Kaya Scodelario by Lee Malone for FAUNT Issue 32

Kaya Scodelario-Davis (born March 13, 1992) is an English Brazilian actress. She made her acting debut as Effy Stonem on the E4 teen drama Skins (2007-2010), for which she received recognition and critical praise, garnering two Golden Nymph Award nominations for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series and two TV Quick Award nominations for Best Actress. Following her film debut in the science-fiction film Moon (2009) and a role in the fantasy adventure film Clash of the Titans (2010), Scodelario was nominated for the Glamour Award for PANDORA Breakthrough for her portrayal of Catherine Earnshaw in the 2011 film adaptation of Emily Brontë's novel Wuthering Heights.

In 2013, Scodelario reprised the role of Effy in Skins Fire, and gained the supporting role of Anna Salter in the Channel 4 television drama Southcliffe (2013); she was nominated for both for the UK TV Actress Award at the 2014 GLAMOUR Women of the Year Awards. She gained wider recognition for her starring role as Teresa Agnes in dystopian science-fiction thriller The Maze Runner (2014), which garnered her a third Glamour Award nomination for NEXT Breakthrough and a Teen Choice Award nomination for Choice Movie Actress: Action. She reprised the role in Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials (2015) and will reprise it again in Maze Runner: The Death Cure (2018).

Scodelario starred as Carina Barbossa (née Smyth) in Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, which was released May 26, 2017. Since 2015, Scodelario has been married to American actor Benjamin Walker, with whom she has a son.