Emma Watson banned from driving for 6 months after she was caught speeding

"Harry Potter" actress Emma Watson was banned from driving for six months Wednesday after she was caught speeding last year.

Watson, 35, who played Hermione Granger, the friend of boy wizard Potter in the hugely popular movie franchise, was banned for driving 38 miles per hour in a 30-mph zone in southeastern Banbury last July. She had been driving her blue Audi.

Watson did not attend her hearing Wednesday, at which she was fined £1,044, or about $1,400. BBC News reports that the court heard that Watson already had nine points on her license before the July incident.