Jamie Ballard is a British actor who portrays Harry Potter in the Years 3 and 4 cast of the original West End Palace Theatre production of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.[1]
He initially appeared in Year 5, he left the Year 5 cast on 13 March and was replaced by Jim Fish.
Organised by Bloomsbury Publishing for the 2021 Harry Potter Book Night,[2] when the cast of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child read aloud Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Chapter 5 (Diagon Alley) together, Ballard also portrayed one of the people at the Leaky Cauldron during Harry Potter's first trip to Diagon Alley. His lines were "So proud, Mr Potter, I'm just so proud."[3]
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- ↑ https://www.harrypottertheplay.com/uk/rehearsals-begin-new-cast-members-2018/
- ↑ #HarryPotterBookNight has moved to 24th June (although if you have an event planned today then go for it, and have fun!). Ahead of that, here’s a sneak peek of the wonderful casts of the Cursed Child reading from the chapter ‘Diagon Alley’ (from Philosopher's Stone) -
Bloomsbury UK's official account on X
- ↑ (see this video)