<Li> Emma Thompson as Sybill Trelawney, the Divination teacher at Hogwarts . </Li> <Li> Julie Walters as Molly Weasley, the Weasley matriarch and a mother figure to Harry, also a member of the Order of the Phoenix . </Li> <P> Casting began as early as May 2005, when Radcliffe announced he would reprise his role as Harry . Across the media frenzy that took place during the release of Goblet of Fire, most of the main returning actors announced their return to the series, including Grint, Watson, Lewis, Wright, Leung, and Fiennes . </P> <P> The announcements of the casting of the rest of the new characters to the series was spanned across 2006 . Evanna Lynch won the role of Luna Lovegood over 15,000 other girls who attended the open casting call, waiting in a line of hopefuls that stretched a mile long . Saoirse Ronan was considered for the role . </P>

Harry potter the order of the phoenix wiki