Kathryn Newton

Newton was born on February 8, 1997,^[5] in Orlando, Florida, the only child of Robin and David Newton.^[6] She began playing golf tournaments at age eight.^[7]

Newton graduated from Notre Dame High School in 2015.^[8][9] 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.^[10][11] She routinely shot in the 70s, and her lowest 18-hole score in a tournament was a 69.^[7] She had the lead acting role in Paranormal Activity 4.^[12]

She postponed college at University of Southern California (USC) to pursue her acting career.^[7] She considered trying out as a "walk-on" member of the women's golf team at USC.^[13][7]

Newton started her career at age four, making her television debut on the soap opera All My Children,^[14] playing Colby Marian Chandler from 2001 to 2004. Meanwhile, she also starred in two short films, Abbie Down East (2002) and Bun-Bun (2003).^[14] 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,^[15] where she attended the Notre Dame High School.^[16]

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.^[17] Newton played the role of Chase Rubin-Rossi in the 2011 film Bad Teacher.^[18] She had the lead role, Alex, in the 2012 film Paranormal Activity 4, the fourth in the franchise,^[19] and won an award at the 34th Young Artist Awards for her performance in the film.^[20] 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.^[21] 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.^[22] 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.^[23] In 2021, she appeared in The Map of Tiny Perfect Things, directed by Ian Samuels.^[24] She portrays Cassie Lang^[25] in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania replacing Emma Fuhrmann in the role.^[26][27]

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.^[28] 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.^[29][30] She played Sammy in Abigail, a vampire driven horror film which premiered at the Overlook Film Festival on April 7.^[31][32] Newton played the supporting role of Chloe in Griffin in Summer, an independent film which premiered at the Tribeca film festival on June 6.^[33]