Evanna Lynch - Fast Facts
Name: Evanna Meghan Lynch
Age: 17
Birthday: August 16th 1991
Star Sign: Leo
Chinese Zodiac Sign: Goat
Height: 5ft (about 153 cm)
Hair: Blonde
Eyes: Blue
Location: Termonfeckin, Ireland
Parents: Marguerite and Donal
Siblings: Elder sisters Mairead and Emily, and younger brother Patrick.
(according to wikipedia)
School: Third Year, Our Lady's College Greenhills [Drogheda, Ireland]
Pets: Cats -- Luna and her kitten Dumbledore plus other kittens.
Trivia
- Evanna was chosen for the role of Luna Lovegood over 15,000 other girls.
- As a Harry Potter fanatic she dreamed of playing the role of Luna.
- She and her friends even made a recording of her acting out the part and sent it to Warner Brothers but without any success.
- When Evanna Lynch was younger she once wrote a letter to J.K. Rowling regarding her low hopes of being
cast as Luna in the films because she is from Termonfeckin.
Jo's response read "Don't be too hard on Termonfeckin; it does have a brilliant name".
- Jo is aware and "quite amazed" at the excellent coincidence.
- Evanna has read each of the Harry Potter books 6 or 7 times.
- On the Order of the Phoenix book release day unfortunately Evanna was in hospital,
her parents managed to get permission to take her out so she could queue up for her copy of the book.
- She has a pet cat called Luna who has had kittens, one whom she has named Dumbledore.
She used to have a cat called Crookshanks, but unfortunately he is now dead.
- Evanna's bedroom is orange and has quotes from the books written in turquoise.
- She received a call three days after doing a screen test, saying she had gotten the part of Luna.
- Evanna enjoys talking to the other cast members while off the set, and says that she no longer feels so nervous.
- After being introduced to Luna's character, Evanna was positive that Luna was the perfect character for her.
- She enjoys films directed by Tim Burton.
- She makes beaded jewelry and made the radish earrings to be used in The Order of the Phoenix herself.
