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Author: Anisha Dhiman
Publication Date: July 16, 2025 - 11:26
Emma Watson banned from driving for six months
July 16, 2025
Emma Watson has reportedly been banned from driving after she was caught speeding, according to multiple news outlets.
The British actress, 35, best-known for her role as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter series was “driving her blue Audi at 38 miles (61 km) per hour in a 30-mph zone in England,” BBC reports . The incident of speeding took place on July 31 last year.
In a separate incident, actress Zoe Wanamaker was also banned from driving for six months after caught speeding. The 76-year-old played the character of Madam Hooch, a Quidditch teacher, in the popular movie franchise. Wanamaker was driving at “46 miles an hour in a 40-mile zone of the M4 motorway in southeastern Berkshire last August,” AFP reports.
The two cases of speeding were dealt with separately and was attended by neither of the stars. They were each charged £1,044 (approximately CAD$1,925) as per the proceedings carried out in lower magistrates court in the town of High Wycombe, England.
Watson had been studying at Oxford University when she was caught speeding. “Her lawyer told the court that although she was a student ‘she is in a position to pay the fine,'” AFP reports.
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