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In the first five Harry Potter books, the Chasers for the Gryffindor Quidditch team are the same three girls -- Angelina Johnson, Alicia Spinnet and Katie Bell. They are apparently very good at Quidditch and popular. Katie is one year older, Angelina and Alicia are two years older than Harry. They appear to be a close-knit group both on and off the field. Harry sometimes notices them sitting together in the Gryffindor common room, talking quietly or working on homework, and when Harry was forming Dumbledore's Army, they came to the initial planning meeting in Hogsmeade together.
Angelina Johnson
Angelina Johnson (born late October, 1977) is a tall black girl with long braided hair, two years older than Harry.
In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, she was among the people who entered their names to the Goblet as possible champions for Hogwarts, but was not selected. In the same book, she was asked by Fred Weasley to the Yule Ball and accepted. They made quite a pair, dancing so energetically together that other couples gave them a wide berth on the dance floor for fear of getting hurt. Lee Jordan also finds her quite attractive, and has apparently been trying to convince her to go out with him for several years, without any success.
After Oliver Wood left Hogwarts, Angelina became Quidditch captain and proved to be at least as demanding of her players as Oliver was. She attributed this to the stress of the job, and said once that she now wished she hadn't been so hard on Oliver when he was captain.
In the films, she is played by Danielle Taylor, who is also sometimes credited as Danielle Tabor.
Alicia Spinnet
Alicia Spinnet was on the reserve team the year before Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, but she joined the team the next year. Alicia is most often the chaser who attempts penalty shots for Gryffindor when the other team commits a foul. She is played by Leilah Sutherland in the first film, and Rochelle Douglas in the second.
Katie Bell
Katie Bell joined the Gryffindor team in her second year (Harry's first). During Ron Weasley's first Quidditch practice, he accidentally hit Katie in the nose with a Quaffle during a routine passing drill. Fred Weasley tried to give her something to stop the bleeding, but only succeeded in making it worse, and practice eventually had to be called off. She is played by Emily Dale in the films.
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