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Kaya Scodelario

(1992) Television Actor United Kingdom

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Kaya Scodelario treats every job with the same respect, whether the budget is tiny or the lead actor is famous. She recalls the thrill of announcing a Vogue shoot on social media, describing it as a dream moment. She also speaks up about equal‑pay fights, urging the industry to listen to actresses’ voices.

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Kaya Scodelario is a television actor from the United Kingdom.

Quick Facts About Kaya Scodelario

Born: March 13, 1992
Nationality: United Kingdom
Profession: Television Actor
Spouse: Benjamin Walker

About Kaya Scodelario

She also acted in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017), Crawl (2019) and Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City (2021). In 2024 she starred in the action‑comedy series The Gentlemen and the biographical drama series Senna.

Quotes by Kaya Scodelario

The moors have this weird energy. They trap you.

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Energy

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I like working with new and young directors.

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Cinema

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I really take a lot of influence from London style.

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Influence

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Every job I take, I really want to learn something.

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Education

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I wanna make my mark, and I wanna be part of something!

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We should just be good humans.

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I think of women as an all-being creature.

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I'm a Londoner, so I'm a bit feisty.

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I like movies because I've been getting leads, and TV is more about ensemble casts.

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I don't think there is enough youth employment or enough push for youths to kind of do want they want to do.

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Employment

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I think, like every actor, you've just to pick what you're interested in.

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Actor

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I've always had confidence issues; I just get scared of doing things wrong.

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I didn't want to be the girl in the group that couldn't do as much as the boys. I'm very competitive like…

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Boys

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'Skins' has been such a great thing for our generation - I don't want it to become a parody of itself.

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I don't know any women who are one-dimensional, so why would I play one?

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My mom raised me on her own, so I decided to take her name 'cause she was my mom and my dad.

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Dad

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'Skins' wanted to create a new thing by actually casting real teenagers. I think it was very brave of them. They also…

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I was incredibly shy and insecure as a child. I was bullied. I was dyslexic. I had an immigrant single parent. I…

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Who doesn’t? I cry and smile every day. I grew up scared, because I was so skinny and had no boobs. It’s…

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Boobs

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I'd love to find a really good Brazilian project, an up and coming director or something. I wouldn't want to do the…

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Cinema

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At 21, you've come out of the craziness. Maybe you've been to university, but now it's time to get serious. It's the…

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Age

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You don't have to necessarily go down the drama school route, or have connections in the industry. You can just make it.

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Connections

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I was bullied; I was kind of a girl in the corner. So acting was a great outlet for me by pretending…

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Acting

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I am quite proud that I managed to prove that you don't have to be able to afford drama school or have…

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Connections

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It was really cool to work with Dakota Fanning. I've watched her grow up and I've always loved her films, loved her.…

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Amazing

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I wanted to do an action-y thing, purely because I'm the least fit, healthy person in the world. I wanted to prove…

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Action

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I felt there needed to be a show for teenagers that didn't make them feel judged. 'Skins' never tried to preach. It…

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Decision

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It's great to have people to bounce off and I love working with people my age. I think young actors have such…

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Actors

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My first secondary school was in East Finchley, and I was one of only five white people in the year. I was…

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When I first started out, it was very, very difficult to even get in the room with directors or casting directors because…

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Actor

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I’m a bit of a feminist and I carry a machete! I try to be a strong female. I think it’s important.…

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Being a strong woman

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Who doesn't want to shoot for 'Vogue?' I remember updating my Facebook status to say 'Doing 'Vogue' today', it was so exciting.…

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I want to play Keith Richards.

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The way I work, I didn't hold the accent all day.

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I'm not a girly girl. I don't brush my hair.

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It's important to enjoy the moment.

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I'm not the best auditioner.

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I like to work. I feel blessed that I'm working.

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Blessed

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Considering what the 'Fifty Shades of Grey' film is about, I wouldn't be able to play Anastacia.

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We lived in a council flat, and I spent most of my time on estates. My mum was very strict. I used…

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Estates

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