'Harry Potter' star Jessie Cave felt 'it was embarrassing' turning to OnlyFans amid money struggles

“Harry Potter” star Jessie Cave admitted she felt embarrassed about joining OnlyFans after struggling to support her four children despite appearing in the blockbuster film franchise.

During a Thursday appearance on ITV’s “This Morning,” Cave, who played Lavender Brown in the “Harry Potter” movies, said she faced financial pressure while raising four children and navigating an unpredictable acting career before joining the subscription-based platform.

“I was in Harry Potter, but it was a smallish part, and it was 20 years ago. I’ve done little roles ever since, and I’ve mainly done comedy,” Cave said.

Cave said she struggled to balance motherhood with her creative career after having her fourth child and initially viewed OnlyFans as a temporary source of income.

“I think after my fourth baby, he’s now 4, he’s about to start school, I have really struggled to find my way as an artist, as I am at home all the time,” Cave said.

“I have done jobs. I’m mainly a writer and my brain has just changed in the last four years. I have really struggled to find a way forward financially as an artist, and this was always a way of having a stopgap just while I work out what I’m going to do next, see if I can earn a bit of money on the side to fund my next show or my next tour or whatever I do,” she continued.

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“Now I am seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. He’s about to start school and all four will be at school. I’ll have more time, I don’t know what I’ll do.”

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Cave stressed the platform has “really saved” her and helped her become more confident as a woman. 

“There’s lots of traps and then there’s also so much beauty in it, too,” Cave said. “You’re engaging with people that you would never usually speak to all around the world.”

“It’s really opened me up and definitely made me more confident as a woman because I’ve always just been very awkward, very, very weird. And this has kind of made me be like, ‘Oh, I can actually just do a photo of myself and try and look hot.’ And that’s quite nice,” she added.