Biography
Birth Name Katie Liu Leung
Nickname KattBirth date
Birth date August 8, 1987
Birth place Motherwell, Scotland, UK
Height 5' 4½" (1.64 m)
Occupation Actress and Student
Years active 2004 – present
Life and Career
Katie Liu Leung was born in Scotland to Peter and Kar Wai Li Leung, who are now divorced. She lives at home with her father, two brothers and one sister. She is currently attending one of Scotland's most prestigious private schools, Hamilton College.
Leung was born in Motherwell, Lanarkshire to Peter, who was a businessman, and Kar Wai Li Leung, who works in a law firm. Her parents are now divorced. An immigrant from Hong Kong, her father owns a Chinese restaurant named Regent in Glasgow and a Chinese wholesale firm named Jade Palace Trading.
Katie's father saw an advertisement for a casting call and suggested Katie try out. Katie objected when she saw the length of the line at the casting auditions and said she'd rather go shopping. She waited for a total of 4 hours before she got in. The audition for her only took 5 minutes and the next two weeks, she got called in for a workshop and from then on, she got the part as Cho Chang.
Career
Katie Liu Leung is a Scottish actress, best known for playing Cho Chang in the Harry Potter film series. She returned for a brief role in the video game Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince.
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, and said that she would rather be shopping than stand in line for a role she was almost certain she wouldn't get. Two weeks later, she was called back for a workshop and was cast as Cho Chang, in the process beating out over 4,500 other girls for the part. She stated in an interview with the Daily Record that her Scottish accent probably gave her an edge in the casting. At the start of the of the auditions, the casting director asked, "Is there anyone here from Scotland?" 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.
She appeared in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in which she and Daniel Radcliffe (Harry) shared an on-screen kiss that received much media coverage.
Leung has contributed her voice to the video games Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. In July 2009, Leung confirmed that she will return as Cho Chang in the Deathly Hallows movies. It is confirmed that she will appear in the part II of the final film.
Katie Leung might not be doing any big things as Cho Chang in the Harry Potter films anymore, but she is still making the rounds as a up and coming fashionista. She reminds me of Rachel Bilson, in the way that she hasn’t done much, but people think she’s cute and dresses well. I thought she made a cute wizard as well.
Other work
In July 2007, Leung was cast by Gold Label Records, a subsidiary of EMI in Hong Kong, to be the female lead in the music video Love Coming Home (愛回家) by Leo Ku. Leung filmed the video in London while promoting the new Harry Potter film. Ku described Leung's acting as "professional" and "mature."
Leung played Hsui Tai in the episode "Cat Among the Pigeons" of ITV1's Agatha Christie's Poirot, which premiered on ITV on 21 September 2008.
Leung has been named as Scotland's most stylish female and as the hottest Scotswoman by The Scotsman. She has also been featured in Teen Vogue and in Evening Standard.
Personal life
Leung delayed plans to go to art college and university in order to film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Leung has said she is undecided about pursuing an acting career after Harry Potter and wishes to attend university to study art and design. In 2007, she helped The Prince's Trust charity of Scotland raise £100,000 by launching a children's art competition and also donated one of her own paintings which was auctioned for £960. In 2008, she attended University of the Arts London. Leung has expressed a passion for photography. In 2009, she was one of two celebrities who donated a photo to Sightsavers International's i:click 2009 competition. Sightsavers International is a charitable organisation to combat blindness in poor countries.
Despite having experienced a great deal of international influence, traveling to promote Harry Potter and visiting relatives in Hong Kong, Leung has said “I feel very Scottish." Leung still lives in Motherwell where she was born.
Year Title
2005 Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
2007 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
2008 Agatha Christie's Poirot Hsui Tai (TV) Episode
2009 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Music videos
Year Title Role Notes
2007 Love Coming Home (愛回家) (Music Video) - Leo Ku Girlfriend
Awards
2008 * Best Kiss Nominee 2008 MTV Movie Awards U.S.
2007 * Scotland's Most Stylish Female
2006 * Outstanding Newcomer Award (Top 4)
* Young Scots Award
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