1. Evanna Patricia Lynch was born on 16 August 1991 and is an Irish actress and activist.
52 Facts About Evanna Lynch
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Evanna Lynch is best known for portraying Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter film series.
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Evanna Lynch made her stage debut in Houdini as Bess Houdini, which toured the UK in 2013.
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Evanna Lynch starred in the indie drama My Name Is Emily, which premiered at the 2015 Galway Film Fleadh to critical acclaim.
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In 2017, Evanna Lynch starred in revival of Disco Pigs at the Trafalgar Theatre in London.
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Evanna Lynch went on to star in the British stage adaptation of The Omission of the Family Coleman at the Theatre Royal, Bath in 2019.
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Evanna Lynch has been involved with several non-profit organisations and launched both a vegan-themed podcast and the cruelty-free cosmetics brand Kinder Beauty Box.
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Evanna Patricia Lynch was born on 16 August 1991 to Marguerite and Donal Lynch and was raised in Termonfeckin, County Louth, on the east coast of Ireland.
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Evanna Lynch has two older sisters and a younger brother.
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Evanna Lynch's maternal uncle is Declan Kiberd, a scholar of Irish literature who is a professor at the University of Notre Dame.
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Evanna Lynch read the Harry Potter series for the first time at age eight and became a fan, reading and writing fan fiction about the series and sending letters to the author, JK Rowling.
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Evanna Lynch was educated at Cartown National School in Termonfeckin until June 2004 and then moved to Our Lady's College in Drogheda, where her father was the deputy principal.
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Evanna Lynch was hospitalised several times for anorexia, and stated that the Harry Potter novels were the only thing that could distract from her condition.
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In January 2006, Evanna Lynch auditioned at a casting call in London for the role of Luna Lovegood in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth film in the series adapted from the books.
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Evanna Lynch had never acted professionally before the Harry Potter series, her experience having been limited to school plays.
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Critics praised the performances of the supporting cast; Evanna Lynch was often singled out for acclaim: The New York Times called her performance "spellbinding", and Jane Watkins of Country Life said she "[brought] an appealing sweetness to her character that's not so developed in the book".
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Evanna Lynch voiced the character in the film's tie-in video game.
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Evanna Lynch reprised her role in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.
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Evanna Lynch's performance earned her Scream Award and Young Artist Award nominations, and she returned in the film's tie-in video game.
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The Boston Herald commented that Lynch "is still delightfully lunar," while Quickflix criticised the film, noting that "the delightful Evanna Lynch is brutally underutilised".
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Evanna Lynch reprised her role in the film's tie-in video game.
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Evanna Lynch went on to guest star as Princess Alehna in the first season finale of the Sky1 television series Sinbad.
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Evanna Lynch was cast in the 2013 indie crime drama film Monster Butler, based on the life of British serial killer and thief Archibald Hall.
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In May 2013, it was announced that Evanna Lynch was to star in the British stage production of Houdini, which toured the UKfrom September to October 2013; Evanna Lynch portrayed Bess Houdini, the wife and assistant of magician Harry Houdini.
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Evanna Lynch appeared alongside Harry Potter co-stars James and Oliver Phelps in Danny and the Human Zoo, released on BBC One in August 2015.
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Evanna Lynch starred as the titular character in the Irish independent drama My Name Is Emily, written and directed Simon Fitzmaurice.
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From July to August 2017, Evanna Lynch starred in a revival of Enda Walsh's Disco Pigs at Trafalgar Theatre.
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Evanna Lynch appeared in a cameo role in Jason Mewes' directorial debut Madness in the Method.
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On 12 September 2018, Evanna Lynch was announced as one of the celebrities to compete on season 27 of ABC's Dancing with the Stars.
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Motsepe and Evanna Lynch made it to the show's finale, finishing in third place.
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Evanna Lynch lent her voice to Nickelodeon productions Middle School Moguls in 2019 and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in 2020.
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Evanna Lynch narrated the story The Fountain of Fair Fortune from the audiobook adaptation of The Tales of Beedle the Bard, an in-universe book of Wizarding World children's stories written by Rowling.
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Evanna Lynch thought she would be "set for life" after her role as Luna Lovegood but found getting work as an actor was difficult.
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In 2022, Evanna Lynch launched a podcast called Just Beings with psychologist Melanie Joy.
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Evanna Lynch voiced the lead character in the 2024 animated film My Freaky Family.
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Evanna Lynch has been cast to play Lucia Joyce in the film James and Lucia, a project by Robert Mullan about writer James Joyce and his daughter Lucia that was originally planned to film in 2018 with Aidan Gillen as James.
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Evanna Lynch has participated in charity work, including with the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Ireland, in which she launched their MS Readathon fundraiser in 2010.
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Evanna Lynch is a member of the Board of Advisors for the non-profit organisation, the Harry Potter Alliance.
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Evanna Lynch contributed an essay to the 2018 book Feminists Don't Wear Pink and Other Lies, curated by Scarlett Curtis, whose royalties went to the United Nations charity Girl Up.
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Evanna Lynch said that her activism is mostly done "in my free time as a way to give back and a way to right the world".
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In 2015, Evanna Lynch was the first person to sign the petition against live export in the On Cow tour, an event organised by Compassion in World Farming which visited eight cities in the European Union.
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In 2017, Evanna Lynch narrated the short documentary iAnimal by Animal Equality, dealing with the dairy industry.
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In October 2019, Evanna Lynch was announced as a Lovie Award winner for her activism.
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In November 2017, Evanna Lynch founded the podcast The ChickPeeps, co-hosted by Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix actor Robbie Jarvis, Surfers Against Sewage representative Momoko Hill, and Protego Foundation founder Tylor Starr.
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In November 2018, Evanna Lynch co-founded, along with American actress Daniella Monet, the vegan and cruelty-free make-up and beauty care box Kinder Beauty Box.
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Evanna Lynch stated in a 2018 interview that she has not lived in Ireland since age 18, and previously lived in Los Angeles for five years.
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In 2007, Evanna Lynch began a relationship with her Harry Potter cast member and ChickPeeps co-host Robbie Jarvis.
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Evanna Lynch did not make the relationship public until 2015, when she posted photos of herself and Jarvis to Instagram.
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Evanna Lynch has worked to promote healthy self-esteem and body image in young girls because of her previous experiences with the eating disorder anorexia nervosa.
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Evanna Lynch wrote an essay, "Why the Body Bind is My Nightmare", where she described her emotional struggle with her appearance and how she managed to overcome it through allusions pertaining to the Harry Potter series.
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Evanna Lynch has said that her favourite book is Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix "no matter what pretentious answer I give you".
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Evanna Lynch loves knitting, reading and "[dangling] off any circus apparatus within reach", as well as dancing and circus arts.