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| name = Shefali Chowdhury
| native_name = শেফালী চৌধুরী
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| 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://booksarchive.google.co.ukorg/books?iddetails/scholasticalmana00scho |url-access=jQg4nHoCNmUC&pg=PA35&dqregistration|quote=shefali+ chowdhury&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiLmbWV0q_jAhXxolwKHc8CAW8Q6AEILjAB#v=onepage&q=shefali%20chowdhury&f=false |location= .|publisher=Scholastic |page=[https://archive.org/details/scholasticalmana00scho/page/35 35]|isbn=9780545237611 |author-link= }}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Denbigh]], [[Denbighshire]], Wales, United Kingdom
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| residence = [[Birmingham]], West Midlands, England
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'''Shefali Chowdhury''' (born 20 June 1988) is a <!--Please see MOS:Ethnicity.--> 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 exceptweb|date=2020-05-20|title=How for ''[[Harry Potter's andonly theIndian Prisonercharacters, of Azkaban (film)|Harry PotterParvati and thePadma PrisonerPatil ofwere Azkaban]]''cast (2004),from inamid whichscores theof character is played by Sitara Shahcontenders|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>
 
==Early life==
The youngest of five siblings, Chowdhury was born in [[Denbigh]], [[Wales]], to [[Bangladeshi]] parents from [[Sylhet Division|Sylhet]] who migrated to the United Kingdom in 1980. At the age of six, she moved to [[Birmingham]], England.
 
==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 |last= |first= |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4440000/newsid_4447400/4447406.stm|title=NR chats to GOF's Patil twins|work=[[Newsround]]|location= |publisher=[[BBC]]|date=17 November 2005|accessdateaccess-date=11 February 2007}}</ref>
 
==Filmography==
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! Notes
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| 2002 || ''[[Kannathil Muthamittal]]'' || [[Refugee ]]|| Uncredited role
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| rowspan="1" | 2005
| 2002 || ''[[Kannathil Muthamittal]]'' || Refugee || Uncredited role
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| rowspan="1"| 2005
| ''[[Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (film)|Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire]]''
| rowspan="3" | Parvati Patil
| rowspan="3" |
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|-
| 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 |location= |access-date=2019-07-12}}</ref>
| Freida
| rowspan="3" | Short film
| Short film based on a story by [[Stephen King]]
|-
| ''Heist: Jane''
|Jane
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| Short film
|-
| rowspan="1"| 2019
| ''Odilo Fabian'' (or (''The Possibility of Impossible Dreams'')
| The Doctor
| Short film
|-
 
|}
 
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* [[British Bangladeshi]]
* [[List of British Bangladeshis]]
* [[List of Harry Potter cast members|List of ''Harry Potter'' cast members]]
 
==References==
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==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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[[Category:Actresses from Birmingham, West Midlands]]
[[Category:Alumni of Birmingham City University]]
[[Category:British actresses of South Asian descent]]
[[Category:British child actresses]]
[[Category:British film actresses]]
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[[Category:People from Denbigh]]
[[Category:People from Sylhet Division]]
[[Category:21st-century English women]]
[[Category:21st-century English actresses]]
 
 
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