Kaya Scodelario
Encyclopedia
Kaya Rose Scodelario is a British actress
and model
. She is best known for her role as Effy Stonem
in the E4 drama Skins
.
as Effy Stonem
. Upon Scodelario's arrival to the auditions she felt she was too young and became discouraged, but a producer stopped her before she could leave and asked her to read for the part. While Scodelario's role had minimal speaking lines in the first series, her character developed considerably in the 2008 series, before she eventually became the central character in the 2009 series after the cast had been replaced with a new generation of characters. This made Effy the only main character to appear in series 1 to 4 of Skins.
On 12 March 2009 it was announced on the official Skins website that a fourth series had been planned, for which Scodelario along with her co-stars, were to reprise their roles.
Filming began in July and Scodelario revealed that 18 November 2009 had been her last day of filming the series and that she would miss being on the show.
Scodelario left after the fourth series, making way for the third generation of characters.
For her performance on Skins, Scodelario was nominated twice in the category for Best Actress at the TV Quick Awards in 2009 and 2010.
-thriller film Moon
, which premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival
, garnering positive reviews. In her second film, titled Shank, she plays a teenager called Tasha. The film was released on 26 March 2010.
In addition, she appeared in the 2010 remake of the Clash of the Titans
as Peshet.
Scodelario was previously signed with Models 1 and has modelled for various magazines, including Teen Vogue
, Nylon, Instyle UK, Elle UK
, Dazed & Confused
, Vogue
and i-D
. She also appears in the music videos for Stay Too Long
, She Said
, Love Goes Down, and Writing's On The Wall by British musician Plan B
. She can also be seen in the music video for Old Isleworth by The Ruskins.
In April 2010, Scodelario confirmed her casting as Cathy in a new film adaptation of Wuthering Heights
directed by Andrea Arnold
. Principal photography started in September and concluded in November 2010. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival
in September 2011 to generally positive reviews, and Scodelario was even hailed as a "heart-wrenching revelation". Wuthering Heights will also appear at several other international film festivals, including the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival
, London Film Festival
, and the Zurich Film Festival
. The film will be released in the UK on November 11.
2011 brought in more film projects for Scodelario. She signed on to star in a new British thriller, Twenty8k, in the role of Sally Weaver. Filming lasted six weeks during April and May 2011. The film is expected to be released in spring 2012. In late June, Scodelario announced via her Twitter
that she has signed on to star in Now Is Good with Dakota Fanning
. The film is based on Jenny Downham
's novel, Before I Die
, which centers around a teenage girl with leukemia who creates a list of things to do before she dies, including losing her virginity. She portrays the character, Zoey. Production was shot in seven weeks in July and August.
Furthermore, Scodelario is currently attached to Stay With Me, which will be directed by Tim Fywell
. The film is based upon Lesley Glaister
's novel, Now You See Me, and she will be portraying the role of Lamb. Production is currently scheduled to begin in February/March 2012. She is also apparently attached to Invisible, which is written, directed, and produced by Robert Cavanah
, who will also star in the feature. Scodelario will portray the role of Lola, a teenage runaway trying to escape her enforced prostitution. The film is based upon Si Wall's screenplay, Drinking Chocolate.
In late September, Scodelario filmed a new television serial for BBC One
, Love Life
, an improvised series comprising five stand-alone episodes, each covering a different love-related dilemma. She is cast in the second storyline as Karen, the love interest of her teacher, who is portrayed by Billie Piper
. The series is said to air in spring 2012.
She was bullied in early childhood and dealt with low self esteem, so her passion for drama became an outlet for her.
She has revealed in her twitter account that she has been struggling with dyslexia
saying, "Watching a interesting doc on BBC Three
about dyslexia, something that I have struggled with my whole life. It really affected my self-esteem."
She still has a strong connection with Brazil. All her mother's family lives in Itu
, a city in São Paulo state, Brazil, and she usually spends some time there.
