Evanna Lynch (born 16 August 1991) is an Irish actress from Termonfeckin, County Louth, Ireland. She lives with her father Donal, mother Marguerite, elder sisters Mairead and Emily, and younger brother Patrick. It was revealed on 2 February 2006 that the then fourteen-year-old had been cast as Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix after her father flew her to London for the open audition for the role, beating nearly 15,000 girls in the auditions. She began actual filming at the end of February at Leavesden Studios in England. |