Emma Watson banned from driving for 6 months after speeding

Emma Watson banned from driving for 6 months after speeding

Hermione Danger.

Emma Watson was reportedly banned from driving for six months on Wednesday, one year after she got a speeding infraction in Oxford, England.

According to the BBC, the 35-year-old “Harry Potter” star already had nine points on her license before she drove her blue Audi at 38 mph in a 30 mph zone last July.

Emma Watson is reportedly not allowed to drive for six months after a speeding infraction a year ago in Oxford, England. Getty Images for Elton John AIDS Foundation

During Wednesday’s five-minute hearing, the High Wycombe Magistrates’ Court ordered Watson to pay £1,044 (about $1,400) in fines.

The actress reportedly did not attend the hearing.

The Post has reached out to Watson’s rep for comment.

Emma Watson was ordered to pay £1,044 (about $1,400) in fines. Iammeysam / BACKGRID

Watson’s lawyer, Mark Haslam, reportedly told the court that she’s a student and “is in a position to pay the fine.”

The “My Week with Marilyn” star has been pursuing a master’s degree in creative writing at Oxford University since 2023.

She has not acted since the 2019 Greta Gerwig period film “Little Women.”

Two years ago, Watson and her brother, Alex, launched their own gin brand, Renais.

From left: Emma Watson, Daniel Radcliffe and Rupert Grint in the 2004 movie “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.” ©Warner Bros/courtesy Everett Co

That same year, she opened up about her decision to take a break from Hollywood.

“I wasn’t very happy, if I’m being honest,” Watson said in an interview with the UK’s Financial Times. “I think I felt a big caged.”

“The thing I found really hard was that I had to go out and sell something that I really didn’t have very much control over,” she added.

“To stand in front of a film and have every journalist be able to say, ‘How does this align with your viewpoint?’ It was very difficult to have to be the face and the spokesperson for things where I didn’t get to be involved in the process,” Watson said.

Watson is pursuing a master’s degree in creative writing at Oxford University since 2023. Getty Images
Emma Watson steps out in Paris on June 8. Aissaoui Nacer / BACKGRID

The actress also noted that she was “held accountable in a way that I began to find really frustrating” while she was acting.

“I didn’t have a voice, I didn’t have a say,” she told the outlet. “And I started to realise that I only wanted to stand in front of things where if someone was going to give me flak about it, I could say, in a way that didn’t make me hate myself, ‘Yes, I screwed up, it was my decision, I should have done better.’”

Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint in “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” the first movie of the franchise. ©Warner Bros/Courtesy Everett Collection

However, the “Beauty and the Beast” actress promised she will “absolutely” return to acting one day.

“But I’m happy to sit and wait for the next right thing,” she said. “I love what I do. It’s finding a way to do it where I don’t have to fracture myself into different faces and people. And I just don’t want to switch into robot mode anymore.”

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