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The character first appears in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2003) as part of the advance guard sent to the Dursleys' to bring Harry to Grimmauld Place. She is described as having "...a pale heart-shaped face, dark twinkling eyes, and short spiky hair that was a violent shade of violet." She despises her given name and prefers to be called by her surname alone. Tonks explains to Harry that she is an Auror and a member of the Order of the Phoenix. She says that she is a Metamorphmagus. As Tonks explains: "Metamorphmagi are really rare, they're born, not made." She is a shape-shifter who can change her appearance at will (she seems, however, limited to a human-like form, although she has also been seen to transform her nose into those of different animals) which she can use not only to disguise herself in the line of duty, but also for experimenting with her appearance, and even for her friends' entertainment. Rowling also adds a comical side to Tonks's character: she is notoriously clumsy and unskilled at household spells, like cooking, cleaning, and setting the table, and frequently breaks things and trips. It has been suggested that Inquisitorial Squad be merged into this article or section. ... The Dursleys are a fictional family from the Harry Potter series of books and films. ... Number twelve, Grimmauld Place, London is the address of a fictitious house in the Harry Potter books. ... In the Harry Potter book series, Aurors are an elite unit of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement of the British Ministry of Magic, who track down and capture criminals, in particular those criminals who pose a danger to the wizarding community. ... This article refers to the fictional organization in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling. ... In the fictional universe of J. K. Rowlings Harry Potter series, a metamorphmagus (meta-MORF-ma-gus) is a wizard born with the ability to change their shape at will. ... Tsarevna Frog by Viktor Vasnetsov: a frog metamorphoses into a princess Shapeshifting is a common theme in mythology and folklore, as well as in science fiction and fantasy. ...

Tonks is, by heritage, a half-blood: the daughter of pure-blood witch Andromeda Tonks (née Black) and her Muggle-born father Ted Tonks. Her mother is sister to Bellatrix Lestrange and Narcissa Malfoy, and bears a resemblance to Bellatrix; upon her marriage to a Muggle-born, her family disowned her. Blood purity is a central concept in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling. ... Blood purity is a central concept in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling. ... Andromeda Tonks (née Black) (born c. ... Bellatrix Bella Lestrange (née Black) is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ... Narcissa Cissy Malfoy (née Black) is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ...

Background

Tonks is an only child, raised in the wizarding community in a house near the Weasley's. She studied at Hogwarts and was sorted into Hufflepuff.^[1] She was born in 1973 and entered Hogwarts in 1984, the same year as Charlie Weasley. In J. K. Rowlings best-selling Harry Potter series of novels, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a school of magic for witches and wizards between the ages of eleven and eighteen living in The United Kingdom and The Republic of Ireland. ... In the Harry Potter series, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is divided into four houses, each bearing the last name of its founder: Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw and Helga Hufflepuff. ... The chronology is a general timeline of events derived from information provided in the series of Harry Potter novels written by J.K. Rowling, along with additional materials posted on her web site and published in various interviews. ... Charles Septimus Charlie Weasley is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ...

The character later mentions that she left Hogwarts in 1991 and began three years of Auror training. As a Metamorphmagus, she barely had to study for her Concealment and Disguise exam but had difficulty with Stealth and Tracking due to her clumsiness. Nevertheless, she qualifies as an Auror in 1994, one year before her first appearance in the Order of the Phoenix. The chronology is a general timeline of events derived from information provided in the series of Harry Potter novels written by J.K. Rowling, along with additional materials posted on her web site and published in various interviews. ... In the fictional universe of J. K. Rowlings Harry Potter series, a metamorphmagus (meta-MORF-ma-gus) is a wizard born with the ability to change their shape at will. ... The chronology is a general timeline of events derived from information provided in the series of Harry Potter novels written by J.K. Rowling, along with additional materials posted on her web site and published in various interviews. ... It has been suggested that Inquisitorial Squad be merged into this article or section. ...

