i srsly think that neville should be the one who kills her in the end.. but i dont think that'll happen because neville's not a killer. he might have the chance but he wont do it just like harry didnt let lupin and sirius kill peter. i wonder how she might be significant..ahh EXCITED

Neville will avenge his parents!

i love the pic they always put with the articles about her. it makes me giggle :)

HA! I knew it!!!!!! boo hiss to everyone who didnt know who bella was... :P

hooray this is great. plus helena is gorgeous. what good news although i could have guessed it really. not long to go now!

OMG! Now I'm REALLY dying for the book!!!! What will Bellatrix do? 10 Days!!!

YESS!!!!!!! MY FAV CHARACTER STILL HAS STORY LINE ... WO0T!!!!!! HOORAY! WOOO ... IM EXCITED!!!!!

no! neville can't kill her it's out of character for neville to kill someone he's so nice! but then again, i always thought if neville didn't end up a herbologist he would be an auror like his parents and for that you have to kill dark wizards or at least capture them. I think she'll be involved somehow in the final battle or she will be captured and she will give information about voldemort. Just a suggestion though, i've probably got it all wrong but there you go!

well, she has to play a big part, being as neville will kill her in the end hopefully.

Does "very significant" include a nasty end? ;-)

could be her the killer of Regulus Black?!? WOW!Ten days till we figure it out on the book!!!!!! I hope she has a very nasty end by the hands of Neville !!!!!

ahhhhhhhhhh bellatrix is my favorite blood-purity-crazed death eater! (:

Woohoo! I love Bella and cannot wait to see what happens with her in DH! It's so close now, I can't hardly contain my excitement.

oooh that's cool. i hope Neville kills her. i really hope so.

HPgeek4LIFE - I didn't know what you were talking about but then i looked at the picture and had a laughing fit =D thought i'd let you know lol

No offence i love Bellatrix i wanna be just like her (not in the evil ways) but she has to die and get killed by Neville! If she doesnt that just sucks i will like be so said for Neville adn if she does die i will totally name one of my kids Bellatrix you know out of the memory of her greatnessly of being so evil

this begs the question that's been surfacing everywhere... is Bellatrix part of the Order? very unlikely, yes... but there has been evidence behind this. Bellatrix getting rid of Sirius so Voldemort can't use Sirius to get to Harry. Not to mention that Bellatrix didn't 'kill' Sirius. Red sparks shot from her wand as she hit Sirius and he disappeared behind the veil, NOT green (Avada Kedavra). Not to mention that Bellatrix is the only Death Eater who doesn't trust Snape, who like her is an accomplished Occlumens. I'm skeptical, but keeping my eyes open. ;)

Bella is cool but VERY VERY evil! but still cool....

I don't think Bella will be killed by Neville - but remember how the prophecy indicated either Harry OR Neville could have been Voldemort's nemesis. Off the top of my head, how cool would it be if Neville's wand is the twin of Bella's? That way, if she tries Avada K. on him, she'd be held by Priori Incantatem just long enough that something bad could befall her. Don't doubt she will die - and indeed justice would be served if Neville did it, but she is beneath Neville, and pehaps ought to die as a result of one of her own evil deeds. HBC looks fantastic in the part.

HERE I AM...SECTUMSEMPRA TO CALL...ya i mean you would assume that neville kills bellatrix, but JK Rowling is never obvious is she? She's my favorite of all time authors...surpasses all!!! I believe the last book could be like 100 pages and i would still die over it...she's just that good...

if the book were 100 pages i would be a little disappointed...

Well, yeah. I kinda guessed that. 10 days, and we find out the specifics! :)

that is so fantastic!

i think bella will die for voldemort cause she thinks that he likes her more than anyone else, so she'll try to protect him or somthing and get killed... but he dosnt even like her... or mabey voldemort will kill her himself... that would be cool

YES!! That's awesome! And we don't have to wait too much longer to find out why she's so important!!! :3 I LOOOOVE Bellatrix! Yeah, I know she's a very bad, mean lady....but she's one of my faves anyway. :D

I saw the movie last night. She made the most perfect evil villian. Her evil laugh and her movement. You can tell Helena Bonham Carter loved the character.

