Ginny: " She's a damn sight nicer than Phlegm." Hermione: " And she's more intelligent. She's an Auror!" Ginny: " I'd much rather Tonks in the family. At least she's a laugh." — Hermione and Ginny discussing Tonks with Harry and Ron. [src] Main article: Battle of the Seven Potters File:DH1 Fleur, Bill Weasley, Nymphadora, Remus Lupin and Harry Potter.jpg

Several publicity photos show Tena wearing a blonde wig as Tonks, but she does not do so in any of her four film appearances to date. Tonks was patrolling the school with Remus and Bill Weasley on the night that the Death Eaters managed to invade the castle, via a Vanishing Cabinet in the Room of Requirement, and fought against them in the Battle of the Astronomy Tower in 1997. During the battle, she duelled Thorfinn Rowle, who fired spells rapidly at the young Auror in an attempt to subdue her, though he ultimately failed and was forced to retreat with his companions. [45]In the books, Nymphadora's hair is described as "short and spiky", but in the films it is usually shoulder-length. It is also purple as opposed to pink as the film-makers had associated the colour pink with Professor Dolores Umbridge. It was portrayed as short and brown in the film adaptation of Half-Blood Prince however, as it had been in the book of the same name. It is possible she may be depressed over the death of her cousin Sirius and is having trouble with her morphing like in the book. Personality: For Tonks, personality is often reflected in the way she looks. More often than not she's pink spikey haired, pale, and grinning. She's a generally happy person, with a vibrant and engaging personality. People often remark that she doesn't have the normal serious demeanor of an auror, but she doesn't think that she needs to, so long as she gets the job done. She likes to see the brighter side of things when at all possible and also likes to be the friendly face in a sea of stony looking aurors. Nymphadora Tonks and Charlie Weasley attended Hogwarts during the same year, but they were in different houses, so it’s not likely that they knew each other. Tonks's friendship with Harry grew for the next two and a half years. In 1996, Harry hoped Tonks would be among the Aurors set to escort him to the Hogwarts Express, though she was not. Shortly after, Tonks rescued Harry on the Hogwarts Express; she performed the counter-curse to remove the Full Body-Bind Curse placed on him by Draco Malfoy, healed his broken nose and ensured he reached safety within Hogwarts. When Tonks married Remus Lupin in 1997, she was sorry that Harry couldn't attend the wedding due to him being required to remain with his Muggle relatives to ensure the protective charm on him held. Later, when Lupin briefly left Tonks, due to fears that the child she carried would be infected with lycanthropy like himself, Harry was furious with him for leaving his family. It was largely because of Harry's words that Lupin returned to Tonks. In 1998, when she gave birth to a son named Teddy Lupin, both Tonks and Lupin agreed that Harry would be the godfather. Harry was devastated when he learned that Nymphadora was killed by her aunt, Bellatrix Lestrange. He noted that the grief he felt over the death of Tonks was akin to a physical wound. In memory of both Tonks and Lupin, Harry acted as a father figure to their orphaned son Teddy, who, despite being raised by Tonks's mother, would spend three or four nights a week dining with the Potter and Weasley families.

At the end of the year, she earned ' Outstanding' or ' Exceeds Expectations' on at least five of her N.E.W.T.s, [28] (of which one was an 'Outstanding' in Transfiguration, and an 'Exceeds Expectations' in Charms [34]) thus qualifying for Auror training when she left school in 1991. Wedding ring: Following her wedding to Lupin, Tonks owned a wedding ring which she showed to Harry prior to the Battle of Seven Potters. [48] Although her common use of the word 'wotcher' suggests that Tonks is from southern England, on the UK editions of the audiobooks Stephen Fry reads her with a strong Lancashire accent. Ginny Weasley: " She's a damn sight nicer than Phlegm." Hermione Granger: " And she's more intelligent. She's an Auror!" Ginny Weasley: " I'd much rather Tonks in the family. At least she's a laugh." — Hermione's and Ginny's high opinion of Tonks [src]Potions: Tonks had achieved a N.E.W.T. in the subject, considering how knowledge of poisons and antidotes are essential studies for Aurors. [55] She must have earned an "Outstanding" in her O.W.L. exam, since she was taught by Severus Snape, and likely had earned either an 'Outstanding' or an 'Exceeds Expectations' on her N.E.W.T. exam.

Andromeda’s sisters are still here because they made lovely, respectable pure-blood marriages, but Andromeda married a Muggle-born, Ted Tonks, so –’ I got top marks in Concealment and Disguise during Auror training without any study at all, it was great.” English actress Anna Friel, who was David Thewlis' common law wife at the time, auditioned for the part of Tonks since the character is romantically linked to Remus Lupin. However, she did not get the role. Bellatrix wants me quite as much as she wants Harry, Remus. She tried very hard to kill me. I just wish I'd got her, I owe Bellatrix." — Tonks to Remus Lupin after the Battle of the Seven Potters [src]

She was loyal

It would have taken a great deal of courage for Andromeda to disobey her relatives and flaunt tradition. No matter how much she disagreed with their stance on Muggle-born witches and wizards, they were still her family – and she knew they would disown her over her marriage to Ted Tonks. She was burned off her family tapestry, and both Bellatrix and Narcissa considered her to be a ‘blood traitor’. History of Magic: Tonks was knowledgeable about wizarding history, as she gained an O.W.L. in the subject at Hogwarts, allowing her to study it further at N.E.W.T. level. [58] [59] Listen, no bloke in his right mind's going to fancy Tonks when Fleur's around. I mean, Tonks is okay-looking when she isn't doing stupid things to her hair and her nose..." — Tonks's physical appearance [src] If you ask her mother to reminisce about Tonks' childhood, she would tell you that the girl was a very interesting baby to have around the house. Her metamorphmagus abilities emerged before her general magical abilities and her parents weren't actually quite sure what she really looked like for awhile. She was constantly switching her features around, from the littlest things like changing the shape of just her ears to changing her entire face. At first they weren't quite sure what it was their daughter could do, but after a trip to St. Mungos when she was three it was all figured out. From then on her parents set about teaching her to control that, figuring that they needed to get that ability under control before she figured out how to levitate the family dog.