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Woman Crush Wednesday
Happy New Year, everyone! We’re kicking 2020 off right by celebrating a talented woman who has already had a very impressive acting career and doesn’t seem to be slowing down (or Spinning Out of control? Sorry, I just had to do it) any time soon. Let’s give it up for the first Woman Crush Wednesday of the New Year, Kaya Scodelario!
WHO’S THAT GAL: Kaya Scodelario
WHY WE’RE CRUSHING: Scodelario is the lead in the brand new Netflix series called Spinning Out, which drops on the platform today. The show is a drama that follows Scodelario’s character, Kat Baker, an up-and-coming, talented figure skater who may have to quit skating for good after a horrible fall. The show follows her journey back into the world of competitive skating as she is forced to compete as a pair skater for the first time, alongside bad-boy partner Justin Davis (Evan Roderick), all the while trying to keep a secret that could unravel her entire life. Fans of skating and drama will rejoice at this show, as it has plenty of both, and with Scodelario at the helm, we know that Spinning Out is sure to be a ten out of ten.
WHERE YOU’VE SEEN HER BEFORE: Scodelario is young, but boy has she already made quite the mark in the entertainment industry! Her first role and big break was as Effy Stonem in the hit British teen comedy-drama show, Skins, from 2007 to 2010, and then again in 2013. From there, Scodelario made her film debut with a supporting role in the 2009 sci-fi flick, Moon, as Eve Bell, and then her career quickly began to blow up, as she went on to appear in multiple music videos for English hip hop recording artist Plan B from 2009 to 2011, as well as appearances or starring roles in films like 2010’s Clash of the Titans, 2011’s Wuthering Heights, 2017’s Pirates of the Caribbean: Dean Men tell No Tales, and 2019’s Crawl.
The role for which Scodelario is most known, however, is Teresa, the first and only female Glader, in the dystopian sci-fi The Maze Runner film trilogy. She starred alongside Dylan O’Brien in all three films (the first in 2014, the second in 2015, and the third in 2018), knocking it out of the park in the popular big-budget series and officially turning her into a worldwide household name.
WHERE YOU’LL SEE HER AGAIN: It seems like this New Year is going to be another productive and great one for Scodelario. She will have a starring role as Marie-Josèphe (alongside her real-life husband Benjamin Walker!) in upcoming action-adventure fantasy film The King’s Daughter (which also features former 007, Pierce Brosnan, as her father, King Louis XIV), and another big role as Hermia Redcliffe in upcoming BBC television mini-series The Pale Horse, which is an adaptation of Agatha Christie’s 1961 mystery novel of the same name. Indeed, this year is looking to be a big one for Scodelario, and we can’t wait to see what else it holds for this star!
