Biography for Bonnie Wright (Ginny Weasley)

Date of Birth

17 February 1991, London, England, UK

Birth Name

Bonnie Kathleen Wright

Height

5' 5" (1.65 m)

Bonnie Wright was born in London to Sheila Teague and Gary Wright, two jewellery designers who together run their own company, Wright & Teague. She has an older brother named Lewis. Wright attended The King Alfred School in London, England.

Wright enjoys dance, art, traveling, and playing musical instruments like the piano, guitar, saxophone, harmonica, and recorder, as well as sports such as football, swimming, tennis, riding, ice skating, surfing and cycling.[

Bonnie is currently awaiting the results of her GCSEs which will be released on August 23rd.

Wright was originally cast as Ginny Weasley for a small scene in the first film, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001), set at King's Cross Station. Her role became more prominent with the second movie, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002), in which her character begins studies at Hogwarts while dealing with a very powerful secret diary that begins to seize her soul and consciousness. Wright's role in the third film, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), was significantly smaller, leaving her with only one line of dialogue. However, the character became a more important supporting character in the fourth and fifth films, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

Early in the series, Ginny's role is minor; she is associated with Harry mainly because she is the younger sister of Ron Weasley, Harry's best friend. Rowling depicts her as having an unrequited crush on Harry in the second book, which serves as an occasional source of comic relief, as she is incredibly bashful in his presence. Later, as the series progresses, Rowling greatly expands Ginny's role, developing her character and eventually including her as an active participant in some of Harry's adventures.

Ginny is described in the series as being small in stature, having long red hair and bright brown eyes, the same color as her mothers although, like Harry, she is portrayed with blue eyes in the movies. Rowling has described her in interviews as "a fairly forceful personality" who is "tough, not in an unpleasant way, but... gutsy". She also characterized Ginny as "funny" and "very warm and compassionate". As Ginny's character emerges, readers see evidence that she has a fierce temper and can be unkind when angered but thoughtful and comforting when sympathetic. Rowling's decision to place her in Hogwarts' Gryffindor House, the traditional home for students who value and possess courage, indicates bravery as one of her central traits. She is also one of the few characters, and the only Weasley, who can say Voldemort's name without fear.

Wright has also starred in two television movies: 2002's Stranded and 2004's Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures playing the younger version of Agatha Ginevra Molly "Ginny" Weasley is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. In the series, she is a young witch, who, like protagonist Harry Potter, was born with magical powers and attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

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