An Irish Harry Potter fan, Evanna Lynch, will play his love interest in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix after she beat out around 150,000 hopefuls.

According to Contactmusic.com, Lynch will play Luna Lovegood. Lynch is such a big fan of the Potter series that she named her two cats Luna and Crookshanks. She was even sent a signed copy of the book when she was too sick to attend a book signing.
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Her father says, "Words cannot describe how happy she is."
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