COUNTRY AND TOWN HOUSE – Ahead of the release of Guy Ritchie’s new series The Gentlemen, Kaya Scodelario stars on the latest cover of Country & Town House, and speaks to Amy Wakeham about her ‘no arseholes policy’, surviving in a male-dominated industry, how she still gets imposter syndrome – and why we’re still obsessed with Effy, all these years later.

We all love an It Girl. Exactly what makes them ‘it’ can be hard to define – a combination of looks, charisma and style, perhaps – but we can certainly spot them a mile off.

Kaya Scodelario has been an It Girl for 17 years, ever since she made her on-screen debut at the age of 14, striding down a suburban Bristol street in a tartan kilt and smudged eyeliner. Effy in Skins has cast a spell over every generation of teenagers since, with her raven hair, huge blue eyes, and give-no-shits attitude.

It was a role that changed Kaya’s life, putting her on a trajectory that has blasted through Hollywood, blockbusters and indie films, before ending up here, today, in the lobby of the Standard Hotel in King’s Cross. She appears in a trench coat and ankle boots, fresh from a two-day press junket. In person she’s warm, open and straight-talking, with a north London twang to her accent – she was raised just up the road in Camden Town by her single mum. We’re meeting to talk about her role in The Gentlemen, Guy Ritchie’s new Netflix series spin-off of his 2019 film of the same name. But before we get to that, we must start at the very beginning – with Effy.

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First photoshoot of Kaya Scodelario since 2021 ! Stunning. Find the outtakes and the interview below :

NUMERO NETHERLANDS – Actress Kaya Scodelario will soon be seen co-leading Guy Ritchie’s highly anticipated Netflix series ‘The Gentlemen’, which is being released on 7th March. This year, she will also star in Netflix’s mini series ‘Senna’, a biographical drama on legendary Brazilian Formula One driver Ayrton Senna.

Kaya, you’re starring in Guy Ritchie’s series ‘The Gentlemen’, which is premiering in a few days on Netflix. How exciting was working on this show for you?

The show was really exciting to work on. I’ve wanted to do something set in the UK for a long time. I’ve been a big fan of Guy Ritchie’s early films and I really just loved the character. I thought that she was interesting, a grown up, had her own arc and is a strong, fierce woman. I thought it would be really exciting to play someone who teeters between being the good guy and the villain, and it was a really great shoot. It took six months to shoot here in England and we visited some incredible big country houses and had a really great time.

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Hello Kaya fans! I am very late to the party but in celebration of Kaya’s 30th birthday, I have added MQ and tagged new outtakes of Kaya Scodelario posing for Zoo Magazine (2021). It’s not much but we’ll take anything at this point! Find them below, enjoy!

FLAUNT – For many actors, the trajectory of a dream career in Hollywood often points to one thing: franchises. More and more, we see Tinseltown churning out the next generation of superheroes, spies, and Jedis, with leads plucked from relative obscurity, transformed overnight into household names. A beacon of hope and inspiration for many in the fickle film industry, the franchise is representative of both recognizability and riches—the universal sign of making it. But Kaya Scodelario has already paid her dues to the Blockbuster Gods. Now, she has something else in mind.

Scodelario, who is perhaps best known for her role as Effy Stomen on the British cult classic Skins, has taken on several recognizable roles in some of the most memorable action series in recent memory. She’s done a turn as Teresa in The Maze Runner, Carina in Pirates of the Caribbean, and Claire Redfield in the upcoming Resident Evil: Welcome to Racoon City. Over the course of her 14-year career, the 29-year-old English actor has worn many hats, tackling dystopia, pirates, ice skating, serial killers, aristocracy, mermaids, and—perhaps most challenging of all—the throes of teenage girlhood. But she is ready for the next chapter.

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