{"id":34190,"date":"2026-08-09T08:07:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T03:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=34190"},"modified":"2026-08-09T08:07:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T03:07:13","slug":"harry-potter-actress-jessie-cave-earns-more-on-onlyfans-than-acting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=34190","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Harry Potter&#8217; actress Jessie Cave earns more on OnlyFans than acting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div id=\"beyondwords-wrapper\" data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"beyondwords-wrapper\">\n<p><span class=\"label-bg\">NEW<\/span>You can now listen to Fox News articles!\n  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">&#8220;<a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_entertainment_article_main-content_article-body_6_491139\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/harry-potter-gift-guide#&amp;_intcmp=fnc_search-results_search_main-content_search-results_5_9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harry Potter<\/a>&#8221; star Jessie Cave is opening up about how joining OnlyFans &#8220;saved&#8221; her and her family.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"speakable\">During a recent interview with <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_entertainment_article_main-content_article-body_6_491140\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/culture\/theatre-dance\/article\/harry-potter-star-jessie-cave-on-joining-onlyfans-its-saved-my-life-cl5ml02xx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Times<\/a>, the 39-year-old actress shared how much money she&#8217;s made from the subscription-based social media platform, noting she has &#8220;earned more, easily, than my entire acting career within one year.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;I thought I\u2019d make five grand, be on it for a few months and it would buy me time to work out what we\u2019re going to do,&#8221; she shared. &#8220;But it\u2019s now been over a year and a half, and it\u2019s genuinely saved our lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">The actress charges subscribers $6 a month for non-explicit &#8220;hair content,&#8221; 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star Jessie Cave says she made more money in one year on OnlyFans than her entire acting career.<\/span> <span>(Warner Bros.\/courtesy Everett Collection; Kate Green\/Getty Images, File)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_entertainment_article_main-content_article-body_6_491141\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/american-pie-alum-shannon-elizabeth-turns-onlyfans-fresh-start-divorce-unfolds\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>\u2018AMERICAN PIE\u2019 ALUM SHANNON ELIZABETH TURNS TO ONLYFANS FOR \u2018FRESH START\u2019 AS DIVORCE UNFOLDS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Cave had her big break in Hollywood playing Lavender Brown in the final three films in the Harry Potter franchise, from 2009 to 2011. She later appeared as a guest in a number of projects, including &#8220;<a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_entertainment_article_main-content_article-body_6_491142\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/entertainment\/tv#&amp;_intcmp=fnc_search-results_search_main-content_search-topics_3_1_tv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Black Mirror<\/a>&#8221; and &#8220;Industry,&#8221; and worked on the stage.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Her decision to transition to OnlyFans came after she was rejected by a callback audition and her need to support herself and her four children, who she shares with her fianc\u00e9, Alfie Brown, admitting &#8220;it was a point of complete desperation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;I couldn\u2019t go and, say, work in a supermarket because I can\u2019t afford the childcare, and, also, I don\u2019t want people shouting Harry Potter spells at me as I work at Tesco,&#8221; she explained. &#8220;I could retrain, but I can\u2019t afford to do a degree. I had a breakdown, and I thought, \u2018That\u2019s it with acting, I give up.\u2019 But, also, we have no money.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">According to The Times, she earned roughly $20,200 in just one day on the platform.<\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/343\/192\/jessie-cave-mean-girls.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/686\/384\/jessie-cave-mean-girls.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/672\/378\/jessie-cave-mean-girls.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1344\/756\/jessie-cave-mean-girls.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/931\/523\/jessie-cave-mean-girls.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1862\/1046\/jessie-cave-mean-girls.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/720\/405\/jessie-cave-mean-girls.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1440\/810\/jessie-cave-mean-girls.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1200\/675\/jessie-cave-mean-girls.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Jessie Cave on the red carpet at the premiere of the Mean Girls Musical in London in June 2024.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Cave shared she made around $20,000 in just one day on the platform.<\/span> <span>(Mike Marsland\/WireImage, File)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/newsletters?cmpid=fnfirstnl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Her one rule when creating her content is that her &#8220;hair is the main character,&#8221; she said. &#8220;That&#8217;s how I justify it.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;And yes, [OnlyFans] is largely porn. But there are cooking videos, tarot readings, personal training \u2014 it\u2019s just all done with a sexy edge,&#8221; she added. &#8220;It is about wanting some kind of gaze. \u2026 I wear baggy T-shirts on stage. I\u2019ve never posted a bikini shot. I wear huge glasses. For so long I\u2019ve just been this quirky figure. After having four kids and feeling invisible for so long, that was really appealing to me.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Cave said she can foresee other artists turning to &#8220;other platforms to make money when they\u2019re not being an artist.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_entertainment_article_main-content_article-body_6_491144\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>LIKE WHAT YOU&#8217;RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div data-layout-index=\"5\" class=\"image-ct inline\">\n<div class=\"m\"><picture><source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/343\/192\/jessie-cave-white.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/686\/384\/jessie-cave-white.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"192\" width=\"343\"><source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1023px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/672\/378\/jessie-cave-white.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1344\/756\/jessie-cave-white.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"378\" width=\"672\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1024px) and (max-width: 1279px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/931\/523\/jessie-cave-white.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1862\/1046\/jessie-cave-white.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"523\" width=\"931\"><source media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/720\/405\/jessie-cave-white.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1, https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1440\/810\/jessie-cave-white.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1 2x\" height=\"405\" width=\"720\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/1200\/675\/jessie-cave-white.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"Jessie Cave at the South Bank Sky Arts Awards in London in July 2019.\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\"\/><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"info\">\n<div class=\"caption\">\n<p><span>Cave first opened up about joining OnlyFans in March 2025, saying she would try it for a year.<\/span> <span>(Keith Mayhew\/SOPA Images\/LightRocket via Getty Images, File)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">She first spoke out about starting her OnlyFans account in March 2025, writing on her <a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_entertainment_article_main-content_article-body_6_491145\" href=\"https:\/\/substack.com\/home\/post\/p-158760033\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">personal Substack account<\/a> that she started the account in an effort to &#8220;get out of debt.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.onelink.me\/xLDS?pid=AppArticleLink&amp;af_dp=foxnewsaf%3A%2F%2F&amp;af_web_dp=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fapps-products\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">&#8220;<a data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_entertainment_article_main-content_article-body_6_491147\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/harry-potter-actress-joins-onlyfans-pay-off-debt\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">I\u2019ll try for one year<\/a>,&#8221; Cave wrote. &#8220;My aim? 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