A Harry Potter star is joining 'Dancing With the Stars'

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Watch out Hogwarts, cause Luna Lovegood is about be Yule Ball ready.

Actress Evanna Lynch, who joined the Harry Potter franchise with Order of the Phoenix in 2007, has joined the cast of Dancing With the Stars Season 27 on ABC.

ABC announced the new cast on Good Morning America Sept. 12. Lynch is joined by a former Olympian as well as cast members from The Bachelor and American Idol, and the series' first-ever blind contestant, a historic first.

Here's the full list:

Alexis Ren with Alan Bersten Bobby Bones with Sharna Burgess Danelle Umstead with Artem Chigvintsev DeMarcus Ware with Lindsay Arnold Evanna Lynch with Keo Motsepe  Joe “Grocery Store Joe” Amabile with Jenna Johnson John Schneider with Emma Slater Juan Pablo Di Pace with Cheryl Burke Mary Lou Retton with Sasha Farber Milo Manheim with Witney Carson Nancy McKeon with Val Chmerkovskiy Nikki Glaser with Gleb Savchenko Tinashe with Brandon Armstrong

Dancing With the Stars returns Sept. 24 at 8 p.m. with a two-hour premiere on ABC.

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Proma Khosla

Proma Khosla is a Senior Entertainment Reporter writing about all things TV, from ranking Bridgerton crushes to composer interviews and leading Mashable's stateside coverage of Bollywood and South Asian representation. You might also catch her hosting video explainers or on Mashable's TikTok and Reels, or tweeting silly thoughts from @promawhatup.

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