Biography for Clémence Poésy (Fleur Delacour)

Date of Birth

30 November 1982, Meudon, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Birth Name

Clemence Guichard

Height

5' 7" (1.70 m)

Mini Biography

Born Clémence Guichard in Meudon, France, to Étienne Guichard and a French teacher mother, Poésy took her mother's maiden name as her stage name. Her father gave Poésy her first acting job when she was 14; she had two lines. She has a younger sister, Maëlle, who is also an actress.

Since leaving La Source, the bilingual and alternative school she attended, at the age of 16, she has studied drama at CNSAD, the Atelier International de Blanche Salant et Paul Weavor, and the University of Nanterre, and appeared in a number of French film, television, and stage roles. Her first English-speaking role was in the BBC mini-series Gunpowder, Treason & Plot where she played Mary I of Scotland.

She is currently filming the feature film La Troisième partie du monde, and slated to appear in the sci-fi film Tender Interface.

A Clémence Guichard play the character of Fleur Isabelle Delacour where she is a student of Beauxbatons Academy in France, Fleur is a talented witch in the Harry Potter Series. She first appears in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, when she is selected as a champion in the prestigious Triwizard Tournament. She reappears in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Fleur is one-quarter Veela, so she, while fully magical, is not pure-blood.

Selected as one of the champions in the Triwizard Tournament for Beauxbatons, Fleur is initially aloof and unfriendly. During the second task of the Tournament she attempts to rescue her sister from The Black Lake but fails. When Harry rescues her instead, Fleur becomes much warmer towards both Harry and to Hogwarts in general.

Fleur takes last place in the Triwizard Tournament, due to disguised Death Eater Barty Crouch Jr. stunning her when she passes by the area of the maze he's watching. She later takes a job at Gringotts, where she meets Bill Weasley (although in the fourth book, we see her eyeing Bill), to whom she becomes engaged, to the initial dismay of Mrs. Weasley and Ginny.

Bill fought bravely in the first battle in Hogwarts which Fleur did not appear to fight in, near the end of Half-Blood Prince, Bill did not escape unscathed, as he was attacked by werewolf Fenrir Greyback. However, since Greyback was in his human form at the time of the attack, Bill suffered only partial lycanthropy contamination; according to Remus Lupin, who is also a werewolf, this was not enough to cause actual transformations, though Bill had apparently developed a liking for "extremely rare" steaks and was left with a deeply scarred face. The wedding plans, however, remained unchanged; Fleur declared that she didn't mind the scars while criticizing the English for overcooking their meat in any case; this attitude gained her a lot of respect from Bill's otherwise disapproving family, especially Mrs. Weasley.

In The Deathly Hallows Fleur and Bill take part in getting Harry escorted safely to The Burrow and they witnessed Mad Eye Moody get killed by Voldemort himself and they announce this to everyone else when they return to the Burrow leading everyone into shock that Mad-Eye could even be killed. The couples have their wedding at the Burrow and some guests include Luna Lovegood and her father and also Viktor Krum who was a fellow Tri-Wizard Champion along with Fleur and Harry. Death Eaters attack at their wedding reception and Harry, Ron and Hermione flee. The newlyweds later provided safe haven for Harry, Ron, Hermione, Luna Lovegood, Dean Thomas, Ollivander, and Griphook in Shell Cottage after they narrowly escaped Malfoy Manor. Both Bill and Fleur were combatants for the Order of the Phoenix during the second Battle of Hogwarts and both survived the battle and had numerous children.