Kaya Scodelario

Kaya Rose Scodelario-Davis (née Humphrey; born 13 March 1992) is a British actress. She first came to prominence co-starring on E4's Skins (2007–2010, 2013), receiving two Golden Nymph nominations for her portrayal of Effy Stonem. She then took on leading roles in a variety of films, such as Wuthering Heights (2011), the Maze Runner series (2014–2018), Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017), Crawl (2019), and Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021). Her other credits include Moon (2009), Now Is Good (2012), The Truth About Emanuel (2013), and Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019). Outside of film, Scodelario has starred in Channel 4's Southcliffe (2013), BBC's The Pale Horse (2020), and the Netflix series Spinning Out (2020). She is married to actor Benjamin Walker. Early life Scodelario was born Kaya Rose Humphrey on 13 March 1992, in Haywards Heath, West Sussex. Her mother, Katia Scodelario, is a Brazilian accountant from Itu, São Paulo, who moved to England in 1990; Scodelario's surname comes from her mother's Italian grandfather. Her father, Roger Humphrey, was English and died in November 2010. Her parents divorced when Scodelario was one year old, and her mother brought her to London when she was four. They spent their first night on the street before finding a council flat on Holloway Road. Scodelario adopted her mother's surname and spoke Portuguese at home. She attended Bishop Douglass Catholic School and then Islington Arts and Media School. She participated in school plays and found drama an escape from bullying. Her mother took on multiple jobs to make ends meet and had clinical depression that worsened during Scodelario's teen years from the strain. Scodelario said she wanted to help, but did not know how at the time and moved out to a flat in Camden. Career