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My Take
Katie Leung could have remained a trivia answer, the Scottish teenager cast as Cho Chang, and nobody would have blamed her. Instead she did the unglamorous work: stage training, sharp television turns in Annika and The Peripheral, and a superb vocal performance as Caitlyn in Arcane that won her an audience who may never have watched Harry Potter. That arc, from lightning-strike fame to durable working actor, is the one I respect most in this industry. She chose depth over visibility, and her career is quietly stronger for it. I suspect her best and most surprising roles are still ahead of her.
Overview
Katie Leung (born 8 August 1987; pronounced [lœŋ˨˩]) is a Scottish actress. She began her career playing Cho Chang in the Harry Potter film series. On television, she is known for her roles in the BBC series One Child (2014) and Annika (2021–2023), the ITV series Strangers (2018), and the Amazon Prime series The Peripheral (2022). She also voiced Caitlyn Kiramman in the Netflix animated series Arcane (2021–2024).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Katie Leung
- Name (Japanese)
- ケイティ・リューング
- Reading
- けいてぃ・りゅーんぐ
- Born
- August 8, 1987 (age 38)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Rabbit
- Origin
- Dundee, United Kingdom
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 164 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / stage actor / film actor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Hamilton College
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.