Scodelario revealed in an interview that she dated Skins co-star Jack O'Connell
for about a year before splitting in June 2009, though they remain good friends. She has been in a relationship with Elliott Tittensor
since late 2009. Their relationship became more prominent when Scodelario supported Tittensor during a court case he was facing.
From 2008 to 2010 Scodelario lived alone in a flat in North London
, stating that it is important for women to be "independent and strong".
She was voted 13th in the UK edition of FHM's 100 World's Sexiest Women 2010.
Acting
Acting is the work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play....
and model
Model (person)
A model , sometimes called a mannequin, is a person who is employed to display, advertise and promote commercial products or to serve as a subject of works of art....
. She is best known for her role as Effy Stonem
Effy Stonem
Elizabeth "Effy" Stonem is a fictional character in the television series Skins, played by Kaya Scodelario. She is the only main character to appear in more than two series. She appears in all of the first four series...
in the E4 drama Skins
Skins (TV series)
Skins is a BAFTA award-winning British teen drama that follows a group of teenagers in Bristol, South West England, through the two years of college. The controversial plot line explores issues such as dysfunctional families, mental illness , adolescent sexuality, substance abuse and death...
.
Skins
With no prior acting experience, at the age of 14, Scodelario was cast in the 2007 first series of SkinsSkins (TV series)
Skins is a BAFTA award-winning British teen drama that follows a group of teenagers in Bristol, South West England, through the two years of college. The controversial plot line explores issues such as dysfunctional families, mental illness , adolescent sexuality, substance abuse and death...
as Effy Stonem
Effy Stonem
Elizabeth "Effy" Stonem is a fictional character in the television series Skins, played by Kaya Scodelario. She is the only main character to appear in more than two series. She appears in all of the first four series...
. Upon Scodelario's arrival to the auditions she felt she was too young and became discouraged, but a producer stopped her before she could leave and asked her to read for the part. While Scodelario's role had minimal speaking lines in the first series, her character developed considerably in the 2008 series, before she eventually became the central character in the 2009 series after the cast had been replaced with a new generation of characters. This made Effy the only main character to appear in series 1 to 4 of Skins.
On 12 March 2009 it was announced on the official Skins website that a fourth series had been planned, for which Scodelario along with her co-stars, were to reprise their roles.
Filming began in July and Scodelario revealed that 18 November 2009 had been her last day of filming the series and that she would miss being on the show.
Scodelario left after the fourth series, making way for the third generation of characters.
For her performance on Skins, Scodelario was nominated twice in the category for Best Actress at the TV Quick Awards in 2009 and 2010.
Other work
Scodelario made her film debut in the science fictionScience fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
-thriller film Moon
Moon (film)
Moon is a 2009 British science fiction drama film about a man who experiences a personal crisis as he nears the end of a three-year solitary stint mining helium-3 on the far side of the Earth's moon. It is the feature debut of director Duncan Jones. Sam Rockwell stars as the employee Sam Bell, and...
, which premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...
, garnering positive reviews. In her second film, titled Shank, she plays a teenager called Tasha. The film was released on 26 March 2010.
In addition, she appeared in the 2010 remake of the Clash of the Titans
Clash of the Titans (2010 film)
Clash of the Titans is a 2010 fantasy and action remake of the 1981 film of the same name . The story is very loosely based on the Greek myth of Perseus. Directed by Louis Leterrier and starring Sam Worthington, the film was originally set for standard release on March 26, 2010...
as Peshet.
Scodelario was previously signed with Models 1 and has modelled for various magazines, including Teen Vogue
Teen Vogue
Teen Vogue magazine began as a version of Vogue magazine for teenage girls. This US magazine focuses on fashion and celebrities and offers information about the latest entertainment and feature stories on current issues and events.- Description :...
, Nylon, Instyle UK, Elle UK
Elle (magazine)
Elle is a worldwide magazine of French origin that focuses on women's fashion, beauty, health, and entertainment. Elle is also the world's largest fashion magazine. It was founded by Pierre Lazareff and his wife Hélène Gordon in 1945. The title, in French, means "she".-History:Elle was founded in...
