Katie Leung

Quick Facts

Full Name	Katie Leung
Occupation	Movie Actress
Date Of Birth	Aug 8, 1987(1987-08-08)
Age	37
Birthplace	Motherwell
Country	Scotland
Horoscope	Leo

Katie Leung Biography

Katie Leung is one of the most popular and richest Movie Actress who was born on August 8, 1987 in Motherwell, Scotland. Scottish actress who gained notoriety for her role in the role of Cho Chang in the Harry Potter film series. After her appearance as Cho Chang in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 and Part 2, she played parts as Cho Chang in Wild Swans and Run.

She was the first screen romantic partner of She was the first on-screen kiss partner of Daniel Radcliffe..

Leung delayed plans to go to art college and university to film Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. During this period, Leung had said she was undecided about pursuing an acting career after Harry Potter and wished 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. While appearing in Wild Swans, Leung worked to complete her photography degree. On the completion of the play Leung has said she will attend the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow, where as of 2012, she was studying on the BA Acting course.

Leung has been named as Scotland’s most stylish female and as the hottest Scotswoman in 2007 by The Scotsman. She has also been featured in Teen Vogue and in Evening Standard.

Parents include Peter Leung and Kar Wai Li Leung. Her brother is called Jonathan and one sister who is named Violet.

Katie Leung Net Worth

Katie Leung is one of the richest Movie Actress from Scotland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Katie Leung 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She was a student at high school in secondary with Hamilton College.

The actress waited for four hours to get an audition of five minutes for the character as Cho Chang.

Katie Liu Leung (born 8 August 1987) is a Scottish film, television, and stage actress. She played Cho Chang, the 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.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

Katie Leung height 5 ft 5 im Katie weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.

Who is Katie Leung Dating?

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In June 2012, it was confirmed that Leung would be starring in Channel 4 four- part drama series called Run as leading character called Ying. Leung’s character Nu-Ying is an illegal Chinese immigrant who sells pirate DVDs and stolen phones on the streets of Brixton in hope of making a life for herself in the UK. But first she must pay her debts to the Snakehead gang who smuggled her into Britain.

Facts & Trivia

Katie Ranked on the list of most popular Movie Actress. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Scotland. Katie Leung celebrates birthday on August 8 of every year.

In April 2014, it was announced that Leung was to play the role of Mei, a first-born Chinese girl adopted by an American mother and British father, in the TV miniseries One Child. In the story, her character is asked to return to her birthplace, Guangzhou, when her birth mother desperately seeks her assistance in saving her son. The series is produced by BBC Drama production for BBC Two and is co-produced with Sundance TV. It was scheduled to begin production in May 2014 in London and Hong Kong and aired in February 2016. Leung received praise by Catherine Gee of The Daily Telegraph, who called her performance “beautifully understated”.

Top Facts about Katie Leung

1. Katie Leung was born August 8, 1987 in Dundee, Scotland.
2. Leung rose to fame after being cast as the titular character’s first love interest, Cho Chang, in the Harry Pottermovie series.
3. She holds degrees in photography, theatre and painting design from the University of the Arts London, Edinburgh College of Art and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
4. Leung was named Scotland’s most stylish female in 2007 and featured in Teen Vogue and the Evening Standard.
5. She starred in the ITV1 Agatha Christie’s Poirot episode “Cat Among the Pigeons” in 2008
6. She starred in the BBC four-part drama series Run in 2012
7. She played the lead role of Mei in the TV miniseries One Child in 2014.
8. Leung featured in The World of Extreme Happiness, a play about the world of migrant workers in China’s rapidly emerging modern era.
9. She played the role of Béline in Molière’s The Hypochondriac at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in 2014.
10. In 2017, she co-starred with Jackie Chan and Pierce Brosnan in The Foreigner.
11. She appeared in Tony Kushner’s play The Intelligent Homosexual’s Guide to Capitalism and Socialism with a Key to the Scriptures at the Hampstead Theatre in 2016.
12. Leung starred in Paramount+’s series adaptation of Simon Beckett’s novel The Chemistry of Death in 2021.
13. She helped The Prince’s Trust charity raise £100,000 by launching a children’s art competition and donating one of her own paintings that was auctioned for £960 in 2007.
14. Leung attended the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow, where she completed the BA in Acting course.
15. On 1 January 2023, for New Year’s Day, Leung revealed on Instagram that her son Wolf had been born the previous Halloween.

What ethnicity is Katie Leung?

She is of Cantonese descent ; her father, Peter Leung, was a Hong Kong businessman and restaurateur who opened a company in Glasgow, and her mother, Kar Wai Li, was a Hong Kong banker.

What does Katie Leung do now?

Katie Leung continues from stage to screen Her film credits are relatively sparse — her biggest movie since Harry Potter was The Foreigner, in which she played the daughter of Jackie Chan’s character — but she’s put in some work as far as television goes.

Is Katie Leung Japanese?

Katie Leung is a Scottish actress who portrays Cho Chang in the Harry Potter films.

Who is Daniel Radcliffe's wife?

Erin Darke
Alma mater| University of Michigan
Occupation| Actress
Years active| 2009–present
Partner(s)| Daniel Radcliffe (2012–present)

What is Cho Chang's accent?

Katie speaks with a pronounced Glaswegian accent. In the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the character of Marietta Edgecombe does not appear, and instead it is Cho who betrays the D.A. under the influence of Veritaserum.