I love Bella. She is my favourite villan.

neville will harm her in some way but no unforgivible curse just like harry with voldemort if he kills him he wont use unforgivible curse but harry will not die volemort maybe snape im beating and hoping on malfoy either one or both

I think that Jo is goin' to use a lot of dramatic irony ...cant wait... JUST-TEN-MORE-DAYS !!!!!

this is exciting! bella is my favorite out of the death eaters =]

come on! neither harry nor neville will kill bellatrix or any character... first: unforgivable curses.. second: killing is the "soul breaker"! they are not murderers. surely voldermort will turn his back on her... and after so many events... she will be killed by voldermort or she will help snape to kill voldermort looking for redemption XD

Ahhhh i wish that jo would stop teasing us like this!!!! p.s. Go Get Her Neville!!!

i figured she would be...its really tempting to want to know all this stuff but i really wish JK didnt give so much away! i really just want to be spoil free (ok ok these arent really spoilers...more like hints) when i read the book

ahhh! i thought bella qould be back, after all she seems the only DE who really, truly worships Voldemort and is not in it for her own personal gain. I do wonder which character was gonna be written out of the fifth movie thats important in the 7th. When seeing this I was like omg its Bella! Then I realized how many stills and clips included her. So it cant be her...I wonder who J.K. was talking about...

yea i like bellatrix. she sorta reminds me of my li'l bro in the beginning of HBP. the way she's all whining over narcissa....classic.

I really hope that neville kills bellatrix, and not the other way around..

i completely agree with bEtHyBoP13 22 . It is so out of nature. I mean i think that he will try to kill her, or threaten (somethng along those lines) but c'mon people this is Neville. I know he's getting "dangerous" or more daring but not to the potential to actually kill someone. ***SPOILER*** in the fifth movie after bella kills sirius she goes off singing/scream "i kill sirius" and Professor Lupin is trying to hold back harry, eventually he gives up and harry goes off running after her, Harry throws the crucias curse at her, but nothing happens except that she loses her balance. Vold- He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named says that you must REALLY mean them, for the 3 curses to really work. ***end SPOILER*** and RAB: Regulas and Bellatrix, i dont know though its just a guess

9 DAYS! 9 DAYS! 9 DAYS! 9 DAYS! 9 DAYS! 9 DAYS! 9 DAYS! 9 DAYS! 9 DAYS! 9 DAYS! 9 DAYS! 9 DAYS! 9 DAYS! 9 DAYS! 9 DAYS! 9 DAYS! 9 DAYS! 9 DAYS! I CANT WAIT!!! OH MY GOSH!! AND I HOPE SHE DIES A LONG DEATH!!! RIGHT AFTER SHE SEES HER MASTER DIE! MWAHAHAH! ~THE NEXT HERMIONE GRANGER

Bellatrix was once the enemy of Lily Potter during school, turning to the dark side, she reinforced her dark side. Bellatrix was to Lily, as Malfoy is to Harry. Just a thought! We shall see in a few more days!

I thought so.. maby not very significant, but she will indeed be important to the book!

she was so good in the 5th movee

I agree ... she's such a good character, it will be good to see her more in the last two movies.

maybe her importance is her connection to LV. Seeing how love seems to be a big part of Harry Potter series. LV could be in love to. And if Bellatrix is killed it might make LV weaker or kill him. Just a thought. What do you think?

YES!!!!! bellatrix is an evil hag but i absolutely love!!!!! her!!!!! helen bonham carter has only elevated my love for her!!!! tiger70, i agree with you. seeing as we haven't seen bellatrix's husband, and her obsession with LV, i think that she may be in love with him. however, i don't know how likely it is that LV would return her affections, but it's still a good idea

Bella will end up ruling the world of course. "I killed Sirius Blaaaaack" I can still hear her singing! And with Neville: "Hows Mum and Dad?" Ouch thats goota burn eh?! She is sooo awesome and Evil to the point where it rocks

I love bellatrix even though she is a death eater i love her charecter because i think she thinks voldemort loves her in the books i haven't seen the movies yet so i wouldn't know

Now that i think about it she reminds me of an evil tonks in the book like i said haven't seen the movie yet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I Love Sirius (though not as much as Danial Raddclif

8 days till the book!! yeesssss i cant wait! and omg bellatrix was soo good in the movie. she played her sooo well. god i loved her! :)

I know a lot of you are skeptical about Voldy being in love with Bella.... but I was thinking, maybe that is what destroys him in the end. I mean, no one's really ever loved him before and maybe when Bella does something spectacular for him (maybe sacrifices herself) he'll feel her love and be unable to bear it. Just a theory. But you've got to admit, its a bit suggestive how he calls her "bella". I've only heard her sister call her that. I really hope Bella doesn't die, though. I'll need a lot of Kleenexes if she does.

Helena Bonham Carter was the perfect choice for Belletrix, she plays her wonderfully!!!