From Hogwarts to High Society! First glimpse of actress Katie Leung in new Bridgerton role

By CLAIRE ELLIOT FOR THE SCOTTISH DAILY MAIL and MAILONLINE REPORTER

Published: 19:20 GMT, 16 February 2025 | Updated: 23:20 GMT, 16 February 2025

She once cast a spell over audiences as Harry Potter’s on-screen girlfriend.

Now Katie Leung has ditched the Ravenclaw robes she wore as Hogwarts student Cho Chang for a more elegant ballgown.

Fans have been given the first glimpse of the Dundee-born actress is her latest role as Lady Araminta Gao in Netflix series Bridgerton.

Pictured wearing an elaborate black grown and shielding her eyes with a black masquerade ball, she looks every bit the aristocrat, as makes her mark in the latest version of this period drama.

Leung, plays the twice-married and twice-widowed aristocrat, who is debuting her two daughters, Rosamund Li, played by Michelle Mao, and Posy Li, played by Isabella Wei, in the hope of marrying them off to wealthy men.

The series will follow the love life of Benedict Bridgerton, played by Luke Thompson, and Lady Araminta’s attempts to pair one of her daughters with him.

(L-R) Isabella Wei as Posy Li, Katie Leung as Lady Araminta Gao and Michelle Mao as Rosamund Li in Bridgerton

Dundee-born Katie Leung first gained fame for playing Cho Chang, Harry Potter’s first love interest in the Harry Potter film series

Discussing her latest role, Leung touched on the fact that Harry Potter fans might find it difficult to see her playing a mother to teenage daughters when she herself is only 37 in real life.

Leung told website Refinery29: ‘In the Regency Era, [women] would have been married off in their teens so it’s perfectly plausible that I would have teens.’

And discussing her character’s cunning nature, she said: ‘I would never call her evil because I adore her — I think she’s absolutely fabulous. 

‘She’s just heavily misunderstood.’

It’s also clear that the costumes in the show have been one of the benefits for Leung, who hinted her character has a fashion sense that is second to none.

She said: ‘But if there’s anything that I can say, I mean, the costumes. They’re always brilliant on that show, but hers are something else.’

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From Hogwarts to High Society! First glimpse of actress Katie Leung in new Bridgerton role

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