In the books

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Tonks is introduced early as a member of the Order in the book Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. At the time, she, and senior Auror Kingsley Shacklebolt, were acting as spies for the Order at the Ministry, which strongly opposed Albus Dumbledore and Harry Potter. Officially they were assigned the Ministry task of tracking down and monitoring Death Eaters activities and hunting Sirius Black, a fugitive and refugee hiding in his own house: the hidden Headquarters of the Order at Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place. Indiscreet action at the Ministry would have cost Tonks and Shacklebolt their positions, due to the prevailing anti-Dumbledore policy. However, they were able to supply intelligence to the Order about the Ministry's activities. It has been suggested that Inquisitorial Squad be merged into this article or section. ... Kingsley Shacklebolt is a member of the Order of the Phoenix in the Harry Potter series of books. ... In the fictional universe of the Harry Potter series as written by J. K. Rowling, the Ministry of Magic is the governing body of the magical community of Britain and succeeded the earlier Wizards Council. ... Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore is a fictional character within the Harry Potter series written by British author J. K. Rowling. ... Harry James Potter is a fictional character and the main character of J. K. Rowlings Harry Potter fantasy series of books. ... In the fictional Harry Potter series, a Death Eater is a follower of Lord Voldemort. ... Sirius Black is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ... Look up fugitive in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Number twelve, Grimmauld Place, London is the address of a fictitious house in the Harry Potter books. ...

Tonks helps to escort Harry first from the Dursley family house to Order headquarters, and later to the Hogwarts Express train at King's Cross railway station for school. The Dursleys or the Dursley family are fictional characters in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ... Rubeus Hagrid meets the Hogwarts Express at Hogsmeade station in the film adaptation of Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone. ... Kings Cross station (often spelt Kings Cross on platform signs) is a railway station in the district of the same name in northeast central London. ...

Tonks later fights the Death Eaters at the Department of Mysteries, together with Alastor Moody, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Kingsley Shacklebolt and Albus Dumbledore. She was injured by her aunt, Bellatrix Lestrange, and had to be taken to St Mungo's hospital. She was fully healed and released, and a short time later got together with Alastor Moody, Remus Lupin, and Arthur and Molly Weasley to confront Vernon Dursley about Harry's treatment at Number Four Privet Drive. In the fictional Harry Potter series, a Death Eater is a follower of Lord Voldemort. ... This article refers to the fictional battles in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling. ... For the record label, see Mad Eye Recordings. ... Remus John Lupin, nicknamed Moony, is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ... Kingsley Shacklebolt is a member of the Order of the Phoenix in the Harry Potter series of books. ... Bellatrix Bella Lestrange (née Black) is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ... St. ... For the record label, see Mad Eye Recordings. ... The Dursleys are Harry Potters last living relatives. ... This article is an overview of the family tree of fictional character Harry Potter of the Harry Potter series. ...

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

During Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Tonks is stationed at Hogsmeade and assigned to guard Hogwarts. Harry observes her behaving uncharacteristically: she is constantly depressed, rarely smiling or acting friendly. Her hair, normally a vibrant pink, was always a mousy brown colour, her abilities as a Metamorphmagus were also disturbed, and her Patronus changed some time after the battle from its original form to a large, silvery, four-legged animal. Such changes were held to be evidence of extreme shock or strong emotions. Harry and his friends assume that her evident depression is due to Sirius Black's death. Harry speculates that Tonks might have been in love with Sirius (despite Tonks and Sirius having been related), since he thought that her Patronus resembled Sirius's Animagus form. The Weasley children, (particularly Ginny), speculate that their mother is trying to match Tonks up with their brother Bill, because Molly Weasley keeps inviting Tonks for dinner. After Albus Dumbledore's death, it is revealed that Tonks had fallen in love with Remus Lupin, and her patronus had as a result changed to the form of a wolf. When he was reluctant to return her affections (believing he was too old and it was too dangerous for her to be involved with a werewolf), her depression muted her magical abilities. Tonks appears to have been consulting Molly for comfort and advice. At Dumbledore's funeral, it appears that Tonks and Lupin were now a couple; they are seen holding hands and Tonks's hair has returned to her favoured pink, signifying that she is happy again. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, released on July 16, 2005, is the sixth of seven novels in J.K. Rowlings popular Harry Potter series. ... Hogsmeade is a fictional village in Scotland that appears in the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling. ... In the fictional universe of J. K. Rowlings Harry Potter series, a metamorphmagus (meta-MORF-ma-gus) is a wizard born with the ability to change their shape at will. ... In the Harry Potter fantasy novels by J. K. Rowling, a Patronus is an insubstantial animal form protector created by the advanced Patronus Charm spell, and one way to defend against Dementors and certain other dark creatures. ... Registered Animagus Minerva McGonagall mid transformation In the Harry Potter books, an Animagus is a wizard or witch capable of turning into a particular animal and back at will. ... A photograph from the fictional wizard newspaper The Daily Prophet of the Weasleys on holiday in Egypt. ... Ginevra Molly Ginny Weasley is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ... Molly Weasley (née Prewett) is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ... Remus John Lupin, nicknamed Moony, is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ...

