Kaya Scodelario
Kaya Rose Scodelario-Davis (née Humphrey; born 13 March 1992)[1] 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). In 2024, she starred in the action comedy series The Gentlemen.
Kaya Scodelario
Actress
2006–present
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Early life[edit]
Scodelario was born Kaya Rose Humphrey on 13 March 1992,[1] in Haywards Heath, West Sussex. Her mother, Katia Scodelario, is a Brazilian who had worked as an accountant in Itu, São Paulo,[2] and had moved to England in 1990; Scodelario's surname comes from her mother's Italian grandfather.[3] Her father, Roger Humphrey, was English and died in November 2010.[4][5][6]
Her parents divorced when Scodelario was one year old, and her mother took her to London when she was four. They spent their first night on the street before finding a council flat on Holloway Road.[7] Scodelario adopted her mother's surname and spoke Portuguese at home.[8] She attended Bishop Douglass Catholic School and then Islington Arts and Media School.[9] She participated in school plays and found drama an escape from bullying.[10] Her mother took on multiple jobs to make ends meet and had clinical depression that worsened during Scodelario's teen years. Scodelario said she wanted to help, but did not know how at the time and moved out to a flat in Camden.[11]
Personal life[edit]
Scodelario dated her Skins co-star Jack O'Connell for about a year before they split up in June 2009, remaining good friends.[50][51][52] She was in a relationship with Elliott Tittensor from late 2009 to early 2014. During their relationship, she supported Tittensor after his arrest for hitting someone while driving an uninsured car.[53]
Scodelario and Benjamin Walker began dating during the filming of The King's Daughter in early 2014, becoming engaged in December 2014, and marrying in December 2015.[39][54] Both subsequently adopted the surname "Scodelario-Davis" (Walker's full name was Benjamin Walker Davis). Their first child, a son, was born in November 2016.[55] Scodelario's Skins co-star Daniel Kaluuya, who grew up in the same neighbourhood as her, is her son's godfather.[56] On 18 September 2021, Scodelario announced she was pregnant with her second child.[57] In December 2021, she gave birth to a daughter.[58] In February 2024, the couple announced they had separated.[59]
She was voted 13th in the UK edition of FHM's 100 World's Sexiest Women 2010.[60]
In January 2018, Scodelario revealed that she had been sexually assaulted when she was 12 years old.[61]