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Katie Leung (born 1987) is a Scottish-born British actress of Chinese ancestry best known for her role as Cho Chang in the ''[[Harry Potter (film)|Harry Potter]]'' series. Leung was born in Motherwell, Lanarkshire to Peter, who was a businessman, and Kar Wai Li Leung, who works in a law firm. Her parents are now divorced. An immigrant from Hong Kong, her father owns a successful Chinese restaurant named Regent in Glasgow and a Chinese wholesale firm named Jade Palace Trading. She attended secondary school at Hamilton College.
Katie Leung's father saw an advertisement for a ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|Harry Potter
She appeared in ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' in which she and [[Daniel Radcliffe]] ([[Harry Potter]]) shared an on-screen kiss that received much media coverage. She later appeared in both parts of ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows''. Leung has contributed her voice to the video games ''[[Harry Potter (video game)|Harry Potter
In July 2007, Katie Leung was cast by Gold Label Records, a subsidiary of EMI in Hong Kong, to be the female lead in the music video "Love Coming Home" (愛回家) by [[Leo Ku]]. Leung filmed the video in London while promoting the then-new ''Harry Potter'' film. Ku described Leung's acting as "professional" and "mature." Leung played Hsui Tai in the episode "Cat Among the Pigeons" of [[ITV 1]]'s Agatha Christie's ''[[Poirot]]'', which premiered on ITV on 21 September 2008. Leung has been named as Scotland's most stylish female and as the hottest Scotswoman by ''The Scotsman''. She has also been featured in ''[[Teen Vogue]]'' and in the ''[[Evening Standard]]''.
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