According to Observer, before Cobham-Hervey became an actor, she was a circus performer. Both of Cobham-Hervey's parents were in show business, according to Vogue, and from the age of 9 she worked in a children's circus. Over the seven years that she was part of the troupe, Cobham-Hervey learned how to trapeze, hula hoop, and put on performances.
Additionally, Cobham-Hervey got her big break in acting on 52 Tuesdays, which aired in 2013. Then in 2019, she played legendary singer Helen Reddy in Unjoo Moon's biopic I Am Woman. Speaking about the role, she told Observer, "I think the great thing about playing [Reddy] is that I got to lean into a bit of her confidence. It's also pushed me to think about the kinds of stories I want to tell and not just waiting for them to come to me. Like Helen, I was like, 'Well if there's something I really want to do maybe I have to go and out and make it.'"
It was acting that reportedly brought Patel and Cobham-Hervey together. When they first got together in 2017, The Sun published snaps of the pair smooching on a paddle boat in a Los Angeles park. As a source told Mirror, "Dev has been trying to keep his new girlfriend secret, but he was spotted looking very loved up with her last week. She's been staying with him at his new pad."
