As opposed to the one track mind of Hogwarts Lavender, real-life Jessie seems to be a jack of many trades. Ex-swimming champion and Tennis player, Jessie Cave rerouted her life due to an early-on unfortunate sporting injury. Fortunately for us, that injury landed her on the Harry Potter set, right where she belonged. From a young age, Jessie has proved to be immensely talented in sports, arts, writing, acting and basically, anything she sets her mind on.
Jessie is still enjoying her acting career today, so when she’s not appearing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival or at any West-End productions, she’s starring in popular TV shows, like Black Mirror. When she’s not acting, Cave is illustrating, cartooning and writing. Lately, she published a book which she called ‘Love Sick’, based on her doodles. The future looks bright for Ms. Cave!
Evanna Lynch Now
Evanna Lynch is just as creative in real life as her on-screen character. In fact, before landing her part in the Harry Potter franchise, Evanna had been corresponding with J.K. Rowling for quite a few years, writing her fan letters and ideas. Since her time on set in the last Harry Potter movie, Evanna has appeared in various films, including Houdini and My Name Is Emily, and has proven, throughout the years, to be a greatly talented individual.
Although she hasn't appeared on screens in the last few years, Evanna is still pursuing her acting career. She recently appeared on stage in a new adaptation of Disco Pigs, and was one of the celebrities competing on the last season (season 27) of ABC's Dancing with the Stars.
Jessie Cave as Lavender Brown
If you've read the Harry Potter books, then you'd know that Lavender Brown has a much bigger part in the books than she does on screen. But that's OK with us. She gives the books that extra human quality that is so very present when you're that age in school, what with the obsessive girly-gossip between herself and BFF Parvati Patil about the adorable Won-Won (We mean Ron, of course).
Showing her love in any way she can, poor hopeless romantic Lavender does everything possible to get Ron's attention (short of spray painting R + L = 4EVER on the Gryffindor common room wall). It's a real shame, but unfortunately, she ended up being a little too subtle for Won-Won's liking. (Let that be a lesson, Lavender!)
Emma Watson as Hermione Granger
What else is there to say about Hermione Granger? As one of Harry's closest friends (along with Ron Weasley), Hermione is THE leading lady in the Harry Potter franchise, and boy, is she a girl to be proud of. She may come across as an intelligent know-it-all sometimes, but she is also pure at heart, a loyal friend and all-in-all, a true Gryffindor. It's not her fault nobody else completed the summer reading list - seriously! All jokes aside, Hermione seems super confident, but she actually had to go through quite a few hardships to get to where she is.
Being born to a muggle family, and after receiving her Hogwarts acceptance letter, Hermione entered and adapted to the wizardry world all on her own. Yet, she still proved to be there for Harry, time after time, and showed bravery like nobody's business. Hermione proved to everyone (and to herself) that you can be clever, and still be courageous, loyal but conscientious, and she wows everybody when she enters that ballroom in the fourth book, looking stunning!
Emma Watson Now
As incredible as Hermione is in the books and movies, she doesn't hold a torch to Emma Watson in real life. Born in Paris and raised in Oxfordshire, England, Watson always knew that she wanted to be an actress. Her role as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter franchise was actually her first professional role. Can you believe it? Aside from becoming an internationally known face, the role also earned her roughly $60 million! After that, Watson also starred in one of our personal favorites - The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and made a stunning rendition of Belle, in Beauty and the Beast.
With all the fame she acquired, Emma continued her education and graduated from Brown University, with a BA in English literature. She still works as an actress, and has also expanded her career into the fashion world, becoming a model and fashion consultant. In 2014, she became the UN Women Goodwill ambassador, and continues to fight for gender equality. Yes, she's a pretty tough cookie.