Today we're wishing the actress of Bellatrix Lestrange (née Black) a very happy birthday! I think she played her role fantastically. I've been just reading The Order of the Phoenix again the novel, in which Bellatrix is first mentioned.
Bellatrix Lestrange and her two sister, Narcissa and Nymphadora were raised by their parents to be proud of being pure-blood. When she first attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry the Sorting Hat put her into Slytherin house. She was a Member of the Slug Club in her school days. Her wand is 12¾ inches long, made of walnut with dragon heartstring. Hers is the only wand (in the movies) to be bent and crooked.
Shortly after school she married Rodolphus Lestrange. When Voldemort rose to power she and her husband joined the Death Eaters and became one of his most loyal servants. After the downfall of Voldemort she earned a life sentence in Azkaban for torturing Aurors Frank and Alice Longbottom into insanity.
"The Dark Lord will rise again, Crouch! Throw us into Azkaban; we will wait! He will rise again and will come for us, he will reward us beyond any of his other supporters! We alone were faithful! We alone tried to find him!"
Rodolphus and Bellatrix were imprisoned there for almost 15 years, but fled along with 9 other Death Eaters to rejoin their master. When they first came to face Harry Potter and his friends in the Department of Mysteries in the Ministry of Magic she used the Cruciatus Curse on the Longbottom's son, Neville. Also it was her fault Sirius Black died (still hate her so much for killing him!!!).
During the Battle of Hogwarts in 1998 she also killed her sister Nymphadora Tonks (née Black), who she considered a great blood traitor to the family. In the end she was killed by Molly Weasley and did not live to see her master defeated just minutes later.
Mischief managed!
On another note: Congratulations Slytherin house for winning the House Cup!
