Background:

British actress Afshan Azad  is celebrated for her role as Padma Patil in the Harry Potter film series. She stated, “I never in a million years thought anyone from Manchester was going to get it (the role of Padma Patil)! And I never thought I would get it!”

While on the set of  “Harry Potter,” Azad develped good friendship with co-stars like Scarlett Byrne,  Bonnie Wrigh, Katie Leung and Shefali Chowdury.  

On June 2010, Azad's father and brother were arrested after being accused for threatening to kill her. They displeased with her romance with a Hindu man and attacked her. Her brother was also charged with “assault occasioning actual bodily harm.” Her bother and her brother were released on bail.

In December 2010, Azad did not appear in court when the prosecution accepted her brother's guilty plea to assault occasioning actual bodily harm. He eventually was jailed for 6 months in January the following year. However, a judge ruled that her father and brother were not guilty of threatening to kill her.


Bangladeshi Descent

Childhood and Family:

Afshan Azad was born on  February 12, 1988, in Manchester, England, UK. She is of Bangladeshi lineage. Her father's name is Abdul Azad. She has a brother named Ashraf Azad. Afshan was educated at Whalley Range High School for Girls before leaving to do her AS and A-Levels (her final two years of school) at Xaverian College in Rusholme.  


Harry Potter Movie Series

Career:

Afshan Azad scored a big breakthrough when she won the role of Padma Patil, a Ravenclaw student in Harry's year, and the twin sister of Gryffindor student Parvati Patil, on “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire,” the fourth installment in the “Harry Potter” film series. Directed by Mike Newell and scripted by Steve Kloves, the film was released on November 18, 2005 and enjoyed a vastly successful run at the box office. With over $900 million worldwide earnings, it became the highest grossing film of 2005 and the eighth highest grossing film of all time at that time. The film went on to become the sixth highest grossing film in the Harry Potter series.

“The first day we had to do a cast read-through where we go through the whole script. I was a bit star struck. I was a big Harry Potter fan before.” Afshan Azad (on filming “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”)

Azad made her next appearance as Padma Patil on the following sequel “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” (2007), which was helmed by David Yates and written by Michael Goldenberg. The film was a commercial and critical success. It grossed about $939,885,929 worldwide against a budget of $150 million.

In 2009, Azad again reprised her role as Padma Patil on “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,”  which was directed by  David Yates and written by Steve Kloves. The film opened to rave  reviews along with immediate commercial success, breaking the record for the biggest single day worldwide gross of all time. With a total gross of over $934 million, it reached No. 8 on the highest grossing movie of all time list and ranked second on the highest grossing film of 2009.

Azad also played Padma Patil role on the last two series: “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1” (2010) and “ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2” (2011).   


Awards:

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