J.K. Rowling has made no bones about her political feelings in recent years, and this week the topic came up again after one of the the new Harry Potter series actors Paapa Essiedu signed an “open letter” calling for the protection of trans rights amidst recent UK political rulings.

Several characters have been cast for HBO’s “Harry Potter” TV series, which is expected to start filming this summer at the same studio where the movies were filmed.

After Harry Potter, the actress starred in The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012), The Bling Ring (2013), and Noah (2014), and made an ironic cameo as herself in This Is the End (2013). In 2017, she starred as Belle in Bill Condon 's live-action remake of Disney 's Beauty and the Beast. She also starred in The Circle (2017) and Little Women (2019).