--- description: Celestina Warbeck, the "Singing Sorceress," is a favorite of Molly Weasley title: Meet J.K. Rowling's New Harry Potter Character image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Books](/tag/books/) ## Books Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Meet J.K. Rowling's New _Harry Potter_ Character ## Video: After the Deathly Hallows: Harry Potter Characters 16 Years Later [Watch (HLS stream): After the Deathly Hallows: Harry Potter Characters 16 Years Later](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/CoCYWOyv.m3u8) (1:08)  _Published 2014-07-08. Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Luna, and Neville are at the 2014 Quidditch World Cup. See what they've been up to since they defeated Lord Voldemort._  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Aug 18, 2014 2:17 PM CUT  by [Charlotte Alter](/author/charlotte-alter/)  ## Charlotte Alter Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Senior Correspondent Aug 18, 2014 2:17 PM CUT J.K. Rowling unveiled a new character in the Harry Potter universe Monday, and she’s a stylish songstress who just happens to be Ron Weasley’s mom’s favorite singer. Celestina Warbeck has never been seen in the flesh in any of the seven Harry Potter books, but Rowling wrote a new story about her excerpted on [Today.com](http://www.today.com/books/j-k-rowling-writes-new-harry-potter-story-about-singing-1D80069158 "undefined") and released in full on [Pottermore.com. ](https://www.pottermore.com/en-us/signin/ "undefined")Here’s a hint about Warbeck’s humble half-Muggle origins and her blockbuster music career: --- > “” --- You can listen to a full track of Celestina Warbeck’s hit single _You Stole My Cauldron but You Can’t Have My Heart_ on Pottermore.com, but you need a membership and you have to “unlock” it first by playing in the Pottermore universe. \[[_TODAY_](http://www.today.com/books/j-k-rowling-writes-new-harry-potter-story-about-singing-1D80069158 "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3136248/j-k-rowling-harry-potter-celestina-warbeck/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3136248/j-k-rowling-harry-potter-celestina-warbeck/"},"headline":"Meet J.K. Rowling's New Harry Potter Character","datePublished":"2014-08-18T14:17:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:12:31.620Z","description":"Celestina Warbeck, the \"Singing Sorceress,\" is a favorite of Molly Weasley","url":"https://time.com/3136248/j-k-rowling-harry-potter-celestina-warbeck/","keywords":["Books","Newsfeed","movies","Harry Potter","J.K. Rowling","magic"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Charlotte Alter","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/charlotte-alter/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/books/","name":"Books"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3136248/j-k-rowling-harry-potter-celestina-warbeck/","name":"Meet J.K. Rowling's New Harry Potter Character"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"After the Deathly Hallows: Harry Potter Characters 16 Years Later","description":"Harry, Ron, Hermione, Ginny, Luna, and Neville are at the 2014 Quidditch World Cup. See what they've been up to since they defeated Lord Voldemort.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/CoCYWOyv/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-07-08T19:48:23.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/CoCYWOyv.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3136248/j-k-rowling-harry-potter-celestina-warbeck/","duration":"PT1M8S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3136248/j-k-rowling-harry-potter-celestina-warbeck/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```