Harry Potter actress banned from driving for six months for speeding

Steven McIntoshEntertainment reporterGetty ImagesWatson already had 9 factors on her licence earlier than the dashing incident occurred, the courtroom heardHarry Potter actress Emma Watson has been banned from driving for six months, after she was caught dashing.Watson, who performed Hermione Granger within the movie franchise, drove 38mph in a 30mph zone in Oxford on the night of 31 July final 12 months.Watson already had 9 factors on her licence earlier than the dashing incident occurred, the courtroom heard.The 35-year-old, now a pupil, was made to pay a complete of £1,044 at Excessive Wycombe Magistrates’ Courtroom on Wednesday.She didn’t attend the five-minute listening to. Representatives for Watson have been approached for remark.The actress has been finding out a grasp’s diploma in inventive writing on the College of Oxford since 2023.Watson shot to fame in 2001 with the discharge of Harry Potter and the Thinker’s Stone, alongside fellow youngster stars Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint.She starred in eight Potter movies in complete, with the final being launched in 2011, earlier than happening to look in motion pictures resembling Magnificence and the Beast, The Bling Ring and The Perks of Being a Wallflower.Watson’s final movie position was within the 2019 remake of Little Ladies, directed by Greta Gerwig. She launched her personal sustainable gin model along with her brother in 2023.A brand new TV adaptation of JK Rowling’s Harry Potter books is at the moment in manufacturing, starring Dominic McLaughlin as Harry, alongside Arabella Stanton as Hermione and Alastair Stout as Ron.John Lithgow has been forged as Dumbledore, Nick Frost as Hagrid, Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall and Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape.The collection, being produced by HBO, is anticipated to take a decade to finish.Getty ImagesSeparately, one other Harry Potter actress, Zoe Wanamaker, was fined for dashing on the identical day and in the identical courtroom as Watson.Wanamaker, who performed Madam Hooch within the wizarding collection, was caught dashing on 7 August 2024, on the M4 in Newbury, Berkshire.The 76-year-old was driving at 46mph in a 40mph restrict, the courtroom heard.She was additionally fined £1,044 and banned for six months.Wanamaker’s lawyer Duncan Jones mentioned that she was not asking for “particular remedy” and accepted the nice.Like Watson, Wanamaker had 9 factors on her licence earlier than the dashing incident occurred.District Choose Arvind Sharma, sentencing, endorsed three extra factors on each stars’ licences, that means each are disqualified for six months.