A: She's almost the catalyst in setting up Hermione and Ron in the final chapter of the saga, really. Without Lavender, they wouldn't have been forced together, to acknowledge their feelings so abruptly, because she definitely caused that.

Q:How did it feel playing someone who everyone will know doesn't stand a chance?

A: Well, she does really! She does quite well. She does go out with him and does get her claws into him for a while. Not claws -- she's lovely. She does get her way for a tiny bit, but, unfortunately, it doesn't end up her way.

Q:How is Lavender introduced?

A: She's in the Weasleys' Wizard Wheezes shop, and she's kind of ogling Ron. She's been going to school with them for years, but it's not that she's making her interests known.

Q:Were you already a Harry Potter fan when you auditioned for the part?

A: Oh, yes! I'm one of five in my family, and we've all gone through the books at different paces. I read Half-Blood Prince before I knew anything about the auditions. So to have already read the character was so great. Also, my little brothers and sisters are so excited and proud. It's impacted their lives in a really nice way. So I'm really grateful for it.

Q:Did any of them get to go with you to the set?

A: I brought them all on set, but my little sister, she's 11, she was the one who was in awe of everything. Jim Broadbent was there, and Daniel Radcliffe. I brought her into the Potions classroom and I signaled Daniel to wave at her without her seeing. And then Daniel waved and she thought he had done that for no reason and she was in seventh heaven. She was absolutely star-struck. She almost fainted when she saw Emma (Watson) in the corridor.

It is so bizarre to actually meet them, because, you know, they're on posters everywhere. It's so weird. My sister's got sticker books of them, and then to actually meet them? There's actually a new sticker book with me in it, so she's got stickers of me now. It's so sweet. I can't believe I'm actually a sticker.

Q:What's been the best perk that comes with being in a Harry Potter movie?

A: Just to be there every day was so brilliant. I'm so happy with it. I had a few scenes with Michael Gambon, and in the hospital scene, I met all of British acting royalty. I was so scared I didn't really speak.

To be in the room with them is quite overwhelming. Someone behind me said, ''You're standing next to three Oscars and a BAFTA,'' or something. Yeah, that made it much easier for me (laughs). That was the best thing.

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