, Dazed & Confused
Dazed & Confused (magazine)
Dazed & Confused is a British style magazine, that was set up in 1992 and published monthly. Its founding editors were Jefferson Hack and Rankin...
, Vogue
Vogue (magazine)
Vogue is a fashion and lifestyle magazine that is published monthly in 18 national and one regional edition by Condé Nast.-History:In 1892 Arthur Turnure founded Vogue as a weekly publication in the United States. When he died in 1909, Condé Montrose Nast picked up the magazine and slowly began...
and i-D
I-D
i-D is a British magazine dedicated to fashion, music, art and youth culture. i-D was founded by designer and former Vogue art director Terry Jones in 1980. The first issue was published in the form of a hand-stapled fanzine with text produced on a typewriter...
. She also appears in the music videos for Stay Too Long
Stay Too Long
"Stay Too Long" is the first single from British rapper Plan B's second album The Defamation of Strickland Banks. The single was released on 8 January 2010. Australian-British electronic rock and drum 'n' bass group Pendulum also produced a remix, their first in three years, which was used as...
, She Said
She Said (Plan B song)
"She Said" is the second single from English rapper Plan B's second album The Defamation of Strickland Banks - a concept album whose songs tell the fictitious tale of a sharp-suited English soul singer who finds fame with bitter-sweet love songs, but then loses everything when he ends up in prison...
, Love Goes Down, and Writing's On The Wall by British musician Plan B
Plan B (rapper)
Benjamin Paul Ballance-Drew primarily known as Plan B or Ben Drew, is a British rapper, singer-songwriter, actor and film director from Forest Gate, London. Plan B first emerged as a hip hop artist releasing his critically acclaimed debut album Who Needs Actions When You Got Words in 2006...
. She can also be seen in the music video for Old Isleworth by The Ruskins.
In April 2010, Scodelario confirmed her casting as Cathy in a new film adaptation of Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights (2011 film)
Wuthering Heights is a 2011 British romantic drama film directed by Andrea Arnold and starring Kaya Scodelario as Catherine and James Howson as Heathcliff. The screenplay, written by Andrea Arnold and Olivia Hetreed, is based on Emily Brontë's 1847 novel of the same name.- Cast :* Kaya Scodelario...
directed by Andrea Arnold
Andrea Arnold
Andrea Arnold OBE is a filmmaker and former actress from England, who made her feature film directorial debut in 2006 with Red Road.-Early TV work:...
. Principal photography started in September and concluded in November 2010. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival
Venice Film Festival
The Venice International Film Festival is the oldest international film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the...
in September 2011 to generally positive reviews, and Scodelario was even hailed as a "heart-wrenching revelation". Wuthering Heights will also appear at several other international film festivals, including the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival
The Toronto International Film Festival is a publicly-attended film festival held each September in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. In 2010, 339 films from 59 countries were screened at 32 screens in downtown Toronto venues...
, London Film Festival
London Film Festival
The BFI London Film Festival is the UK's largest public film event, screening more than 300 features, documentaries and shorts from almost 50 countries. The festival, , currently in its 54th year, is run every year in the second half of October under the umbrella of the British Film Institute...
, and the Zurich Film Festival
Zurich Film Festival
The Zurich Film Festival ' is an important international film festival, held annually in Zurich, Switzerland. A stated objective of the festival is to discover and support young, aspiring filmmakers and to offer the industry, audiences, the press and a broader public an exciting cinema experience...
. The film will be released in the UK on November 11.
2011 brought in more film projects for Scodelario. She signed on to star in a new British thriller, Twenty8k, in the role of Sally Weaver. Filming lasted six weeks during April and May 2011. The film is expected to be released in spring 2012. In late June, Scodelario announced via her Twitter
Twitter
Twitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
that she has signed on to star in Now Is Good with Dakota Fanning
Dakota Fanning
Hannah Dakota Fanning , better known as Dakota Fanning, is an American actress. Fanning's breakthrough performance was in I Am Sam in 2001. As a child actress, she appeared in high-profile films such as Man on Fire, War of the Worlds, and Charlotte's Web...
