Genevieve Gaunt Now
It was no surprise when Genevieve Gaunt made her career choice, what with an entire family of actors to back her up. In 2004, she made her debut into the professional acting world, with Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Imagine that as the first line of your resume!
Genevieve’s career only took flight after her days as a Hogwarts bully, and she managed to land a number of movie roles, such as Issie from Kids In Love, Chrissie from Dusty and Me, and her latest, Miss Teignmouth from The Mercy. She has also been portraying Wilhelmina in the popular TV-show, The Royals, since 2015!
Helen McCrory Now
Did you know, Helen McCrory was never meant to play Narcissa Malfoy? Originally, the English actress was cast in the role of Bellatrix Lestrange, but then she got pregnant and was forced to give up the role. Can you imagine a pregnant Bellatrix? Yeah... not quite as scary. Anyway, because the producers loved her so much, they weren't ready to give up on her completely and asked her to come back to the franchise after she gave birth, to fulfill the role of Narcissa. Which actually worked out perfectly!
The talented actress has since appeared in James Bond's Skyfall, The Woman In Black: Angel of Death and Peaky Blinders so it seems she too liked a good action film. Unfortunately, the actress passed too soon in 2021.
Genevieve Gaunt as Pansy Parkinson
As Harry Potter fans, we all have our preferred houses, and really, they all have their own strengths. Even Slytherin, which has a very strong side. Unfortunately, it's their evil side. They all seem to be selfish, ruthless and just plain mean. It's as if the Slytherin common room had a direct landline to Voldemort. Anyway, Pansy Parkinson is no different.
As a close friend to Draco Malfoy, she is a naturally big bully, and wouldn't pass up an opportunity to inflict pain on Harry (or any other student, for that matter). She even tries to hand over Harry to Voldemort during the Battle of Hogwarts. Well, we all know how that worked out for her.
Kathryn Hunter as Arabella Figg
Living on the same street as the Dursley's, in Little Whinging, no one really seems to notice Mrs. Figg at all throughout the first couple of movies. But that's because that was her job. Arabella Figg was given a task by the kind and powerful head of Hogwarts, Albus Dumbledore - to look after Harry Potter and make sure he is safe while he lives under the Dursley's roof. Was that the best task you can give a lady like Mrs. Figg? I mean, the woman has no magic powers, she's a total squib, and is obviously obsessed with her cats and living a quiet life.
Is this who you really want protecting the boy who lived? I guess that Dumbledore really knew what he was doing, but we only found that out during the fifth movie.
Kathryn Hunter Now
Kathryn Hunter (or by her given Greek name, Aikaterini Hadjipateras) is truly a theater geek, in the best possible way! She is known for her amazing ability to change her shape, stance, walk and voice in order to adapt to whomever or whatever she may be playing (yes, she even takes on animal or shape-shifting roles from time to time).
For the past 40 years or so, Kathryn has been growing her theatrical repertoire, but Shakespearean roles are by far her favorite. In fact, she had to take a break from her busy theater life to cameo as Arabella Figg in the Harry Potter franchise, but she seems to prefer the theater, as she quickly returned to an inspiring production of Fragments - a collection of plays by Samuel Beckett.