Jessie Cave

Jessie Cave is an English performer, comedian, writer and illustrator from London. She began acting with a role in the CBBC drama Summerhill in 2008. Her breakthrough came when she was cast as Lavender Brown in Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009) following an open audition that drew more than 7,000 hopefuls. She also lent her voice to Lavender in video game versions of the Harry Potter series. On stage, she made her West End debut in 2009 as Thomasina in Tom Stoppard's Arcadia, and she earned a 2011 People's Choice Offie for Female Performance for her work in Breed. Her television credits include Pramface, Wizards vs Aliens and Glue. She has appeared at the Edinburgh Fringe with shows like Bookworm and Sunrise, and she has written a cartoon collection, Love Sick, and a novel, Sunset. She also runs the website and YouTube channel Pindippy.