Kaya Rose Scodelario (born Kaya Rose Humphrey; 13 March 1992) is a British actress and model. She is best known for her role as Effy Stonem in the E4 drama Skins.
Scodelario was born to an English father and a Brazilian mother. Her parents divorced when she was a child and she was brought up by her mother, subsequently adopting her surname and becoming fluent in Portuguese. Her father, Roger Humphrey, passed away on 22 November 2010.
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Kaya Rose Scodelario (born Kaya Rose Humphrey; 13 March 1992) is a British actress and model. She is best known for her role as Effy Stonem in the E4 drama Skins.
Scodelario was born to an English father and a Brazilian mother. Her parents divorced when she was a child and she was brought up by her mother, subsequently adopting her surname and becoming fluent in Portuguese. Her father, Roger Humphrey, passed away on 22 November 2010.
Scodelario was bullied during her early childhood and dealt with low self-esteem, so her passion for drama became an outlet for her.
She revealed on her Twitter account that she has 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."
Scodelario's mother's family lives in Itu, a city in São Paulo state, Brazil, and she visits as often as she can.
With no prior acting experience, at the age of 14, Scodelario was cast in the 2007 first series of...
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