Kathryn Newton
Kathryn Newton (born February 8, 1997) 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 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" (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. She also plays 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 will be portraying Cassie Lang in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film  . 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 at USC to pursue her acting career. She considered playing as a "walk-on" member of University of Southern California women's golf team.