. The film is based on Jenny Downham
Jenny Downham
Jenny Downham is a British novelist and an ex-actor. She has published two books, Before I Die, the fictional account of the last few months of a sixteen-year-old girl who has been dying of leukeamia for four years...
's novel, Before I Die
Before I Die
Before I Die is a novel written by Jenny Downham. Tessa Scott is only 16, and she has just months left to live before she finally loses her battle with cancer. However, she has made a list of 10 things she wants to do before she dies, some which are dangerous and foolish, and others which will...
, which centers around a teenage girl with leukemia who creates a list of things to do before she dies, including losing her virginity. She portrays the character, Zoey. Production was shot in seven weeks in July and August.
Furthermore, Scodelario is currently attached to Stay With Me, which will be directed by Tim Fywell
Tim Fywell
Tim Fywell is an English television and film director. Fywell started his career in British television, directing episodes of Brookside. In 2003 his made his feature debut with I Capture the Castle, an adaption of the novel that goes by the same title by Dodie Smith...
. The film is based upon Lesley Glaister
Lesley Glaister
Lesley Glaister is a British novelist and playwright. She has written 12 novels, Chosen being the most recent, one play and numerous short stories and radio plays. She is a lecturer in creative writing at the University of St Andrews, and is a regular contributor of book reviews to the Spectator...
's novel, Now You See Me, and she will be portraying the role of Lamb. Production is currently scheduled to begin in February/March 2012. She is also apparently attached to Invisible, which is written, directed, and produced by Robert Cavanah
Robert Cavanah
Robert Cavanah is a Scottish actor/writer/director/producer.Cavanah was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. He is a fluent Spanish speaker. He is a father of two...
, who will also star in the feature. Scodelario will portray the role of Lola, a teenage runaway trying to escape her enforced prostitution. The film is based upon Si Wall's screenplay, Drinking Chocolate.
In late September, Scodelario filmed a new television serial for BBC One
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
, Love Life
Love Life (TV series)
Love Life is a five-episode 2012 semi-improvised BBC television drama. Each episode is a self-contained story, devised through improvisation , exploring an issue related to love and relationships.-Plot:...
, an improvised series comprising five stand-alone episodes, each covering a different love-related dilemma. She is cast in the second storyline as Karen, the love interest of her teacher, who is portrayed by Billie Piper
Billie Piper
Billie Paul Piper is an English singer and actress.She began her career in the late 1990s as a pop singer and then switched to acting. She started in acting and dancing and was talent spotted at the Sylvia Young stage school by Smash Hits magazine who wanted a "face" for their magazine...
. The series is said to air in spring 2012.
Personal life
Scodelario is fluent in Portuguese, her father was English, and her mother is Brazilian. Her parents were divorced and Scodelario was brought up by her mother, subsequently adopting her surname.She was bullied in early childhood and dealt with low self esteem, so her passion for drama became an outlet for her.
She has revealed in her twitter account that she has been struggling with dyslexia
Dyslexia
Dyslexia is a very broad term defining a learning disability that impairs a person's fluency or comprehension accuracy in being able to read, and which can manifest itself as a difficulty with phonological awareness, phonological decoding, orthographic coding, auditory short-term memory, or rapid...
saying, "Watching a interesting doc on BBC Three
BBC Three
BBC Three is a television network from the BBC broadcasting via digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms. The channel's target audience includes those in the 16-34 year old age group, and has the purpose of providing "innovative" content to younger audiences, focusing on new talent...
about dyslexia, something that I have struggled with my whole life. It really affected my self-esteem."
She still has a strong connection with Brazil. All her mother's family lives in Itu
Itu
Itu is an old and historic municipality in the state of São Paulo in Brazil. The population in 2009 was 157,384 and the area is 641.68 km². The elevation is 583 m. This place name comes from the Tupi language, meaning big waterfall. Itu is linked with the highway numbered the SP-75 and are flowed...
