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Kathryn Love 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 appeared in various films, including Bad Teacher (2011), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), Blockers (2018), Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019), Freaky (2020), The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (2021), Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023), and Abigail (2024). For her role in the horror film Paranormal Activity 4 (2012), Newton received the Young Artist Award for Best Leading Young Actress in a Feature Film.
Nickname: Kat
Years active: 2001–present
Born Age: February 8, 27 years old and 5 months, Orlando, Florida, U.S
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Eye Color: Blue
Hair Color: Blonde
Height: 5′ 5″ – 1.65 m
Measurements: 34-25-34 in – 86-63.5-86 cm
Bra size: 32B US – 70B EU
actress Kathryn Newton
Early life and education
Newton, the only child of actress Robin Newton 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 had the lead acting role in Paranormal Activity 4.
She postponed college at University of Southern California (USC) to pursue her acting career. She considered playing as a “walk-on” member of the women’s golf team at USC.
Career
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 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 2024, Newton starred as Brittney Winner in Winner, the black-comedy about Reality Winner that premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 20th. She played Lisa Swallows in the comedy-horror Lisa Frankenstein, an ’80s’ style retelling of Frankenstein, it was directed by Zelda Williams for her debut film and released on February 9th. She played Sammy in Abigail, a vampire driven horror film which premiered at the Overlook Film Festival on April 7th.
Trivia
People’s Choice Award for Gary Unmarried (2008), Best New Comedy.
Newton started her acting career at the age of 4.
Is an avid golfer and plays to a 4 handicap as of 2023.
She has three poodles. They are named Jack King, Buddy, and Ladybird.
Quotes
I wanted to be a Broadway star.
I’m really close to my parents.
I loved ‘Paranormal Activity.’ It was one of my favorites before. It was a tradition; my friends and I went every year.
I’d say 230 yards off the tee is my average. Short game is a strength. I don’t three-putt often. Actually, I’d say my mental game is probably the best. I’m very good at staying positive and focused on my game.
I’ve been really lucky that I’ve kind of gotten to flow from project to project, because I find it’s very important that when you’re on a project, you are so invested in it.
I don’t know whether to call myself a golfer who acts or an actor who plays golf.
I was on a sitcom called ‘Gary Unmarried’ for 37 episodes, and then I was in ‘Bad Teacher’ with Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake.
If you have something to say, a movie is a really great medium to say it. It doesn’t matter what the message is.
I’m a huge fan of Greta Gerwig, and working with her was also a dream come true. She was one of those directors who, when people asked me, ‘Who do you wanna work with one day?’ I’d say Greta Gerwig. I’ve always been a fan of mumblecore and her films, and so to work with her was just so much fun.
I don’t know if I have good style; I just know what I like.
Reese Witherspoon made me better. Just working with her, being with her, I learned so much. I want to be like her.
I find that I relate to most of the characters that I play on a really personal level, just because we’re the same age, we’re girls, and we’re growing. I can find myself in those roles, so it makes it easy to connect to. But all of them are their own person – they’re all hard to understand and hard to figure out, just like I am.
I have two poodles – I’m a poodle person.
I’ve never really been a rebellious teen.
The thing I love about golf is that it’s all on me. I can’t blame another player, the wind, or even blame a bad round on one chunked shot. It’s not subjective at all. Meanwhile, acting is very subjective. I can be the best actor and not get the job.
I love putting. I love to practice my short game.
I remember the first time I saw ‘Frances Ha’ and was like, ‘This is what I want to do.’
When I got the audition for ‘Big Little Lies,’ I knew this project was going to be different than anything I’d ever done. That didn’t change the way I approached the role.
Golf is such a big commitment, and so is acting. Sometimes you have to give up something to do something else, although, when I’m working on location, I always take my clubs.
I just love to watch people get scared. It’s like, ‘Yes, I accomplished my goal!’
I play golf with my dad all the time.
You have so much freedom as an actor in your character’s choices, and I really learned to take advantage of that.
As an actor, you audition a lot for ‘the girlfriend’ or the ‘hot girl.’
My generation is so motivated to tell their own stories because we have so many that need to be heard.
I’ve never looked at acting like a job. It’s never been like that.
‘Supernatural’ fans are amazing. The people I’ve met from being on that show – I think those interactions have changed my life.
I’ve gone to real school my whole life.
I’m just so comfortable with my hard work that I’m not worried about if I didn’t get a job, or I didn’t get that movie, or they didn’t like me. It’s like, ‘It’s OK. I can go play golf now. Have a great day.’
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