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Harry Potter stars’ savage swipe at JK Rowling as they sign letter of support for trans women

Published on April 30, 2025 at 08:31 PM

HARRY Potter stars have taken a swipe at author JK Rowling by signing a letter supporting trans women.

One is actor Paapa Essiedu, who is in the — due out next year.

Paapa Essiedu at the Harper's Bazaar Women of the Year Awards.
New Professor Snape Paapa Essiedu has signed a letter supporting trans women
Katie Leung, who played Cho Chang in the Harry Potter movies, also signed the letter
Daisy Haggard at the Sky Up Next event.
Daisy Haggard, who voiced the Ministry Of Magic lift, also signed

It comes after who celebrated a recent Supreme Court ruling that in legal terms.

Feminist , previously with stars , and , whose careers she launched.

Their relationships publicly deteriorated after Rowling published a about trans women on her blog in 2020.

They each responded with statements showing their support for transgender women, saying they could choose who they wanted to be.

Now Fantastic Beasts star and , who played Cho Chang in , are among the stars joining Essiedu signing the open letter to film and TV industry bodies.

Ghosts star — a student in The Goblet Of Fire — and Breeders star Daisy Haggard, who voiced the Ministry Of Magic lift, also signed.

The letter said that the signatories wish to “add our voices to the 2000+ signatories of the Open Letter from UK Writers to the Trans Community published last week”;, which was signed by showrunner and Chewing Gum’s .

Signatories said: “We believe the ruling undermines the lived reality and threatens the safety of , , and people living in the UK.”;

Charlotte Ritchie at a screening for Season 5 of Netflix's
Charlotte Ritchie who played a student in The Goblet Of Fire also signed
J.K. Rowling and Eddie Redmayne at the HBO
Fantastic Beasts star Eddie Redmayne also signed the letter

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