Bellatrix Lestrange

### Allies

Lord Voldemort, Lucius Malfoy (formerly), Peter Pettigrew, Severus Snape, Fenrir Greyback, Antonin Dolohov, Death Eaters

### Enemies

Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Hermione Granger, Ginny Weasley, Neville Longbottom, Luna Lovegood, Albus Dumbledore, Lucius Malfoy, Molly Weasley, Kingsley Shacklebolt, Sirius Black, Dobby

## Other Information

### Interests

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

### Powers and abilities

Dark Arts
Duelling
Charms
Nonverbal magic
Occulmency
Flying
Apparition
Teaching skills
Indomitable willpower
High intelligence
Leadership

## Background Information

### Live Action

Helena Bonham Carter

**Bellatrix Lestrange** is the secondary antagonist of the *Harry Potter* series. She is one of the most powerful dark witches in her time and the one to perform the Cruciatus Curse on Neville Longbottom's parents. Bellatrix is Voldemort's most loyal and trusted follower and former love and the mother of their daughter Delphini (Who is the main antagonist of *Harry Potter and the Cursed Child*).

## 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 Black. 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.

## Trivia

* Bellatrix is one of the most evil characters in the *Harry Potter* franchise, along with Voldemort and Dolores Umbridge, being ultimately pure evil.

**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 and 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 • Audrey Weasley • Victoire Weasley • Dominique Weasley • Louis Weasley • Lucy Weasley • Molly Weasley (Percy and Audrey's daughter) • Roxanne Weasley • Fred Weasley II

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

**Ilvermorney:** Isolt Sayre • James Steward • Webster Boot • Chadwick Boot • William • Martha and Rionach Steward • Gormlaith Gaunt