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Harry Potter star Jessie Cave reveals she earned more from one year of OnlyFans than ‘entire acting career’
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velma sh.itjust.works velma@sh.itjust.works
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Actor and comedian Jessie Cave says she has made more money from one year of sharing hairbrushing videos on OnlyFans than she has done throughout her “entire acting career”.

The performer, 39, who is best known for her role as Lavender Brown in the Harry Potter films, started to post videos showing herself brushing her long hair on the social media platform last year, after dealing with rejection in the entertainment industry and struggling financially.

Cave was clear from the start that her account would not be “a sexual one” and would instead focus on “sensual” videos of her hair.

Speaking to The Times, Cave, who shares four children with comedian fiance Alfie Brown, said that she had reached “a point of complete desperation” after being rejected from an audition.

“I couldn’t go and, say, work in a supermarket because I can’t afford the childcare, and also I don’t want people shouting Harry Potter spells at me as I work at Tesco,” she told the paper.

“I could retrain but I can’t afford to do a degree. I had a breakdown and I thought, that’s it with acting, I give up. But also we have no money. It was a point of complete desperation.”

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grue lemmy.world grue@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-13
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Ironic that (if she does the traditional thing) she's going to have the same last name as her character.

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velma Moderator velma@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-05-07
#3 · (edited) Quote Reply

Ironic that (if she does the traditional thing) she's going to have the same last name as her character.

Brown?

The performer, 39, who is best known for her role as Lavender Brown in the Harry Potter films

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frtzngbllr lemmy.world frtzngbllr@lemmy.world
Joined: 2026-01-25
#4 · (edited) Quote Reply

Brown? The performer, 39, who is best known for her role as Lavender Brown in the Harry Potter films

with comedian fiance Alfie Brown

If she takes the last name of the husband at some point, then yes, they're correct.

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velma Moderator velma@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-05-07
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with comedian fiance Alfie Brown If she takes the last name of the husband at some point, then yes, they're correct.

I couldn’t tell if they were referring to the “traditional thing” of performing sex acts on OF or marrying her fiancé tbh.

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TrackinDaKraken lemmy.world DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world
Joined: 2025-02-26
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grue lemmy.world grue@lemmy.world
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I couldn’t tell if they were referring to the “traditional thing” of performing sex acts on OF or marrying her fiancé tbh.

The second one! WTF!

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velma Moderator velma@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2026-05-07
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The second one! WTF!

Ah come on, we’re on Lemmy haha. It could’ve gone either way.

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grue lemmy.world grue@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-13
#9 · Quote Reply

Ah come on, we’re on Lemmy haha. It could’ve gone either way.

Sigh... I knew I should've quoted the parts I was talking about...

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Rooster326 programming.dev Rooster326@programming.dev
Joined: 2025-09-25
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Best known for her role as Lavender Brown

Is she though?

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Dave lemmy.nz Dave@lemmy.nz
Joined: 2023-06-02
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Best known for her role as Lavender Brown Is she though?

It doesn't say "well known", it says "best known". Is there some other movie that she is more well known for?

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Rooster326 programming.dev Rooster326@programming.dev
Joined: 2025-09-25
#12 · (edited) Quote Reply

It doesn't say "well known", it says "best known". Is there some other movie that she is more well known for?

But if she's making a million sensually fucking a hairbrush.

Isn't that what she's best known for?

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Crozekiel lemmy.zip Crozekiel@lemmy.zip
Joined: 2023-07-22
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Best known for her role as Lavender Brown Is she though?

I don't even know who Lavender Brown is.

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blargh513 sh.itjust.works blargh513@sh.itjust.works
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#14 · Quote Reply

But if she's making a million sensually fucking a hairbrush. Isn't that what she's best known for?

I'd be happy to be known for that.

Anyone want to see a chubby older brown guy brush his hair SENSUALLY?

No? Fuck, back to the office again.

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Jakeroxs sh.itjust.works Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works
Joined: 2023-07-03
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I couldn’t tell if they were referring to the “traditional thing” of performing sex acts on OF or marrying her fiancé tbh.

Same, like her porn name or something lmfao

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schipelblorp sh.itjust.works schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works
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I'd be happy to be known for that. Anyone want to see a chubby older brown guy brush his hair SENSUALLY? No? Fuck, back to the office again.

Tell me more about your hair.

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cheat700000007 lemmy.world cheat700000007@lemmy.world
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#17 · Quote Reply

And how much would she have made with OF if she wasn't in HP?

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Rooster326 programming.dev Rooster326@programming.dev
Joined: 2025-09-25
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I don't even know who Lavender Brown is.

Despite reading the books and watching the movies a few time, I had to look it up. It's Ron's first girlfriend. She did a good job of playing the villain.

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blockheadjt sh.itjust.works blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works
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I don't even know who Lavender Brown is.

"Won-won!"

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southsamurai (he/him/pronoun agnostic) sh.itjust.works southsamurai@sh.itjust.works
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I'd be happy to be known for that. Anyone want to see a chubby older brown guy brush his hair SENSUALLY? No? Fuck, back to the office again.

I mean, I wouldn't payfor it

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AngryCommieKender lemmy.world AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-02
#21 · (edited) Quote Reply

Despite reading the books and watching the movies a few time, I had to look it up. It's Ron's first girlfriend. She did a good job of playing the villain.

Wasn't she one of the many girls that tried to essentially poison both Ron and Harry with love potion infused food? Or am I confusing her with some other girl Ron got infatuated with through magical means?

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QueenHawlSera sh.itjust.works QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works
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#22 · Quote Reply

I'd start an only fans, but there's no way I'm attractive enough.

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Tollana1234567 lemmy.today Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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I'd start an only fans, but there's no way I'm attractive enough.

people have done it with masks, or not show thier face

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tazeycrazy feddit.uk tazeycrazy@feddit.uk
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Wasn't she one of the many girls that tried to essentially poison both Ron and Harry with love potion infused food? Or am I confusing her with some other girl Ron got infatuated with through magical means?

No your thinking of Romilda Vane. She wanted harry but Ron got his chocolates before him. Ron then was poisoned by Draco who was trying to get dumbldoor. Ron was just catching strays.

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Darkard lemmy.world Darkard@lemmy.world
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The sub-plot hidden here is that an adult can't go work because the child care needed to allow her to go to work cost more than the job earns. But can't NOT go to work because she needs money.

If you pick a career in your teens and it doesn't work out by the time you are in your 30's then you are fucked.

Meanwhile the media is complaining that "Kids these days" are not getting themselves trapped in these spirals by having kids or being loyal to the companies exploiting them.

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Rooster326 programming.dev Rooster326@programming.dev
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Tell me more about your hair.

None of his head otherwise he's hairier than a gorilla

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AnyOldName3 lemmy.world AnyOldName3@lemmy.world
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people have done it with masks, or not show thier face

If you're only showing a subset of your body, then that subset has to be especially attractive

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NigelFrobisher aussie.zone NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone
Joined: 2023-08-07
#28 · Quote Reply

If you're only showing a subset of your body, then that subset has to be especially attractive

I'm a hand model, mama. A finger jockey. We think differently than the face and body boys... we're a different breed.

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AngryCommieKender lemmy.world AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-08-02
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No your thinking of Romilda Vane. She wanted harry but Ron got his chocolates before him. Ron then was poisoned by Draco who was trying to get dumbldoor. Ron was just catching strays.

Ahhh, right. I haven't read or watched them in almost a couple decades at this point

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