She shot to fame as dreamy Luna Lovegood in the Harry Potter film franchise.
But Evanna Lynch now looks completely different after undergoing a dramatic hair transformation.
The actress, 32, began her career in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in 2007, when she was cast as fan-favourite Luna.
Evanna bleached her hair light blonde for the role, from her natural dark blonde locks and kept the colour for several years.
However, she recently took to her Instagram to reveal she had decided to change things up.
Wow! Evanna Lynch looks completely different from Luna Lovegood after undergoing a dramatic hair transformation
Usual look: The actress, 32, bleached her hair light blonde for the Harry Potter films, from her natural dark blonde locks and kept the colour for several years (pictured in 2019)
Popular: Evanna began her career in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix in 2007, when she was cast as fan-favourite Luna (pictured)
She shared a stunning new selfie, showing she had chopped her tresses shorter and dyed them black, after being inspired by her dreams.
Captioning the gorgeous new snap, she wrote: ‘Big mood shift lately. Here is my new look!
‘I do feel blonde suits me better but lately in all my dreams I was consistently sporting these glamorous shiny raven locks for some reason.
‘I felt I was being stalked by my dark and shadowy twin so I had to become her! I so want to cut it to a bob again but will wait for further dream guidance…’
She was flooded with compliments from her followers, including her Harry Potter co-star Bonnie Wright, who played Ginny Weasley, who commented a slew of heart-eyed emojis.
Evanna beat 15,000 other girls to get the role of Luna in the later Harry Potter films and was already a huge fan of the books and character.
The teenager, who had been struggling with an eating disorder, had written to JK aged 11, in a letter sent through the author’s publisher.
When a response arrived from JK herself, the two struck up an unlikely pen friendship, even while Evanna was in a residential clinic for her eating disorder.
‘Big mood shift’: She shared a stunning new selfie, showing she had chopped her tresses shorter and dyed them black, after being inspired by her dreams
Fan-favourite: Evanna beat 15,000 other girls to get the role of Luna in the later Harry Potter films and was already a huge fan of the books and character (pictured in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince)
Two years later, Evanna was trawling through a Potter fan site when she came across a casting call for Luna.
Evanna then spoke out in support of JK after the author continued to face backlash about her ‘transphobic’ opinions.
The actress said she had been naive when she supported JK in 2020, but now wished more people would listen to her.
JK waded into the trans debate in 2020 when she criticised an article’s use of the phrase ‘people who menstruate’ and then wrote a personal essay defending her opinions on sex and gender, before continuing to share her gender critical views.
Evanna told The Telegraph that the debate was difficult and that she understood what it meant to be ‘too triggered’ to have a conversation.
‘I was very naive when I was dragged into that conversation. I didn’t even know there were two sides. I had a view of, like, good and bad. I do have compassion for both sides of the argument.’
Referring to her experience of anorexia as a teenager, she added: ‘I know what it was like to be a teenager who hated my body so much I wanted to crawl out of my skin, so I have great compassion for trans people and I don’t want to add to their pain.’
Evanna said she wished the author would stop discussing the topic ‘over Twitter through fragmented thoughts’, calling it ‘irresponsible’.
Defense: Evanna then spoke out in support of JK Rowling after the author continued to face backlash about her ‘transphobic’ opinions, but also voiced her support for trans rights (JK and Evanna pictured in 2013)
Divided: Evanna said she wished the author would stop discussing the topic ‘over Twitter through fragmented thoughts’, calling it ‘irresponsible’ (pictured 2021)
But she added that she couldn’t help but remember JK’s past kindness to her, calling her ‘a friend’.
She said: ‘I won’t be helping to marginalise trans women and men further. I think it’s irresponsible to discuss such a delicate topic over Twitter through fragmented thoughts and I wish Jo wouldn’t …
‘That said, as a friend and admirer of Jo I can’t forget what a generous and loving person she is.’
She sent JK a copy of her 2021 memoir, The Opposite Of Butterfly Hunting: The Tragedy And The Glory Of Growing Up, and said she would work on more Harry Potter projects.
