Evanna Lynch is one smart cookie!
Luna Lovegood was my favorite character in the movie version of “Order of the Phoenix”; I just totally loved her, she was great. Here’s a bit of news about Evanna:
To millions of Harry Potter fans she’s the enigmatic Luna Lovegood, but in real life Evanna Lynch has a secret of her own.
For off-screen the young Irish actress has shown a touch of magic with a pen in her hands; and her talent has won her a place in an academy as prestigious, if perhaps not as famous, as Hogwarts.
Tags: Evanna Lynch, Harry-Potter-and-the-Order-of-the-Phoenix, Luna LovegoodYesterday, Evanna was embarking on her second week as a student writer at an elite summer school for talented teenagers.
The bright-eyed star - originally from Termonfeckin, Co Louth - laughed off any suggestions that she could compete with JK Rowling when it comes to churning out spell-binding page turners.
“The second week is easier but you do still have to work very hard. I’m doing speculative fiction and it’s very challenging but it’s very good,” said Evanna.
“I don’t think I would be good enough to write a book like JK Rowling though. Her way of writing is so brilliant. She is my idol.
“It’s nice to have a challenge like this. I do three to five hours of part-time tuition on the set and it’s quite hard because it’s very intense.”
At the end of the course, students will have to complete one full story or chapter that will be read to submit for publication.
The Speculative Fiction course covers a range of modern writing - from short stories, to novels, to screenplays. But its main focus is on teaching aspiring writers how to write fantasy or science fiction and to “build, detail and populate their own believable worlds”.
Run by the Irish Centre for Talented Youth (CTYI), the summer school allows students to sample a range of different subjects taught at college level.
To even be considered for the programme students must take the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT) - a widely-used test for college entry in the United States.
And they must score in the top 5pc of their age group to get in. Students who perform well on the PSAT exam can net one of six 300 merit scholarships.
The 15-year-old student - who studies in the all-girl’s Catholic school, Our Lady’s College, Greenhills, Drogheda - is set to start filming the second last film in September.
However, she said she is still recovering from the “madness” of the premiere from the last film.
“I loved the madness. There were loads of premieres and I went to JK Rowling’s launch of ‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’.”
She was cast as Luna Lovegood in ‘Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix’ after beating 15,000 hopefuls in an open audition in London last year.
The star was one of hundreds to meet with Minister for Education and Science Mary Hanafin TD during her tour of the summer-school.
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22 opinions for Evanna Lynch is one smart cookie!
dune777
Jul 25, 2007 at 21:14
Some day some day ….
she gained an Oscar!!!!
teza
Aug 6, 2007 at 21:21
wow!
she must be clever!
i consider her my friend even though i’ve never met her!
it would be cool to have her as a friend though.
i don’t think this is the last we’ll hear of Evanna!
Maura
Aug 28, 2007 at 08:20
Hey, i did that test too! and i got the marks to get in…but they said they didnt have enough room so they took the people who scored higher than me…:(
Ah well..that was 6 years ago…im not holding a grudge *cough*…aha..
stevie wonder
Sep 1, 2007 at 22:16
do you have any boyfriend ?, if not may I be your boyfriend
celine sigvaldason
Sep 4, 2007 at 17:39
I would love to meet Evanna. I am also a harry potter fan. Once I started reading the books I couldn’t put them down. I have a lot of questions for Evanna and love to know how she got into act, because I too want to do acting in films.
Shayla
Oct 13, 2007 at 19:19
She is really great she blew me away on the silver screen all i want to say is Great Job Evanna you are my idol i am harry potter fan for seven times i never got to go to the releases of the 5th -7th ones cause my mum had been really mad at me those times lol i love you
Bec
Nov 30, 2007 at 08:47
I Simply adored her portrayal of Luna (i’ll admit that i haven’t read many of the books, as to not spoil the movies) She was brilliant. You can see her acceptance of her weirdness, as well as the strength within. Luna and Tonks are my new fav characters (having just watched the 4th and 5th movies yesterday)
angelin
Dec 12, 2007 at 16:41
i love her, she is so perfect for Luna. im just not too happy because in the ending of harry potter, when it is 19 years later, theres no story about her..shes my favourite!
ravenclaw_girl
Dec 15, 2007 at 03:47
since i watched te order of phoenix lona vas my favourite caracter. when i read the deathly hallows i realised that she is so smart too. she is funny creative smart cute….. i love her the most
Princess
Dec 15, 2007 at 11:05
The character of Luna Lovegood is as good as the other in the Potter cast. Evanna plays the role really well & has already made many fans of hers. She is a very cute girl i’wld like to be hr frnd if possible.
Princess
Dec 15, 2007 at 11:10
Luna Lovegood is a character as good as the other in the Potter cast. Evanna plays the role vry well. Luna is interesting in deathly hallows as in the other films & books. Well Evanna ur a cute girl n has alrdy made many fans of hers. Wld like 2 be ur frd if evre possible:)
Lucy ellen rees
Dec 20, 2007 at 15:23
Hello!!!!!
steven
Jan 2, 2008 at 16:52
i hope she is the 6th and 7th movies shes really good!!!
steven
Jan 2, 2008 at 17:35
i wonder why thy didnt put luna in the first four she should have been in those in my opinion
Daryn
Jan 5, 2008 at 11:23
She is a great actor, and I love the serenity about her. She looks beautiful and is yet incredibly smart.
min
Mar 16, 2008 at 05:01
She is a great actor and she beautiful girl
Lucy as Luna
Mar 21, 2008 at 01:02
Luna Rock’s the world
U-Dogg Lunas number 1 fan!
Apr 18, 2008 at 11:19
From the first time i saw Evanna in her first movie , the 7th , i was amazed by her talent and especially by her beauty…. If i could ever wish something , it would be to meet her and find out more about her. I could say i am a little osesed of her because i have a very big collection of photos with her ………..
EVANNA I LOVE U :x :x :x !!
felipe
Apr 24, 2008 at 10:52
HELLO EVANNA LYNCH
can you pass me your e-mail please cause i wan a talk with you my e-mail is f_jesus94@hotmail.com
just like you follow your dream i will follow the my of know you some day
Mia
Sep 13, 2008 at 20:43
Evanna is really nice. She is very bright. In the fifth movie she always brings hope and she is pretty too!
Schan-Shan
Sep 28, 2008 at 11:06
Beautiful,talented much.Evanna Lynch u r the first girl who shoot my heart,what a bullet is that !! Ok,Eva,i hope that u always healthy,go on ur career and ur life,keep ur beauty charm,be a nice-friendly girl.Sorry about my English.Love u so much.
-BigFan
Mark
Oct 10, 2008 at 10:30
Evanna Lynch is very-very beautiful and famous girl!
There are many guys want to be her boyfrien!
And I too.
I dont have any chance, but I will try!!! =)
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