I’m a strong believer in Sarah Gadon as Narcissa but may I present you with
Lea Seydoux
Narcissa Malfoy was always one of the biggest miscasts in the 'Harry Potter' movies in my opinion. Helen McCrory was a wonderful actress and may God rest her soul. 🙏🏼
But when I was reading the books, Narcissa looked very different. I was very disappointed when I saw her in the movies for the first time. But so far it is indeed very difficult to find the right actress for her. While Sarah Gadon and Lea Seydoux are wonderful ideas, I still find them not quite fitting because they are too soft, so to speak. Narcissa would be a more harsh, more straight faced woman, very beautiful though and still a great mother. But more austere.
I'm still trying to find someone, who looks a little bit like what I mean. I thought of a woman like Nicole Kidman or Tilda Swinton or even Meryl Streep when she was young. It still isn't it because Nicole Kidman is too angular, Tilda Swinton is too unelegant and a different kind of dark and Meryl Streep is a bit too warm and hearty. I still hope I will find a picture one day of a woman who looks like Narcissa Malfoy looks to me. I've found some women who look a bit more like what I was seeing in my mind though. They're models/ ballet dancers.
I think that Alexandra Waterbury has a lot of what I meant, she's just a bit too young still. But I love her air-like energy.
I also found Caroline Lossberg, who does have lots of the right features in her face like I imagined. I could imagine her with platinum blonde hair.
And lastly I found Ella Richards, who also shares some fitting facial features in my opinion. I especially love her slight look of haughty indifference, that seems very Narcissa-like.
I had even thought of Claudia Schiffer at some point but eventually she's too girlish and playful for Narcissa I think.