This list ranks the female characters of Harry Potter on-screen in order of character development, from the borderline neglected to the palpably real. (Peripheral male characters were sacrificed too, to be fair.) But even without the luxury of thousands of pages of narration, the Harry Potter movies still feature an abundance of powerful women for fans of all ages to love, hate, and cosplay.

Whether for the sake of time, budget, or streamlining the story, the roles of some female Harry Potter characters were truncated and their impact lessened.

Yet when the books were adapted into a film franchise, concessions had to be made. All seven books in the series are packed with female characters who make things happen and shape the story: teachers, students, warriors, villains, and philosophers who together make Harry Potter one of the most feminist YA series of the last several decades. Rowling may have constructed an entire wizarding world around “The Boy Who Lived,' but the women in Harry Potterare essential to that boy and the universe he occupies.

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