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Ian Molyneaux & Abbie Meehan

The Harry Potter extra who went on to marry a Hollywood A-lister

Harry Potter has birthed some of the world's greatest actors and actresses, and without a doubt been one of the biggest film franchises of the 2000s.

However, without the hundreds of Harry Potter extras that took part in the filming process, none of this would have been possible.

As reported by MyLondon, some household names from the franchise include Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson and Rupert Grint - the Golden Trio - as well as Emma Thompson, Gary Oldman and even Kenneth Branagh.

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But there is one extra, who was unknown at the time, who went on to star in three movies, and ended up in a very famous marriage himself.

Actor Tom Ackerley may not be a stand-out name to many lovers of Harry Potter, but the child actor at the time appeared in three of the eight films - Philosopher's Stone, Chamber of Secrets and Prisoner of Azkaban.

Born in January of 1990, the kid was just ten when he first appeared in the films - but this was only revealed to the world when his extremely famous wife told all on The Graham Norton Show.

Yes, that's right, Tom's wife is none other than blonde bombshell and incredibly gifted actress Margot Robbie.

Little baby Tom being shoved by the one and only Tom Felton! (Warner Bros)

The couple met on the set of Suite Française in 2013 and the pair began dating in 2014 before getting married.

And while appeared on the BBC chat show hosted by Graham Norton, Margot shared the time that her actor husband was shoved out of the way by one Draco Malfoy in the Harry Potter films.

The 31-year-old said on the show: "My husband is in the Harry Potter movies. I was like had you told me sooner we would have be married very quickly but he was an extra, he was like when he was a little kid.

"He was one of the Sytherin act extras... You know when Draco pushes some of the kids out of the way to see Buckbeak in the third book?

"He pushed my husband out of the way!"

Well, that's a story to tell the grandkids anyway!

Are there any other surprising Harry Potter relationships? Let us know in the comments below.

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