Shefali Chowdhury

{{short description|British actress (born 1988) |bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}} {{Use British English|date=September 2013}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = | name = Shefali Chowdhury | native_name = | honorific_suffix = | image = Shefali Chowdhury.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|6|20|df=y}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Becker|first1=Tom|last2=Greve |first2=Delja|date=2010 |title=Scholastic Almanac 2011 |url=https://archive.org/details/scholasticalmana00scho |url-access=registration|quote=shefali chowdhury.|publisher=Scholastic |page=[https://archive.org/details/scholasticalmana00scho/page/35 35]|isbn=9780545237611 }}</ref> | birth_place = [[Denbigh]], [[Denbighshire]], Wales, United Kingdom | death_date = | death_place = | death_cause = | nationality = | other_names = | citizenship = | education = | alma_mater = [[The Sixth Form College, Solihull|Solihull Sixth Form College]]<br />[[Birmingham City University]] | occupation = Actress | years_active = 2002–2019{{fact|date=March 2026}} | known_for = Role of Parvati Patil in [[Harry Potter (film series)|''Harry Potter'']] | notable_works = | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = | relatives = }}

'''Shefali Chowdhury''' (born 20 June 1988) is a  British actress best known for playing the role of Parvati Patil in the fourth, fifth, and sixth films in the [[Harry Potter (film series)|''Harry Potter'' film series]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-05-20|title=How Harry Potter's only Indian characters, Parvati and Padma Patil were cast from amid scores of contenders|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/hollywood/how-harry-potter-s-only-indian-characters-parvati-and-padma-patil-were-cast-from-amid-scores-of-contenders/story-PbdrziJkqEF673GTQTppKP.html|access-date=2021-01-28|website=Hindustan Times|language=en}}</ref>

==Career== Chowdhury is known for her performances as [[Parvati Patil]] in three of the [[Harry Potter (film series)|''Harry Potter'' films]], starting with 2005's ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]''. She acquired the role when she was in her last year at the [[Waverley School, Birmingham|Waverley School]] in Birmingham. She and [[Afshan Azad]], who played the character of Chowdhury's twin sister [[Padma Patil]], are also good friends, according to Azad.<ref name="bbc1">{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4440000/newsid_4447400/4447406.stm|title=NR chats to GOF's Patil twins|work=[[Newsround]]|publisher=BBC|date=17 November 2005|access-date=11 February 2007}}</ref>

==Filmography== {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Notes |- | 2002 || ''[[Kannathil Muthamittal]]'' || [[Refugee]]|| Uncredited role |- | rowspan="1" | 2005 | ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]'' | rowspan="3" | Parvati Patil | rowspan="3" | |- | rowspan="1" | 2007 | ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]'' |- | rowspan="1" | 2009 | ''[[Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)|Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince]]'' |- | rowspan="2"| 2015 | ''I Am the Doorway''<ref>{{cite news |last=Thompson |first=Flora |date=2015-08-21 |title=Stephen King short story adapted and filmed in Brighton and Burgess Hill to premiere this week |url=https://www.theargus.co.uk/news/13618041.stephen-king-short-story-adapted-and-filmed-in-brighton-and-burgess-hill-to-premiere-this-week/ |work=The Argus |access-date=2019-07-12}}</ref> | Freida | rowspan="3" | Short film |- | ''Heist: Jane'' |Jane |- | rowspan="1"| 2019 | ''Odilo Fabian'' (or ''The Possibility of Impossible Dreams'') | The Doctor |}

==See also== {{Portal|Film}} * [[British Bangladeshi]] * [[List of British Bangladeshis]] * [[List of Harry Potter cast members|List of ''Harry Potter'' cast members]]

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{IMDb name|id=1715231|name=Shefali Chowdhury}} * [http://rowneybros.co.uk/films/i-am-the-doorway-2015 ''I Am The Doorway''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712142119/http://rowneybros.co.uk/films/i-am-the-doorway-2015 |date=12 July 2019 }} Rowney Brothers Site

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