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.”
31 Comments
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 24d
Darkard@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 24d
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.
Rooster326@programming.dev · 16 pts · 24d
Best known for her role as Lavender Brown
Is she though?
Dave@lemmy.nz · 14 pts · 24d
It doesn't say "well known", it says "best known". Is there some other movie that she is more well known for?
Rooster326@programming.dev · 9 pts · 24d
But if she's making a million sensually fucking a hairbrush.
Isn't that what she's best known for?
blargh513@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 24d
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.
schipelblorp@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 24d
Tell me more about your hair.
Rooster326@programming.dev · 1 pts · 24d
None of his head otherwise he's hairier than a gorilla
southsamurai@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 24d
I mean, I wouldn't payfor it
Crozekiel@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 24d
I don't even know who Lavender Brown is.
Rooster326@programming.dev · 11 pts · 24d
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.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 24d
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?
tazeycrazy@feddit.uk · 7 pts · 24d
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.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 23d
Ahhh, right. I haven't read or watched them in almost a couple decades at this point
blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 24d
"Won-won!"
grue@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 24d
Ironic that (if she does the traditional thing) she's going to have the same last name as her character.
velma@sh.itjust.works · 6 pts · 24d
Brown?
frtzngbllr@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 24d
If she takes the last name of the husband at some point, then yes, they're correct.
velma@sh.itjust.works · 19 pts · 24d
I couldn’t tell if they were referring to the “traditional thing” of performing sex acts on OF or marrying her fiancé tbh.
grue@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 24d
The second one! WTF!
velma@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 24d
Ah come on, we’re on Lemmy haha. It could’ve gone either way.
grue@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 24d
Sigh... I knew I should've quoted the parts I was talking about...
Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 24d
Same, like her porn name or something lmfao
Fishnoodle@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 24d
Who?
Warl0k3@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 24d
I used to be all about the books as a kid and I don't remotely remember the character. I'm glad the actor is doing okay through an alternate funding stream though, she seems nice from a brief read of her socials.
Alexstarfire@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 24d
She's the girl Ron dates before Hermione. She's a pretty minor character. There's not much to remember.
cheat700000007@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 24d
And how much would she have made with OF if she wasn't in HP?
QueenHawlSera@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 24d
I'd start an only fans, but there's no way I'm attractive enough.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 24d
people have done it with masks, or not show thier face
AnyOldName3@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 24d
If you're only showing a subset of your body, then that subset has to be especially attractive
NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 24d
I'm a hand model, mama. A finger jockey. We think differently than the face and body boys... we're a different breed.