‘Harry Potter’ Star Jessie Cave Says It Was ‘Embarrassing’ to Join OnlyFans to Pay the Bills but ‘It Has Saved Me’: Lavender Brown ‘Was a Small Part 20 Years Ago’ — SkimNews
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- Jessie Cave launched an OnlyFans account in May 2025 featuring hair fetish content — not sexual material — after her small Lavender Brown role 20 years ago failed to cover childcare costs and debt.
- On the U.K. talk show 'This Morning,' Cave described joining OnlyFans as 'embarrassing' because 'on a certain level, I would have really liked to get a job,' but added 'it really has saved me' and called herself a 'struggling artist' now doing one-woman puppet shows.
- Cave initially announced the account on Instagram, promising subscribers 'the best quality hair sounds' and 'very sensual stuff,' and listing her aims as 'to get the house safe, cover the arsenic/lead wallpaper, build a new roof' and 'to get out of debt.'
- A Harry Potter fan convention barred Cave from attending after learning about the account, citing that 'OnlyFans is affiliated with porn,' a decision she called 'baffling' because 'most actors who do conventions have done TV and films in which they've done sex scenes and nudity. I'm just playing with my hair!'
- Cave debuted as Lavender Brown in 2009's 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince' and reprised the role in both 'Deathly Hallows' films, and has since appeared in 'Great Expectations,' 'Black Mirror,' 'Industry,' and two Harry Potter video games.
- Cave said she is unbothered about exiting the convention circuit: 'I am not upset about the prospect of no more Harry Potter conventions... There is going to be a new cast now and it's a different time.'
Why it matters: Jessie Cave's role in three Harry Potter films did not generate lasting financial security — 20 years later she cites childcare costs and debt as the reason for joining OnlyFans, where she monetizes hair fetish content rather than sexual material. The fan convention that banned her accepts actors who have performed nudity and sex scenes in major productions, exposing the stigma OnlyFans carries even for non-sexual creators who depend on it.
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