Harry Potter star Emma Watson celebrated her 22<sup>nd birthday by attending the Coachella music festival in California on 15 April.

Watson was looking beautiful in a pair of jeans, a leopard print scarf, a pair of sunglasses and with a hairband. She was seen locking lips with her boyfriend Will Adamowicz, a student at Brown University in full view of the public at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio and the duo held each other throughout the set, reported the Metro.

Emma watson tweeted: "Just enjoyed a birthday feast of Mac N' Cheese, jelly beans and lemonade. : ) Thanks for all the birthday wishes. Much appreciated!!"

The actress, known for her role as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter series, was born in France on 15 April 1990. She moved to Oxfordshire with her mother and trained to become an actress for a number of years at the Oxford branch of Stagecoach Theatre Arts, a part-time theatre school.

Casting agents of first Harry Potter movie found her through her teacher at the theatre. She took the auditions and producers were impressed by her confidence.

Her performance in the first film of the series, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone, won her a young artist award for best leading young actress.

Emma was also nominated for two Critics' choice award nominations from the Broadcast Film Critics Association for her work in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and Harry Potter and the goblet of fire.

She also won nominations for the seventh and eighth Harry Potter movies in 2011 for a Nickelodeon Kids' choice award, and for Best Actress at the Jameson Empire awards. The franchise won the BAFTA for Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema in February 2011.

She will be seen next in Guillermo del Toro's "Beauty and the Beast". She is also playing the American lead role of Sam on the Stephen Chobsky adaptation "Perks of Being a Wallflower."

She is also playing the role of a bad girl in the upcoming movie "The Bling Ring," a movie about five- person gang that burgled the Los Angeles homes of celebrities such as Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and Orlando Bloom in 2008 and 2009. The movie which is written and directed by Sofia Coppola, is scheduled to be released next year.

"Filming Bling Ring is going great. As Israel would say 'we are slaying this!'.Thanks for the good luck messages," Watson tweeted on her twitter page about the movie

Watson is in her third year of study at Brown University where she is concentrating in English Literature. She is currently on a year abroad studying at Oxford University.

Meanwhile many of Watson's fans posted birthday wishes on Twitter:

@_iHeartHelena : "Happy Birthday to a girl who is the best out of all girls. We Admire Emma. Happy Birthday to a girl who is the best out of all girls. We Admire Emma."

@TheHPLovers: Happy Birthday Emma Watson! The most beautiful and talented actress i have ever layed eyes on

@JanetCanSing Close : "happy birthday emma watson!! your such an inspiration to me!!!"

@scarred_soul8: "Emma Watson is 22 Today. :) Happy Birthday @EmWatson

@dormiens_draco : "Happy Birthday Emma Watson, from the cute adorable 10 year old. To the beautiful, smart and flawless 22 year old. We Admire Emma."