Kaya Scodelario made her debut in the British teen comedy-drama television series ‘Skins’ in 2007. She played the role of ‘Effy Stonem’ and remained a part of the show until 2010. However, she made a brief return to the series in 2013. She made her silver screen debut in the 2009 science fiction film ‘Moon’ directed by Duncan Jones. The film earned praise from critics and scored a 90% approval score on Rotten Tomatoes. In 2010, she starred as ‘Peshet’ in the action-fantasy film ‘Clash of the Titans’ directed by Louis Leterrier. Despite the film being largely panned by critics, the film grossed over $493.2 million on a budget of $125 million. That same year, she also appeared in the British action film ‘Shank’ directed by Mo Ali. The film saw mostly negative reviews upon release. She continued to star in films like ‘Wuthering Heights’ (2011), ‘Now Is Good’ (2012), ‘Spike Island’ (2013), ‘The Maze Runner’ (2014), ‘Tiger House’ (2014), and ‘Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials’ (2015). In 2017, she portrayed Carina Smyth in the American swashbuckler fantasy film ‘Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales’ directed by Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg. The film received a negative response from critics but that didn’t stop it from grossing over $794.9 million on a 320 million budget. She next appeared in films like ‘Maze Runner: The Death Cure’ (2018), ‘Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile’ (2019), ‘Crawl’ (2019), and ‘Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City’ (2021). She was last seen in the 2022 Sean McNamara-directed American action-adventure fantasy film ‘The King's Daughter.’ The film was poorly received by critics and received an 18% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
