She is from France and one of her grandmothers was a veela[?]. She was one of the competitors in the Triwizard Tournament in book 4 of the Harry Potter series; at the end of that book, she told Harry that following her graduation from Beauxbatons Academy of Magic[?] she would be trying to return to England to obtain a job and thereby improve her English skills.
In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix it is briefly mentioned that Fleur has taken employment in Gringott's Bank[?], and that Bill Weasley is helping her to improve her English.
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