British actress and comedian Jessie Cave, who is best known for portraying the character Lavender Brown in the Harry Potter films, has been admitted to the hospital after she tested Covid-19 positive while being pregnant with her fourth child. The 34-year-old posted a photo of herself lying on the hospital bed and wrote, "Triage, once again…Anyone else had covid in 3rd trimester & had it hit them like a tonne of bricks for weeks?" Cave requested for further guidance on anti-nausea drugs and said, "Also - Has anyone taken the anti-nausea drug and it made them feel worse?" Comedian Felicity Ward responded to Cave's post and wrote back, "Oh honey. I’m so sorry. Like your body hasn’t got enough to deal with. Sending you lots of love lovely."
Cave and her partner, Alfie Brown, are parents to three children. The couple's son, Abraham (name later changed to Tenn), had tested positive for Covid-19 last year (he was two months old at the time) and was admitted to hospital. She wrote in her post, "I watched the news about lockdown from an isolated room in hospital. Poor baby is covid positive. He’s okay and doing well but they are being vigilant and cautious, thankfully. This strain is super powerful and contagious so I do hope that people take extra care in the coming weeks. Really didn’t want this to be the start of my families new year. Really didn’t want to be back in a hospital so soon after his traumatic birth."
On the work front, after her role in the Harry Potter films, Cave made appearances on shows like Trollied and Call the Midwife, while also performing live shows. She has also made a name for herself as an illustrator and has been selling her artwork online. Cave has a flair for writing too and released a book titled Lovesick, which was a book dedicated to her "neurotic doodles", and came out in 2015.
