Leung was born in Motherwell, Lanarkshire to Peter, who was a businessman, and Kar Wai Li Leung, who works in a law firm. in a 2011 interview Leung said her fondest memory of the Harry Potter experience was the first audition, because both her parents, who were separated at the time, went with her. Ku described Leung’s acting as “professional” and “mature.” Leung played Hsui Tai in the episode “Cat Among the Pigeons” of ITV1’s Agatha Christie’s Poirot, which premiered on ITV on 21 September 2008. in 2007, she helped The Prince’s Trust charity of Scotland raise £100,000 by launching a children’s art competition and also donated one of her own paintings which was auctioned for £960.
