‘Harry Potter’ star Emma Watson banned from driving for six months

Emma Watson Handed Six-Month Driving Ban After Speeding Offence

Former Harry Potter star Emma Watson has been banned from driving for six months after being caught speeding in Oxford.

The 35-year-old actress and activist was recorded driving her blue Audi at 38 mph in a 30-mph zone on July 31 last year. She did not attend the brief hearing at High Wycombe Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday, where she was fined £1,044 ($1,400) and disqualified from driving, according to PA Media.

In a curious coincidence, the court also ruled on a separate speeding case involving Watson’s former co-star Zoë Wanamaker, who played Madam Hooch in the first Harry Potter film. Wanamaker was clocked at 46 mph in a 40-mph zone in Berkshire last August and received the same sentence.

Both actresses already had nine penalty points on their licenses prior to the offences. District Judge Arvind Sharma added three more points to each, triggering automatic six-month bans under UK law.

Watson, best known for her role as Hermione Granger, has since built a career in academia, filmmaking, and women’s rights advocacy, alongside starring roles in Beauty and the Beast and Little Women.