{"id":34767,"date":"2026-08-09T16:45:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T11:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=34767"},"modified":"2026-08-09T16:45:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T11:45:35","slug":"harry-potter-star-earns-more-on-onlyfans-in-one-year-than-her-entire-acting-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=34767","title":{"rendered":"Harry Potter star \u2018earns more on OnlyFans in one year than her entire acting career\u2019"},"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<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"646\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SEI_85505500-a1e4-e1786272414789.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-29335130\" alt=\"Jessie Cave as Lavender Brown in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince\" decoding=\"sync\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Jessie Cave played Lavender Brown in the Harry Potter films (Picture: Warner Bros. Pictures)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Former <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/harry-potter\/\">Harry Potter<\/a> child star Jessie Cave has spoken about turning to OnlyFans after her acting career slowed down.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 39-year-old played Lavender Brown in the Harry Potter films as a teenager and went on to land roles in Call the Midwife and on the <a data-ico=\"hyperlink-article\" data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/west-end\/\">West End<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But the mother-of-four has now detailed how work started to slow down last year and she didn\u2019t know where to turn.<\/p>\n<p>In a new interview, Cave said she couldn\u2019t afford to do a new degree and couldn\u2019t get a job in a supermarket, because of childcare costs and fears of customers \u2018shouting Harry Potter spells\u2019 at her.<\/p>\n<p>Describing it as a \u2018point of complete desperation,\u2019 Cave told <a 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=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Times<\/a> she had a \u2018breakdown\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>In March 2025, she joined the mostly-explicit content sharing platform OnlyFans, with a viral first post that got her 3,500 subscribers.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"975\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SEI_181156090-e3af.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-29335111\" alt=\"LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 21: (FOR EVENING STANDARD USE ONLY) Jessie Cave attends the press night performance of \" the=\"\" witches=\"\" at=\"\" national=\"\" theatre=\"\" on=\"\" november=\"\" in=\"\" london=\"\" england.=\"\" pic=\"\" credit:=\"\" dave=\"\" benett=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Cave joined OnlyFans in March last year and posts hair content to the platform (Picture: Jed Cullen\/Dave Benett\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"990\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SEI_197637609-e43a.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-29335109\" alt=\"HCE4CF HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF-BLOOD PRINCE, from left: Rupert Grint, Jessie Cave, 2009. ?Warner Bros.\/courtesy Everett Collection\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>The mother-of-four said she reached a \u2018point of complete desperation\u2019 (Picture: Alamy Stock Photo\/Everett Collection Inc)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Cave posts fully clothed \u2018hair content\u2019, in which she brushes her hair, which falls to her pelvis, while dressed as characters including Lavender Brown.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018I 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,\u2019 she told the publication. \u2018But it\u2019s now been over a year and a half and it\u2019s genuinely saved our lives.\u2019<\/p>\n<div class=\"factbox\" data-ico=\"factbox_article\" data-track-module=\"factbox_article\">\n<h2 class=\"factbox-title\">\n\t\t\t\tWhat has Jessie Cave acted in?\t\t\t<\/h2>\n<div class=\"factbox-content\">\n<p>Before scoring the Harry Potter role, Jessie Cave acted in the CBBC drama Summerhill in early 2008.<\/p>\n<p>She landed Lavender Brown through an open casting call, beating 7,000 other girls for the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince part. <\/p>\n<p>Cave has continued to notch several IMDb credits in the years since, including in Industry, Am I Being Unreasonable? and Black Mirror.<\/p>\n<p>Her longest-running roles have been in the TV shows Buffering, an ITV sitcom created by and starring Iain Stirling, and the Sky sitcom Trollied, about a fictional supermarket\u2019s staff. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>She added: \u2018My rule is the hair is the main character. That\u2019s how I justify it. It\u2019s literally about hair: the texture of hair. The fetish. It\u2019s very, very niche.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Cave said her subscribers pay $6 a month, with additional revenue coming from paid-for messages. She said that in one day, she made \u00a315,000 and that in one year, she\u2019s earned more than during her entire acting career.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img width=\"646\" height=\"932\" src=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/SEI_85487523-e28c-e1786272387169.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=646\" class=\"article-image wp-image-29335128\" alt=\"Jessie Cave 'Sunday Brunch' TV programme, London, Britain - 22 Nov 2015 Mandatory Credit: Photo by Steve Meddle\/REX (5412315en)\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>\t<\/div><figcaption>Cave does not do explicit content, but said she routinely gets asked to (Picture: Steve Meddle\/Rex\/Shutterstock)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Earlier this year, she underwent breast enlargement surgery, which she said her subscribers paid for and something she did in part because her hair \u2018can only do so much\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>While Cave does not do explicit content, she said she does routinely get asked to do \u2018gross stuff\u2019 on the platform, which she admitted gets to her.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The actress also told the publication she suspects she will only have a limited time on the platform, given that performing explicit content is a line she will not cross.<\/p>\n<p>However, said that she anticipates more artists will sign up to OnlyFans in the future. 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