Bellatrix Lestrange

### Likes

Torturing her enemies, serving Lord Voldemort, practicing the dark arts, torturing Muggles

### Dislikes

Failure, defeat, Muggles, Muggle-bornAzkabanp

## Character Information

### Created By

J. K. Rowling

**Bellatrix Lestrange** was the secondary antagonist of Harry Potter. She is also the mother of Delphini.

## Background

Bellatrix Black was the daughter of Cygnus Black III and Druella Black (nee Rosier). She had two sisters: Narcissa and Andromeda and had a fairly strained relationship with her cousin, Sirius. At eleven, Bella began attending school at Hogwarts and was sorted into Slytherin. Bellatrix joined the Death Eaters after graduating from Hogwarts. She participated in the torture of Frank and Alice Longbottom.

### Personality

Bellatrix is cruel, evil and vindictive and quite cruel and mean. She is known to be quite psychotic, as she always laughs. She is very loyal to Voldemort, her master, and also kills in his name. She had an obsessive love for her master, and he even had a sexual relationship with her that caused the birth of her daughter, Delphini.

## *Harry Potter*

### *The Goblet of Fire*

Bellatrix appears in the fourth novel, where she appears with her husband and brother-in-law and fellow Death Eater Barty Crouch, Jr. Their trial appears, where Harry witnesses how she and her family are imprisoned due to their involvement in the torture curse on Frank and Alice Longbottom

### *The Deathly Hallows*

During the final battle, Bellatrix murdered her disowned niece, Nymphadora Tonks. She is finally killed by Molly Weasley after she attempts going after Ginny.

## *Harry Potter* film series

In the Harry Potter films, Bellatrix was portrayed by Helena Bonham Carter. She was ignored in *The Goblet of Fire*, as are her brother-in-law Rabastan and husband.

Main Harry Potter • Ron Weasley • Hermione Granger • Neville Longbottom • Lord Voldemort • Albus Dumbledore • Severus Snape • Rubeus Hagrid • Draco Malfoy

Dumbledore's Army Ginny Weasley • Luna Lovegood • Fred Weasley • George Weasley • Cho Chang • Dean Thomas • Ernie Macmillan • Hannah Abbott • Justin Finch-Fletchley • Lavender Brown • Seamus Finnigan • Susan Bones • Lee Jordan • Parvati Patil • Padma Patil • Angelina Johnson

Order of the Phoenix Minerva McGonagall • Arthur Weasley • Molly Weasley • Aberforth Dumbledore • Arabella Figg • Fleur Delacour • Bill Weasley • Kingsley Shacklebolt • James Potter•Prongs • Lily Potter I • Remus Lupin • Sirius Black • Elphias Doge

Voldemort's Followers **Bellatrix Lestrange** • Barty Crouch Jr. • Peter Pettigrew•Wormtail

Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Horace Slughorn • Pomona Sprout • Poppy Pomfrey • Quirinus Quirrell • Filius Flitwick • Helena Ravenclaw • Peeves • Bloody Baron

Ministry of Magic Cornelius Fudge • Barty Crouch Sr. • Dolores Umbridge • Percy Weasley

Other Madame Maxime• Fenrir Greyback • Lucius Malfoy • Narcissa Malfoy • Gellert Grindelwald • Dobby • Armondo Dippet • Astoria Malfoy • James S. Potter • Albus Potter • Lily L. Potter • Scorpius Malfoy • Hugo Granger-Weasley • Rose Granger-Weasley • Delphini

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them Characters
Newt Scamander • Tina Goldstein • Queenie Goldstein • Jacob Kowalski • Gellert Grindelwald • Credence Barebone • Seraphina Picquery • Percival Graves • Bernadette • Mary Lou Barebone • Modesty Barebone • Gnarlak • Langdon Shaw • Henry Shaw Jr. • Henry Shaw Sr. •  Leta Lestrange • Theseus Scamander • Pickett • Niffler

Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald Nagini • Nicholas Flamel • Vinda Rosier

CreaturesBuckbeak • Aragog • Fawkes

GroupsHogwarts staff • Order of the Phoenix • Dumbledore's Army • Death Eaters • Golden Trio