Katie Lung is an actress from Scotland who got a role in films about Harry Potter back in her 18 years. She owns the role of Zhou Chang. Previously, she took part only in stage productions, which were welcomed with a bang in the school where she studied.
Actress Biography
Katie Lung was born in August 1987. Katie's family is quite wealthy. Her mother, Kar Wai Lee Lung, was a practicing neurologist, and dad Peter was a lawyer and businessman. The family broke up, and after the divorce of the parents, the girl was left with her father, sister and two younger brothers. Her father is a fairly wealthy man, he himself comes from Hong Kong, he has a hotel and a shop at his disposal, and in Glasgow he has a restaurant, it is worth mentioning that he has a well-developed wholesale trade in Chinese food. The girl has a fairly common Scottish name Katie. The girl is not very tall - only 164 cm, but this did not stop her from making an acting career. According to the zodiac sign, she is Leo. The most important thing, perhaps, is that the father instilled in the girl a love of cinema and supported in all her endeavors. If a girl has a free minute, she loves to play the piano and draw. According to the versions of The Scotsman and Teen Vogue magazines, the actress has an attractive appearance that many males like. Photo Katie Lyung can be seen in this article.
Casting for the role in the movie Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
One day, Katie's father, looking at the ads, saw an advertisement for the casting in the now famous film “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”. He invited his daughter to try on the role of girlfriend of the protagonist Harry Potter Zhou Chang. Katie was just sure that she would not get this role, because the lineup for the casting was huge, she waited her turn for four hours. The audition lasted only 5 minutes, on it the actress felt like an ordinary trading stand, because 4,500 other girls came to try themselves, who also really wanted to get this role. But very little time passed, and the phone rang and she was invited to this role. Katie Lung herself in an interview with the Daily Record said that apparently the Scottish accent played a role in the casting.
Movie shooting
Katie appears in other parts of the Harry Potter movie. It was with Zhou Chang that the main character Harry Potter had his first kiss in the fifth part of the picture. However, the relationship between the characters ends very quickly. And in the sixth film Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, filmed in 2009, Katie Lung appears in the smallest episodes. In this part, the actress already acts as the former lover of Harry Potter.
Other movie roles
Katie starred not only in films with Harry Potter. In 2008, the movie “Poirot Agatha Christie” was released. In the film, Katie Lung plays the role of Sui Tai in episode 2 of Season 11 of The Cat Among the Pigeons. In 2014, the actress starred in the mini-series, which consists of only 4 episodes of "Run" - Nui-In. In the same year, in episode 8 of Season 2, “The Prize of Colonel Gerard,” Katie gets the role of Jia-li-Gerard. In 2018, the actress managed to play herself in the movie Leading Lady Parts.
Actress Awards
Katie has various awards: "Young Scot" and the best newcomer (newcomer) (Top 4). Also, quite unexpectedly, the girl receives the award for the best kiss with Daniel Radcliffe. In 2007, she became the most stylish girl in Scotland.