Pregnant Harry Potter Star Jessie Cave Hospitalized With COVID-19

Harry Potter movie star Jessie Cave has been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19 while in the third trimesters of pregnancy with her fourth child. Cave posted on social media about her turn in health, letting friends and fans know that she is currently in triage; she has been infected with COVID since February when she first posted to Instagram about her diagnosis. Jessie Cave took on the role of Lavender Brown in the sixth, seventh and eighth Harry Potter films; the character was an ally of Harry and co. in “Dumbledore’s Army,” laying down her life in the final Battle of Hogwarts. 

“Anyone else had covid in 3rd trimester & had it hit them like a tonne of bricks for weeks? 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯” Cave captioned over a photo of herself laying on a hospital bed. 

In her first COVID announcement post, Cave posted “Coronavirus followed by norovirus on top of the near-constant nausea this entire pregnancy. But I’m still managing to be a total ray of sunshine, don’t worry.”

That detail about nausea appears to have become a larger issue as Cave’s body has battled COVID, as her hospital stay Instagram Stories have also touched on the subject: 

“Also, has anyone taken the anti-nausea drug and it made them feel worse?” Cave posted, later adding: “Thank you for the info about nausea drugs … I will NOT be taking them as too scared of feeling worse.”

Cave has had all four pregnancies with her partner, Alfie Brown. Fans around the world are already wishing her a speedy recovery. 

While Jessie Cave’s time in the franchise is over, the Harry Potter movies continue on with the prequel series Fantastic Beasts. That franchise is set to release its third film, The Secrets of Dumbledore, which will look into the secret history of Hogwarts’ famed headmaster and his family, as the threat of Grindelwald continues to rise over both the wizarding and human worlds. 

Set in the 1930s, the story leads up to the Wizarding World’s involvement in World War II and will explore the magical communities in Bhutan, Germany and China in addition to previously established locations including Brazil, the United States and United Kingdom. With Grindelwald’s (Mads Mikkelsen) power rapidly growing, Albus Dumbledore (Jude Law) entrusts Newt Scamander (Eddie Redmayne) and his friends on a mission that will lead to a clash with Grindelwald’s army, and will lead Dumbledore to ponder how long he will stay on the sidelines in the approaching war.

Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore will be released in theaters on April 8, 2022.