, a city in São Paulo state, Brazil, and she usually spends some time there.
Scodelario revealed in an interview that she dated Skins co-star Jack O'Connell
Jack O'Connell (actor)
Jack O'Connell , is a British actor, from Alvaston, Derby, England. He went to St Benedict Catholic School and Performing Arts College...
for about a year before splitting in June 2009, though they remain good friends. She has been in a relationship with Elliott Tittensor
Elliott Tittensor
Elliott John Tittensor is an English actor, best known for his role of Carl Gallagher in the Channel 4 show, Shameless.-Career:...
since late 2009. Their relationship became more prominent when Scodelario supported Tittensor during a court case he was facing.
From 2008 to 2010 Scodelario lived alone in a flat in North London
North London
North London is the northern part of London, England. It is an imprecise description and the area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes. Common to these definitions is that it includes districts located north of the River Thames and is used in comparison with South...
, stating that it is important for women to be "independent and strong".
She was voted 13th in the UK edition of FHM's 100 World's Sexiest Women 2010.
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 – 2010 | Skins Skins (TV series) Skins is a BAFTA award-winning British teen drama that follows a group of teenagers in Bristol, South West England, through the two years of college. The controversial plot line explores issues such as dysfunctional families, mental illness , adolescent sexuality, substance abuse and death... |
Effy Stonem | TV Series; 25 episodes |
| 2009 | Moon Moon (film) Moon is a 2009 British science fiction drama film about a man who experiences a personal crisis as he nears the end of a three-year solitary stint mining helium-3 on the far side of the Earth's moon. It is the feature debut of director Duncan Jones. Sam Rockwell stars as the employee Sam Bell, and... |
Eve | Supporting role |
| 2010 | Clash of the Titans Clash of the Titans (2010 film) Clash of the Titans is a 2010 fantasy and action remake of the 1981 film of the same name . The story is very loosely based on the Greek myth of Perseus. Directed by Louis Leterrier and starring Sam Worthington, the film was originally set for standard release on March 26, 2010... |
Peshet | Supporting role |
| Shank | Tasha | ||
| 2011 | Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights (2011 film) Wuthering Heights is a 2011 British romantic drama film directed by Andrea Arnold and starring Kaya Scodelario as Catherine and James Howson as Heathcliff. The screenplay, written by Andrea Arnold and Olivia Hetreed, is based on Emily Brontë's 1847 novel of the same name.- Cast :* Kaya Scodelario... |
Catherine Earnshaw | Top billing |
| 2012 | Twenty8k | Sally Weaver | Post-Production |
| Now Is Good | Zoey | Post-Production | |
| Stay With Me | Lamb | Pre-Production | |
| Invisible | Lola | Pre-Production | |
| Love Life Love Life (TV series) Love Life is a five-episode 2012 semi-improvised BBC television drama. Each episode is a self-contained story, devised through improvisation , exploring an issue related to love and relationships.-Plot:... |
Karen | TV Series; Filming |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Stay Too Long Stay Too Long "Stay Too Long" is the first single from British rapper Plan B's second album The Defamation of Strickland Banks. The single was released on 8 January 2010. Australian-British electronic rock and drum 'n' bass group Pendulum also produced a remix, their first in three years, which was used as... |
Beautiful Girl | Song by Plan B |
| 2010 | She Said She Said (Plan B song) "She Said" is the second single from English rapper Plan B's second album The Defamation of Strickland Banks - a concept album whose songs tell the fictitious tale of a sharp-suited English soul singer who finds fame with bitter-sweet love songs, but then loses everything when he ends up in prison... |
Beautiful Girl | Song by Plan B |
| Old Isleworth | Girl | Song by The Ruskins | |
| Love Goes Down Love Goes Down "Love Goes Down" is the fifth single from Plan B's second album The Defamation of Strickland Banks. The single was released on 3 December 2010.-Music video:... |
Beautiful Girl | Song by Plan B | |
| 2011 | Writing's On The Wall | Beautiful Girl | Song by Plan B |