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Early in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Tonks accompanies twelve Order members to take Harry Potter from the Dursleys' home to The Burrow, and before they leave the Dursleys' home, she announces that she recently married Remus Lupin. She flies with Ron, who impersonates Harry using Polyjuice Potion, as a decoy to have Death Eaters thrown off the real Harry's tail. “HP7” redirects here. ... A photograph from the fictional wizard newspaper The Daily Prophet of the Weasleys on holiday in Egypt. ... Remus John Lupin, nicknamed Moony, is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ... Ronald Bilius Ron Weasley is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ... A variety of potions are discussed in the fictional Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling. ...

Later in the book, Remus reveals Tonks is pregnant. She gives birth to Teddy Lupin, named after Tonks's father, who had been killed before the child's birth for being Muggle-born. Remus and Tonks choose Harry to be the godfather. Teddy is also a Metamorphmagus, like Tonks, as seen by his frequent hair colour changes right after birth. When Harry returns to Hogwarts in search of the Ravenclaw relic that Lord Voldemort had turned into a Horcrux, both Tonks and Lupin arrive along with other members of the Order of the Phoenix and Dumbledore's Army. When the Death Eaters attack Hogwarts to get Harry, both of them join the others to hold off the Death Eaters in order to buy Harry time to find and destroy the Horcrux. During the Battle of Hogwarts, Tonks is killed by Bellatrix, and Lupin is killed by Dolohov, leaving Teddy an orphan left in the care of Tonks's mother Andromeda.^[2] A pregnant woman Pregnancy is the process by which a mammalian female carries a live offspring from conception until it develops to the point where the offspring is capable of living outside the womb. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ... In J. K. Rowlings best-selling Harry Potter series of novels, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry is a school of magic for witches and wizards between the ages of eleven and eighteen living in The United Kingdom and The Republic of Ireland. ... In the Harry Potter series, the Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry is divided into four houses, each bearing the last name of its founder - Godric Gryffindor, Salazar Slytherin, Rowena Ravenclaw and Helga Hufflepuff. ... Lord Voldemort (né Tom Marvolo Riddle) is a fictional character and the archvillain in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ... Tom Riddles diary, the first horcrux that Harry Potter encountered, as seen in the film Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. ...

Tonks actually arrived after most of the other Order members, having been told by Lupin to stay at her mother's house. It is not actually revealed in the book that Bellatrix kills Tonks. Harry had seen Lupin and Dolohov dueling, while Tonks is last seen trying to find him (she probably knew that Dolohov had slain Remus and that was why she was dueling with Dolohov). Harry finds Lupin and Tonks among the dead bodies in the following chapter. The fact that Bellatrix is the Death Eater who kills Tonks was revealed by Rowling in the Bloomsbury webchat on July 30, 2007, but also suggested earlier in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by Voldemort's suggestion to Bellatrix that she should "prune [her] family tree" given Tonks's supposed desecration by marriage to a werewolf. Tonks also comments that Bellatrix tried very hard to kill her while the Order of the Phoenix was evacuating Harry from No. 4 Privet Drive. Desecration is the ninth book in the Left Behind series. ...

Family and relationships

Nymphadora Tonks is the daughter of a pure-blood witch, Andromeda Black (member of the Black family and first cousin of Sirius Black) and Ted Tonks, a Muggle-born wizard. Andromeda was responsible for naming their child Nymphadora, a name Tonks utterly detests. In book 7, she marries Remus Lupin and gives birth to a son, named Teddy Remus Lupin, after her late father and her husband. Andromeda Tonks (née Black) (born c. ... “HP7” redirects here. ... Remus John Lupin, nicknamed Moony, is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ... A son is a male offspring; a boy, man, or male animal in relation to either or both of his parents. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ...

The Black Family greatly valued blood purity and therefore disowned Andromeda for marrying Ted. For this reason, Andromeda is considered a blood traitor by the old wizarding families and Tonks isn't considered a member of the Black family. She isn't on the Black family tree and Sirius noted that Kreacher, who is supposed to follow the orders of all family members, refuses to obey her. It is likely that her aunt Bellatrix deliberately hunted her down and killed her during the second Battle of Hogwarts due to this 'blood traitor' status being a perceived stain on family honour, not to mention her marriage to the werewolf, Remus Lupin. Blood purity is a central concept in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling. ... Bellatrix Bella Lestrange (née Black) is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ... Remus John Lupin, nicknamed Moony, is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ...

