Kaya Scodelario looked fresh-faced and in good spirits as she left BBC Studios in London on Saturday.

The actress, 34, had been making an appearance on Romesh Ranganathan’s radio show at the start of the weekend and opted for a leather coat and matching handbag.

She completed the look with a pair of flared blue jeans and chunky boots, whilst opting for a host of accessories.

For the outing, Kaya let her dark locks flow free and went for a natural look in terms of makeup. 

The actress first found fame in 2006 when she starred as Effy Stonem in the E4 drama Skins.

Her character would eventually become the central focus of the show in the third and fourth series, following the departures of co-stars such as Hannah Murray and Nicholas Hoult. 

Kaya Scodelario looked fresh-faced and in good spirits as she left BBC Studios in London on Saturday.

The actress, 34, had been making an appearance on Romesh Ranganathan’s radio show at the start of the weekend and opted for a leather coat and matching handbag

During her chat with The Weakest Link presenter, Kaya revealed how she had always longed to be an actress but never thought it would happen.

But having been spotted by the producer, she tried lying about her age as a then 14 year old by adding two years on.

In the end, she was surprised to learn that she was in fact the exact age of the role that was being cast at that time.

She explained: ‘It was at the National Youth Theatre on Holloway Road, our school had a fax about it, they were having open auditions.

‘I thought I’d go down to have to have a look. I was too young, you had to be 16 and I was 14.

‘But I knew it was what I wanted to do, I’d loved acting since I was a kind. But I had that thing of [thinking] it wasn’t for me, and it would happen for other people.

‘So I just wanted to go see what an audition looked like, and the creator saw me across the road. I had a Brazil shirt on because it was during the World Cup. 

‘I had big frizzy hair and I was smoking a cigarette, how old school is that? Don’t do that kids! 

 ‘And he came over and asked me to audition. I was like “Okay, cool”.

For the outing, Kaya let her dark locks flow free in the wind and went for a natural look in terms of makeup

She completed the look with a pair of flared blue jeans and chunky boots, whilst opting for a host of accessories

The actress first found fame in the late 2000s when she starred as Effy Stonem in the E4 drama Skins

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‘And then anyway, they cast someone else because they said I was too old and the part needed to be 14, so in a panic I called them and said “No, no I am 14! I was just lying.”

Following on from her star turn in Skins, Kaya went on to appear in dramas such  as Southcliffe and Spinning Out.

Since 2024, she has starred as Susie Glᴀss in the Netflix series The Gentleman and is currently filming thriller  The Woman in Cabin 10. 

It comes after Kaya admitted she’s still being paid less than her male counterparts, despite establishing herself as one of Britain’s most prominent actors. 

She has also starred in a string of successful blockbusters, among them Ted Bundy biopic Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile with Zac Efron and Pirates of the Caribbean: ᴅᴇᴀᴅ Men Tell No Tales, with Johnny Depp.

But despite her pᴀssion for the craft and love of gruelling set work, Scodelario, 32, insists there remains a significant financial disparity between male and female earnings within the film industry – much to her dismay.

She told FAULT magazine: ”I still really love my job, but my favourite part of it is spending 18 hours on set, breaking bones and destroying myself mentally for the sake of the character. That’s the bit I love.

‘But also, it’s a career and a job, and there are parts of it that are still really hard for women. I’m acutely aware that I’m probably still being paid less than any male co-star I work with.

Her character would eventually become the central focus of the show in the third and fourth series, following the departures of co-stars such as Hannah Murray and Nicholas Hoult

Her character had a relationship with James Cook, who was played by future Hollywood star Jack O’Connell (pictured)

‘The stories I want to tell are harder to find – they just take more time.’

She added: ‘It’s challenging because I love it so much, but I’m in a beautiful position. I’m fortunate, and I’m aware I get to do a job I love.

‘I’m so fortunate to do something artistic that we enjoy, but there’s still a long way to go.’

Away from work, Scodelario and her ex-husband Benjamin Walker are back together after reconciling at an art opening in the Maldives – five months after they separated.

The former couple – who are parents to two children and had been married for eight years prior to their split – attended the unveiling of the latest collection of artwork by Sᴀssan Behnam-Bakhtiar at Patina Maldives in July.

Scodelario and Walker exchanged vows in December 2015 and share a seven-year-old son and two-year-old daughter together.