Katie Leung
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Katie Liu Leung 8 August 1987 Motherwell, Scotland, UK |
| Residence | Motherwell, Scotland, UK |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 2005–present |
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| Traditional Chinese | 梁佩詩 | ||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 梁佩诗 | ||||||||||||
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| Hanyu Pinyin | Liáng Pèishī |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Yale Romanization | Lèuhng Pui-sī |
| Jyutping | loeng4 pui3 si1 |
Katie Liu Leung (born 8 August 1987) is a Scottish television and stage actress. She is known for playing Cho Chang, first love interest for lead character Harry Potter, in the Harry Potter film series. In 2012, Leung made her stage debut in the play Wild Swans. Leung has an interest in painting and photography and studied art and design at the University of the Arts, London.
Leung was born in Motherwell, North Lanarkshire to Peter, a businessman, and Kar Wai Li Leung, who works in a law firm. She is of Chinese descent. Her parents divorced. An immigrant from Hong Kong, her father owns a restaurant and a Chinese food wholesale firm. She attended secondary school at Hamilton College, South Lanarkshire.
Leung's father saw an advertisement for a Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire casting call, and suggested she should try out. She waited four hours in line for a five-minute audition, despite feeling she had little likelihood of obtaining the role, Two weeks later, she was called back for a workshop and was cast as Cho Chang, beating out over 3,000 other girls for the part. In retrospect, she stated in an interview with the Daily Record that her Scottish accent probably gave her an advantage in the casting, as the casting director asked the girls who attended the audition, "Is there anyone here from Scotland?", to which only Leung raised her hand. In a 2011 interview, Leung said her fondest memory of the Harry Potter experience was the first audition, because both her parents, who were separated at the time, went with her. "It was a really nice moment because my parents hadn't seen each other for a long, long time," Leung said. In an effort to heavily promote Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Warner Bros. sent Leung to China in the film's second week of release, which was unusual for a market not used to frequent celebrity visits.
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