Ginny
Americannoun
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HBO earlier this year announced that Gracie Cochrane, who played Ginny in the first season, “Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone,” was exiting due to unforeseen circumstances.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
My parents named me Virginia, after my mother’s sister, whose nickname was Ginny.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 19, 2026
“He’s a loyal kid,” said Smith’s mother, Ginny.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
"My oldest son has moved to Melbourne, because he can't find work here," opposition Labor MP Ginny Anderson told the BBC World Service recently.
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026
Neither of them mentioned Ginny or Hermione again; indeed, they barely spoke to each other that evening and got into bed in silence, each absorbed in his own thoughts.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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