In Order of the Phoenix Tonks describes her mother Andromeda as having a talent for cleanliness, but Ted was "a right old slob". In Deathly Hallows Andromeda is described as being strikingly similar in appearance to Bellatrix Lestrange, her sister. Tonks's parents don't share Bellatrix's allegiance to Voldemort, providing a temporary safe haven for Harry early in the book. Later in Deathly Hallows, Tonks's Muggle-born father was forced to flee his home when he refused to submit himself to the Muggleborn registration decree, on the principle of the thing, as Voldemort stepped up the persecution of those not from "pure" wizarding families; he was later apprehended and murdered.

In Order of the Phoenix, Sirius described Andromeda as his favourite cousin, but Tonks had little opportunity to get to know her relative, due to his longtime imprisonment in Azkaban and death a year after they became acquainted. Narcissa Malfoy and Bellatrix Lestrange, Andromeda's sisters, are Tonks's aunts and Lucius Malfoy and Rodolphus Lestrange are her uncles by marriage. Draco Malfoy is her first cousin, though neither she nor Draco acknowledge this; in Half-Blood Prince Tonks dispassionately refers to Draco as "the Malfoy boy". Azkaban is the fictional wizard prison in the Harry Potter series of books by J. K. Rowling. ... Narcissa Cissy Malfoy (née Black) is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ... Lucius Malfoy is a fictional character and antagonist in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ... Rodolphus Lestrange is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series. ... Draco Malfoy is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ...

Tonks gets along well with Harry, Hermione and Ginny, acting as an older sister for Ginny, the youngest child and only girl in a family with seven children, and also to Hermione, an only child. Harry is made the godfather of Teddy Lupin in Deathly Hallows; he also saves Tonks and Remus's marriage by confronting Remus when he considered leaving Tonks to protect her and their then-unborn child from anti-werewolf prejudice. Harry plays an active role in Teddy's life after the deaths of Tonks and Remus; in the epilogue to Deathly Hallows it is mentioned that Teddy is a frequent visitor to the Potter home, as he "shows up for dinner about four times a week". Teddy is also close to the other Weasleys, especially to Victoire, whom he was spotted kissing in a train compartment. Hermione Jane Granger is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ... This article is being considered for deletion in accordance with Wikipedias deletion policy. ...

Film actor

Tonks is played by actress Natalia Tena in the movie adaptation of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, which was released on July 12, 2007 in the U.K. and July 11 in the U.S. and Canada Natalia Gastiain Tena (born November 12, 1984) is an English actress, of maternal Spanish descent. ... Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a 2007 fantasy adventure film, based on the novel of the same name, by J. K. Rowling. ... is the 193rd day of the year (194th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... UK redirects here. ... Motto: (Out Of Many, One) (traditional) In God We Trust (1956 to date) Anthem: The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington D.C. Largest city New York City None at federal level (English de facto) Government Federal constitutional republic  - President George Walker Bush (R)  - Vice President Dick Cheney (R) Independence from...

On film, Tonks is only shown in a few scenes, but her Metamorphmagus powers are clearly demonstrated and she does participate in assisting the Order and Dumbledore's Army during the climax. Interestingly she is referred to as "Tonks" only once in the film; she berates Mad-Eye Moody for calling her "Nymphadora", which causes her hair to turn red with rage (her mouth later morphes into a duck beak). Her hair is purple and shoulder length, whereas in the books it is short, pink, and spiky. Dumbledores Army (DA) is a magical self-defence organization founded in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, the fifth book in the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling. ... Subfamilies Dendrocygninae Oxyurinae Anatinae Aythyinae Merginae Duck is the common name for a number of species in the Anatidae family of birds. ...

After the publication of Half-Blood Prince, Anna Friel, who is the girlfriend of David Thewlis (the actor who portrays Remus Lupin), expressed an interest in portraying Tonks, but was not offered the part.^[3] Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, released on July 16, 2005, is the sixth of seven novels in J.K. Rowlings popular Harry Potter series. ... Anna Friel (born 12 July 1976) is a popular English actress born in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. ... David Thewlis in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. ... Remus John Lupin, nicknamed Moony, is a fictional character in the Harry Potter book series written by J. K. Rowling. ...

See also

• Lupin and Tonks family
• Black family tree

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References

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External links

• Tonks's entry at the Harry Potter Lexicon
• Fansite for actress who plays Tonks in the WB movies