Emma Watson rose to global fame playing Hermione Granger in all eight “Harry Potter” films.
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Emma Watson, a former “Harry Potter” actress, changed into caught speeding and banned from driving for six months. On the night of July 31, 2017, the British actress and activist, 35, was determined to be riding her blue Audi at 38 mph in a 30-mph zone in Oxford, England. According to PA Media, she did not show up for the quick hearing on Wednesday at High Wycombe Magistrates’ Court, in which she was disqualified from using and fined £1,044 ($1,400).
The court docket considered a separate rushing offense related to her former “Harry Potter” co-star, Zo Wanamaker, rapidly after Watson’s case changed into heard. When she was stuck at 46 mph in a forty mph area in Berkshire, southeast England, in of final year, the famous actress, who played Quidditch referee Madam Hooch in the first film within the franchise, received the same sentence as Watson, PA said. The information employer reviews that before the dashing incidents, the two actresses had 9 points on their licenses
For the most recent offenses, District Judge Arvind Sharma added 3 points to their licenses on Wednesday, resulting in computerized six-month bans under UK law. For comment, Expressepaper has contacted Watson’s representatives.
Wanamaker representatives declined to comment. For two actors whose careers once intersected in Hogwarts and who now locate themselves off the street concurrently, the parallel rulings mark a curious convergence. Watson, who played Hermione Granger in all 8 “Harry Potter” movies and became a famous international, has pursued a parallel career in academia, filmmaking, and advocacy for girls’ rights. After “Potter,” she appeared in “Beauty and the Beast” and “Little Women,” each starring Greta Gerwig.