Debuting a brand new do, the newly minted red head, Evanna Lynch, appeared over the weekend to launch and endorse the MS Read-a-thon in Ireland! An avid reader, Evanna revealed that she took part in the MS Read-a-thon when she was in high school and strongly encourages that teens have a go at it! Seven images have been uploaded into the galleries; a press release for the events has also been revealed!

Luna Lovegood, AKA Evanna Lynch, joined some Harry Potter fans to launch the 23rd MS READaTHON. Evanna took part in the MS READaTHON in her school in Carlow and encourages all kids and teens to get involved! Read more?

The BBC Radion iPlayer has also been updated with Evanna’s reading of “Foster”; you can download and listen to the 15-minute long chunks from episode one (aired 30 August 2010).

In what is her first non-Potter career move, Evanna Lynch will be lending her voice to the BBC radio drama “Foster” by Claire Keagan. Thanks to Snitch Seeker we have a synopsis and time blocks for Evanna’s radio performance; the drama will be released in 15-minute segments on BBC Radio and will go start on the 31st August at 3:30pm and will run until the 2nd September.

A heartbreaking, haunting story of childhood, loss and love by one of Ireland’s most acclaimed writers. A small girl is sent to live with her mother’s people on a farm in rural Ireland, without knowing when she will return home. In the strangers’ house, she finds a warmth and affection she has not known before and slowly begins to blossom in their care. And then a secret is revealed, and suddenly, she realizes how fragile her idyll is. Source

For those outside the U.K. who are unable to listen in on the program, there is always the BBC Radio iPlayer function which records the program and allows it to be streamed after the reading has aired.

A big happy 19th birthday to Potter fanatic and Luna-expert, Evanna Lynch! I think you can all agree she’s come a long way from being a walking Potter encyclopedia from Termonfeckin!

You’ll be able to catch Evanna when she reprises her role as Luna Lovegood in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”, due out November 11, 2010!