Kathryn Newton

Early life and education

Newton was born on February 8, 1997, in Orlando, Florida, the only child of Robin and David Newton. She began playing golf tournaments at age eight.

Newton graduated from Notre Dame High School in 2015. She was a member of the Notre Dame High School girls golf team; she helped the school's golf team to win three league championships. She routinely shot in the 70s, and her lowest 18-hole score in a tournament was a 69.

She postponed college at University of Southern California (USC) to pursue her acting career. She considered trying out as a "walk-on" member of the women's golf team at USC.

Career

Newton started her career at age four, making her television debut on the soap opera All My Children, playing Colby Marian Chandler from 2001 to 2004. Meanwhile, she also starred in two short films, Abbie Down East (2002) and Bun-Bun (2003). In 2008, Newton was cast in the role of Louise Brooks in the CBS television series Gary Unmarried. When she was twelve, her family moved to Los Angeles, where she attended the Notre Dame High School.

In 2010, Newton won two Young Artist Awards for "Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series" and "Best Performance in a TV series (Comedy or Drama)" for Gary Unmarried. Newton played the role of Chase Rubin-Rossi in the 2011 film Bad Teacher. She had the lead role, Alex, in the 2012 film Paranormal Activity 4, the fourth in the franchise, and won an award at the 34th Young Artist Awards for her performance in the film. Beginning in season 10, she had a recurring role as Claire Novak on Supernatural.

In 2017, Newton appeared in the HBO series Big Little Lies based on the Liane Moriarty novel of the same name. She also had major roles in the films Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as Angela Hayes and Ben Is Back as Ivy Burns.[[File:Kathryn Newton (48017285797) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Newton in 2019]] Newton plays Lucy in Pokémon Detective Pikachu, a 2019 live action film based on the video game of the same name. She also played the lead role of Allie in the Netflix mystery drama series The Society, which premiered on May 10, 2019. In 2020, she starred in the well-reviewed horror comedy film Freaky, directed by Christopher Landon, as a teenage girl who switches bodies with a serial killer. In 2021, she appeared in The Map of Tiny Perfect Things, directed by Ian Samuels. She portrays Cassie Lang in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania replacing Emma Fuhrmann in the role.

In 2024, Newton starred as Brittany Winner in Winner, a black-comedy about Reality Winner that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20. Newton played Lisa Swallows in the comedy-horror Lisa Frankenstein, a 1980s-teen-film retelling of Frankenstein; it was directed by Zelda Williams for her debut film and released on February 9. She played Sammy in Abigail, a vampire driven horror film which premiered at the Overlook Film Festival on April 7. Newton played the supporting role of Chloe in Griffin in Summer, an independent film which premiered at the Tribeca film festival on June 6, 2024.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

• "Goodbyes" (2019) by Post Malone (feat. Young Thug), as Woman

Accolades

References

References

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