Lily Potter

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• Parkinson, Pansy – Slytherin student in Harry's year. Prefect and member of the Inquisitorial Squad. J. K. Rowling said Parkinson was based on real-life girls who teased her at school.
• Patil, Padma – Ravenclaw student in Harry's year, Parvati's twin sister and member of Dumbledore's Army. She is Ron's date for the Yule Ball in Goblet of Fire. Padma is portrayed by Sharon Sandhu in the film adaptation of Prisoner of Azkaban and by Afshan Azad in later films.
• Patil, Parvati – Gryffindor student in Harry's year, Padma's twin sister and member of Dumbledore's Army. She is Harry's date for the Yule Ball in Goblet of Fire. Parvati is portrayed by Sitara Shah in Prisoner of Azkaban and by Shefali Chowdhury in Goblet of Fire, Order of the Phoenix and Half-Blood Prince.
• Pettigrew, Peter – Death Eater and school friend of Sirius Black, Remus Lupin and Harry's father James Potter. Pettigrew betrayed Harry's parents to Voldemort, resulting in their deaths. It is revealed that Ron Weasley's pet rat Scabbers is actually Pettigrew in his animagus form. Pettigrew is strangled to death by his own magical prosthetic hand.
• Pince, Irma – Hogwarts librarian. Portrayed by Sally Mortemore in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
• Pomfrey, Poppy – Hogwarts school nurse. Portrayed by Gemma Jones in the Harry Potter films.
• Potter, Harry – Orphaned son of James and Lily Potter. Gryffindor student at Hogwarts and co-founder of Dumbledore's Army. Close friend of Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger. Husband of Ginny Weasley and father of James Sirius, Albus Severus and Lily Luna Potter.
• Potter, James – husband of Lily Potter and father of Harry Potter.
• Potter, Lily – Wife of James Potter and mother of Harry Potter. Killed by Voldemort. Rowling said that Lily's maiden name, Evans, was derived from Mary Anne Evans, the given name of the author George Eliot. In the film series, Lily is portrayed by Geraldine Somerville as an adult, by Susie Shinner as a teenager, and by Ellie Darcey-Alden as a child.