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Bonnie Wright
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Born	Bonnie Francesca Wright[1] 17 February 1991 (1991-02-17) (age 19) London, England
Occupation	Actress
Years active	2001 – present

Bonnie Francesca Wright (born 17 February 1991)^[2] is an English actress. She is best known for her role as Ginny Weasley in the Harry Potter film series.

Biography

Early life

Wright was born in London, England, the daughter of Sheila Teague and Gary Wright, two jewelery designers who together run their own company, Wright & Teague. She has an older brother named Lewis. She attended the King Alfred School in North London.

Career

Wright auditioned for the role of Ginny Weasley because her brother said she reminded him of the character.^[3] Wright appears in the first film, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, only in a small scene set at London King's Cross railway station. Her role became more prominent with the second movie, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, in which her character begins studies at Hogwarts while dealing with a very powerful secret diary that begins to seize her soul and consciousness. However, Wright's role in the next film, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban was significantly smaller, but in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire she had a larger role and in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix she had a role as one of the six characters fighting in the climatic battle. Wright reprises her role in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, where her character plays a leading role as Harry Potter's main love interest.

With a bigger part she received mostly positive reviews. Variety wrote, "Bonnie Wright’s Ginny intrigues as the sort of initial plain Jane who keeps growing on you."^[4] "If someone told me eight years ago that Bonnie Wright, introduced as Ginny Weasley in the first movie, would turn into such a strong dramatic actress who could carry scenes as well as the three leads, I wouldn't have believed it,"^[5] "We know who likes who and it’s the subtleties in the performances by Radcliffe, Watson and Wright that have our hearts go out to the ones that are breaking,"^[6] and "Ginny (Bonnie Wright) in particular shines through, building on the power she gained in the last film to become an independent young woman that proves more complex with every scene."^[7]

Wright reprises her role as Ginny Weasley in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

Wright starred in two television movies: 2002's Stranded and 2004's Agatha Christie: A Life in Pictures, where she played the younger version of Agatha Christie.^[8] She was a guest on Disney's The Replacements voicing Vanessa in season two opener London Calling.

During the filming of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Wright will attend London's University of the Arts to study film and television. She plans to continue acting and to work behind the scenes after Harry Potter.^[3]

Wright signed to star in Sweat, a short film. Sweat is part of a project of five films called Geography of the Hapless Heart. She will play Mia.^[9].The movie will be released on May 15 in the UK.

Wright is interested in fashion and became ambassador and fashion supporter of the Made-by brand.

Personal life

Wright enjoys dance, art, traveling and playing musical instruments, based around the guitar, saxophone, the harmonica, piano and recorder, as well as sports including football, swimming, tennis, riding, ice skating, ringette, cycling and athletics.^[10]

Filmography

See also

• List of Harry Potter films cast members

References

External links

• Bonnie Wright at the Internet Movie Database
• Bonnie Wright Online

From Wikiquote

Bonnie Kathleen Wright (born 1991-02-17) is an English actress, perhaps best known for her role in the Harry Potter films as Ginny Weasley.

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• Well, it's magic! It's different from stories set in normal life.
  • On why she likes the Harry Potter books

• We just talked and kind of hung out.
  • On seeing Daniel, Rupert and Emma off set

• I have had a few people recognize me in public. But I wouldn't like everybody to recognize me. I can still walk across the street and not be noticed. If I was Daniel Radcliffe I think I would find it much harder to deal with.
  • On stardom

• Gryffindor! It's the best and most exciting.
  • On what house she'd like to be in at Hogwarts

• My brother thought I was a lot like Ginny and I think I'm quite like her, too.

• Working with everyone was really fun but I think overall there's always something fun about every scene but I couldn't really pick on one scene, I think everything was just great.

• "When you see [the film] sometimes you can think, Oh no, they used that bit!" says Bonnie Wright, 14, who plays Ron's little sister Ginny. "I think everyone sometimes feels intimidated by themselves when they see themselves on the screen." After all, it's hard enough figuring out who you are when you're a teenager. How much worse is it when you spend all day pretending to be someone else?
  • From TIME Magazine

• It's strange to read the books knowing that you might be doing this one day.
  • From TIME Magazine

• Erm…we'll see. Sometimes they kind of betray the script to fit into the movie and everything. It will be in the script hopefully.
  • On whether or not she's going to kiss Dan in the next film

• I saw it and I enjoyed it. For him it was definitely a good, good thing to do, because you're so easily typecast as a child actor and I think it's a good move. The play was just amazing - I was so wrapped up in it all.
  • When asked if she had seen Equus

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