entertainment.cfm?id=1819232007, retrieved 2007-12-02
- ^ "2008 Movie Awards Winners". MTV Networks. http://www.mtv.com/ontv/movieawards/2008/. Retrieved Nov. 5, 2009.
- ^ "Awards ceremony celebrates Glasgow’s style". Glasgow City Marketing Bureau. http://www.seeglasgow.com/media-office/news-archive/july---december-2007/scottsh-style-awards-2007. Retrieved Nov.5, 2009.