Growing Up with Harry Potter

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By TIME

Portraits from the six films capture the young wizards and witches as they blossom from precious children into awkward adolescents. InHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, adulthood is merely a flick of the wand away

Harry Potter

Daniel Radcliffe in and the Sorcerer's Stone, 2001Warner Bros. / Everett

Ron and Hermione

Rupert Grint and Emma Watson in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2005Warner Bros. / Everett

Fleur Delacour and Viktor Krum

Clémence Poésy and Stanislav Lanevski in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2005Warner Bros. / Everett

Ron

Rupert Grint in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2005Warner Bros. / Everett

Neville Longbottom and Moaning Myrtle

Matthew Lewis and Shirley Henderson in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2005Warner Bros. / Everett

Alastor “Mad-Eye” Moody

Brendan Gleeson in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2005Warner Bros. / Everett

Rita Skeeter and Vincent Crabbe

Miranda Richardson and Jamie Waylett in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2005Warner Bros. / Everett

Albus Dumbledore

Sir Michael Gambon in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2005Warner Bros. / Everett

Harry

Daniel Radcliffe in Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2007Warner Bros. / Everett

Ron

Rupert Grint in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2007Warner Bros. / Everett

Hermione

Emma Watson in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, 2007Warner Bros. / Everett

Hermione Granger

Emma Watson in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, 2001Warner Bros. / Everett

Ron

Rupert Grint in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2009Warner Bros.

Hermione

Emma Watson in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2009Warner Bros.

Harry

Daniel Radcliffe in Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2009Warner Bros.

Harry, Ron and Hermione

Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part I.Warner Bros. / Everett Collection

Hermione

Emma Watson in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II.Warner Bros.

Ron

Rupert Grint in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II.Warner Bros.

Harry

Daniel Radcliffe in Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part II.Warner Bros.

Ron Weasley

Rupert Grint in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, 2001Warner Bros. / Everett

Ron, Harry and Hermione

Rupert Grint, Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 2002Warner Bros. / Everett

Draco Malfoy

Tom Felton in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, 2002Warner Bros. / Everett

Harry

Daniel Radcliffe in Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 2004Warner Bros. / Everett

Hermione and Ron

Emma Watson and Rupert Grint in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 2004Warner Bros. / Everett

Peter Pettigrew and Severus Snape

Timothy Spall and Alan Rickman in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, 2004Warner Bros. / Everett

Harry

Daniel Radcliffe in Potter and the Goblet of Fire, 2005Warner Bros. / Everett

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