Harry Potter star Bonnie Wright says becoming a mum “the most wonderful adventure so far” in new film for WaterAid

Actor, activist and author Bonnie Wright has spoken about her ‘positive birth experience’ in a new film released today as part of WaterAid’s ’12 ways of water’ series, highlighting the positive ways clean water changes lives. One in five health centres globally do not have clean water on site putting millions of women and babies at risk of deadly diseases. In a video posted on her Instagram in collaboration with international charity WaterAid, the Harry Potter star says “where there’s water, there’s healthy babies”, before reminiscing about the biggest adventures…

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Hollywood star Bonnie Wright joins scientists and campaigners to launch river plastic investigation

Film star Bonnie Wright (A Christmas Carol, The Sea, Harry Potter series) joined scientists and campaigners on the River Wye this Tuesday, 5th March, to launch a nationwide survey of plastic pollution in the UK’s major rivers. Bonnie joined Greenpeace volunteers and scientists in collecting water samples from three different points along the Wye using a filtering device called a manta net. The samples will then be sent back to the University of Exeter, where they will be analysed using fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (a cutting-edge infrared plastic detector) and compared…

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