20 Facts About Jessie Cave

Jessica Alice Cave Lloyd was born on 5 May 1987 and is an English actress, comedian, YouTuber, author and cartoonist, known for her role as Lavender Brown in the Harry Potter film series and for her shows in London and at the Edinburgh Fringe.

Jessie Cave has published a book of cartoon doodles called Love Sick, some of the designs in which have appeared on greeting cards.

Jessie Cave was born on 5 May 1987 in London, the second of five siblings.

Jessie Cave's mother Deborah is the daughter of former Chief Secretary to Hong Kong, Tasmanian-born Sir Charles Philip Haddon-Cave.

Jessie Cave attended Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith for Sixth Form.

Jessie Cave had originally intended to study stage management at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, and worked in London as a stagehand, before deciding to pursue acting.

Jessie Cave made her acting debut in the drama Summerhill, shown on CBBC in early 2008.

Jessie Cave won the role of Lavender Brown in the film Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince through an open casting call held on 1 July 2007.

Jessie Cave, who came from an agency, beat over 7,000 girls who turned up for the audition.

Jessie Cave performed the voice of Lavender in the video-game adaptations of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2.

That December, Jessie Cave had a minor role in the 2009 film Inkheart as a water nymph.

Jessie Cave appeared in the play Breed at Theatre503, playing the role of Liv, from 21 September to 16 October 2010.

Jessie Cave won the Off West-End stage award for People's Choice for Female Performance.

Jessie Cave appeared as a waitress named Angela in a medieval restaurant in the second series of BBC Three's Pramface, which aired on 8 January 2013.

Jessie Cave appeared as Theodora Snitch, a character in YouTube's one-off revival of the TV series Knightmare; as Denise in episode 2 of Coming Up Series 8; as Alicia Ferguson on the CBBC series Wizards vs Aliens, in the two-part episode "The Thirteenth Floor"; as Anne-Marie Bonner in series 2 of The Job Lot; and as Annie Maddocks in the E4 drama Glue in 2014.

Jessie Cave has appeared as herself on game shows, including 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown in 2017 and Richard Osman's House of Games in November 2021.

Jessie Cave's character expresses her enthusiasm for topics ranging from Babar to Andre Agassi's autobiography through a combination of homemade props and shadow puppetry, which conceal the character's neurosis and contrast with a subplot about an ex-boyfriend.

In 2012, Jessie Cave created a fashion range of colourful boho-chic harem-style pants, called "Jessie Cave Pants".

Jessie Cave published a book of cartoons called Lovesick on 2 July 2015 through Ebury Publishing.

In February 2022, Jessie Cave tested positive for COVID-19 while pregnant with her fourth child.