Kathryn Newton


Kathryn Love Newton is an American actress, best known for her role as Allie Pressman in the Netflix TV series The Society, Abigail Carlson in Big Little Lies and Louise Brooks in the CBS television series Gary Unmarried. Newton also stars in the 2012 film Paranormal Activity 4 as Alex Nelson, which earned her the 2013 Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actress in a Feature Film and the 2019 film Pokémon Detective Pikachu as Lucy Stevens, alongside Ryan Reynolds and Justice Smith. She is also known for portraying the older version of Claire Novak in the CW series Supernatural and for her role as the older Joanie Clark in the AMC television series Halt and Catch Fire.

Life and career

Newton was born in Orlando, Florida, and is the only child of Robin and David Newton. She 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 and Bun-Bun. 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 " for Gary Unmarried. Newton played the role of Chase Rubin-Rossi in the 2011 film Bad Teacher alongside Cameron Diaz. 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 and Ben Is Back. In both unrelated films, she played the sister of Lucas Hedges' character.
Newton had the female lead in the 2019 blockbuster Pokémon Detective Pikachu, a live action film based on the video game of the same name. She also plays the lead role of Allie in the Netflix mystery drama series The Society, which premiered on May 10, 2019. She will next star in an untitled thriller film opposite Vince Vaughn, directed by Christopher Landon. and in The Map of Tiny Perfect Things directed by Ian Samuels.

Personal life

Newton has been golfing since she was a child. She began playing tournaments at age 8.
Newton graduated from Notre Dame High School in 2015. She was a member of the Notre Dame High School girls golf team.
She postponed college to pursue her acting career. She considered playing as a 'walk-on' member of University of Southern California women's golf team.
Newton has 3 Poodle dogs.

Filmography

Film

Television

Music videos

Accolades