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Kathryn Newton is an
American actress. She is known for her starring roles as Louise Brooks in
the CBS comedy series Gary Unmarried (2008–2010), Abigail Carlson in the
HBO mystery drama series Big Little Lies (2017–2019), and Allie Pressman
in the Netflix teen drama series The Society (2019). She is also known for
portraying the older versions of Claire Novak in The CW dark fantasy
series Supernatural (2014–2018) and Joanie Clark in the AMC period drama
series Halt and Catch Fire (2016–2017).
Newton has starred in the comedy film Bad Teacher (2011), the supernatural
horror film Paranormal Activity 4 (2012), for which she received the Young
Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actress in a Feature Film, the crime
drama film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), the sex
comedy film Blockers (2018), the drama film Ben Is Back (2018), the film
Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019), the slasher comedy film Freaky (2020),
and the Amazon Studios science fiction romantic comedy-drama The Map of
Tiny Perfect Things (2021).
Early life and career
Newton was born in Orlando, Florida, 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
(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.
Newton plays Lucy in the 2019 blockbuster Pokémon Detective Pikachu, a
live action film based on the video game of the same name.[12] 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.[13] In 2021,
she appeared in The Map of Tiny Perfect Things, directed by Ian Samuels.
She will be portraying Cassie Lang in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.
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 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. In addition, she also
set a school record with a five-under-par (-5) round in a nine-hole match
and she played to a plus-2 handicap (+2). She initially wanted to play in
the 2012 U.S. Women's Open, but she had to withdraw from the sectional
qualifier after getting the lead acting role in Paranormal Activity 4.
She postponed college at USC to pursue her acting career. She considered
playing as a "walk-on" member of University of Southern California women's
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