Facts:
Beat out over 3,000 girls to make her debut as
"Cho Chang" in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Parents are Kar Wai Li & Peter Leung (divorced)
Attended Hamilton College, a prestigious £5000-a-year
private school in located in Hamilton, Scotland. Since finishing school
in May 2005, Katie wants to either study art at university or embark
on an acting career.
Author J.K. Rowling insisted that the actress
to play "Cho" had to be a complete unknown.
According to her father, she had never been in
a school play and went for the audition "on a whim"...
Her dad runs a successful restaurant in Glasgow
& a thriving Chinese food wholesale business
She achieved pass results in English, moths, chemistry,
biology and art in her Highers (Scottish high school exams).
Can speak Cantonese (Chinese dialect)
If she could be given any magical power, Katie
says she would like to be able to read boys' minds.
Personal quotes
[On acting]
"I wouldn't want to be in a film because I'm
Asian. I want to get respect as an actress."
[On hate sites regarding her and her role in Harry Potter]
"This kind of stuff is inevitable because Dan
has so many female fans - millions of them - so I'm nor surprised some
of them don't like me. But I don't think it's all based on jealousy.
I'm not going to satisfy everyone's preconceptions of Cho."
[On playing Cho]
"If this turns out to be my only film then
I think it would be pretty cool to be known as Harry Potter's first
crush."
"During the scene of the Yule Ball, the ground was very slippery
and I was wearing high heels and I slipped but good thing I grabbed
onto Robert so I didn't fall and good thing the cameras weren't where
we were yet. Oh, that was so embarrassing!"
"I always had a problem with shyness at school and would never
stick my hand up in class if I was stuck at something. I didn't want
to be the center of attention; all those eyes looking at me would have
made me really nervous. I guess actresses use that adrenalin and it
makes them do it better. Does that sound really stupid?
Filmography:
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
(2007) – in progress
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) –
released
... as Cho Chang
Fan sites:
KatieLeungFan.com
