Luna Lovegood, AKA Evanna Lynch, joined some Harry Potter fans to launch the 23rd MS READaTHON.  Evanna took part in the MS READaTHON in her school in Carlow and encourages all kids and teens to get involved!

Check out the photos in the gallery here.

And yes – she has indeed dyed her hair red since a while.

My personal opinion? She looks pretty snazzy!

[EDIT] Two more photos have been added!

Thanks David, Sami and Emmy!

The story will air in three 15-minute segments, August 31 through September 2, at 3:30 p.m.

A heartbreaking, haunting story of childhood, loss and love by one of Ireland’s most acclaimed writers. A small girl is sent to live with her mother’s people on a farm in rural Ireland, without knowing when she will return home. In the strangers’ house, she finds a warmth and affection she has not known before and slowly begins to blossom in their care. And then a secret is revealed, and suddenly, she realizes how fragile her idyll is.

Good news for fans outside the UK is that they will be able to hear it on BBC Radio, after airing,  online here on the BBC iPlayer for one week.

Thanks for the tip, David, Stefan and Emmy!

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Carrying this on, she will launch the first solo exhibition of a talented young Portarlington artist next week in Ireland, as reported in Laois Nationalist.

Actress Evanna Lynch, better known as Luna Lovegood, will officially open19-year-old Shauna Blanchfield’s exhibition at Abbeyleix Library next Tuesday 31 August.

The exhibition, entitled Urban Ruin, will feature 20 paintings and photographs compiled by Shauna, an architecture student in UCD, over the last several months.

The opening of Urban Ruin will take place at Abbeyleix Library on Tuesday 31 August at 6pm. All are welcome.

Thanks for the tip, David!

Evanna Lynch has been added to the newly released list of actors who’ve lent their voices to their characters.

The Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 video game is set to be released on November 9, 2010 in the U.S. and November 19 in the UK. It can be pre-ordered via the following links:

Amazon.com:

Nintendo Wii
Nintendo DS
Xbox 360
PS3
PC

Amazon.co.uk:

Nintendo Wii
Nintendo DS
Xbox 360
PS3
PC

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Although we have no still of Luna Lovegood yet, check out one of Luna’s father Xenophilius Lovegood which shows us in details the exterior of the Lovegood House.

As fans must now, the drawings on the walls were done by Evanna Lynch herself.

In another shot with Harry, we see the interior of the rook shaped house.

Check these stills out in the gallery here!

Let’s all join our celebrations in wishing the very beautiful Evanna Lynch a brilliant birthday as she turns nineteen today, August 16th, 2010!

This happens to be Evanna’s fourth birthday that we’re celebrating as a community of fans, and hope to see many more birthdays like this to wish her!

We wish Evanna a hale and hearty life ahead. Now that the Harry Potter movies are drawing to a close, there are new ventures Evanna will set to. We can only wish her the best of success in any of those!

Speaking of this, news has been excruciatingly slow – but worry not, there’s going to be some exciting news on Evanna front soon! Look out for it, and continue to check back!

Also – the texture of the graphic on top comes from Galen’s wallpaper, which can be found in the media archive here! Thanks Galen!

To roundup, we’d like to wish the lady once again!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY EVANNA LYNCH!

Joining us on the Livestream will be the cast of Pottercast along with Mugglecast’s Andrew Sims and Ben Schoen in what is sure to be an amazing “LeakyMug”!!!, Harry Potter star Evanna Lynch, Wizard Rockers, Hogwarts Radio, exclusive interviews with our heroes at Partners in Health creator/legend Paul Farmer and their executive director Ophelia Dahl (who will be talking about what her father the late Roald Dahl would have thought of Harry Potter), and some more special surprise guests!

So make sure you head over and keep supporting fellow humans in their hour of need!

Even though we cannot know what all will be included in the anticipated finale of the series, we can certainly hope.

MSNBC ran an article talking about what fans are most willing to see in the movies – including extra scenes that aren’t in the novel, originally.

Apart from Bill and Fleur’s wedding, Umbridge and Molly Weasley’s infamous moment of glory also mentioned are Luna Lovegood, Neville Longbottom and Professor McGonagall.

Luna, Neville, and McGonagall get their moments
The tertiary characters have always been a strength of Rowling’s books, even if they get shorter shrift in the movies. But one would hope that with two movies to work with, Yates can find time for Luna Lovegood, Neville Longbottom, and Professor McGonagall to have their moments in the sun. Rowling crafted climactic moments for all three: Neville actually destroys the final horcrux, slaying Voldemort’s deadly pet snake. McGonagall has a hellacious duel with Severus Snape that shocks even Harry. And while Luna doesn’t get a singular action moment, it’s tough to imagine the series could end without Evanna Lynch getting to take a bow as Hogwarts’ singular space cadet.

What do you guys think?

But no matter, check it out below, the audition part starts at around 1.12:

Thank you again, David!

Here’s a report proving that. Evanna Lynch has won the Mary Barrett Portfolio Award at her school.

Evanna Lynch has occassionally mentioned how much she loves art and dancing and would like to be a professional dancer.

We all have, also, seen specimens of Evanna’s art in the form of the radish earrings she made for Luna in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and this drawing for Luna’s home in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows!

Read on the more from The Irish Herald now which also mentions her Harry Potter life:

HARRY POTTER actress Evanna Lynch has added another honour to her already long list of achievements.

The Irish teen star, who plays Luna Lovegood in the hugely popular films, faces her Leaving Cert this week. But even before the crunch exams, she has worked some magic to win a top prize for her artistic skills at her Drogheda school.

The Mary Barrett Portfolio Award prize is given each year to the sixth year student who performs best in art and suggests that if the star ever tires of her fledgling acting career she won’t be stuck for work.

“She’s very interested in art, but she’s also interested in dance actually,” explained Donal Lynch, deputy principal of Our Lady’s College in Drogheda.

“I suppose she’s so busy at the moment she’s not really thinking of what she’ll do in the future.”

Evanna (18) has already designed the quirky radish-shaped earrings worn by her character Luna Lovegood and also her hare-shaped bracelet and lion-head hat.

The Meath girl’s priorities have been split between study and filming for the final instalment of JK Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows.

Evanna’s deputy principal told the Herald that the young actress has had a difficult year.

“She was filming up until last week which makes it very difficult when she’s facing a couple of Leaving Cert papers. She hasn’t had the time to put in the work that she’d like to.”

Despite the hectic schedule, Mr Lynch said she has shown great dedication, particularly to art.

“She wore the earrings to the open audition and when she went on for the screen test one of the directors immediately admired them and thought of using them in the film, which they did.

“I think they produced a pack of jewellery based on what she has made. They actually consulted her a bit about the design for Luna’s house as well,” he said.

But despite her fame, Evanna doesn’t like to be treated as a celebrity by the other students.

According to the deputy principal, “She’s just another student like everybody else. If anybody tried to act anyway other than that she’d be annoyed — she likes to keep it quiet and low key.”

Thanks for the tip, Megan!