‘Skins’ Cast: Where Are They Now?

Nicholas Hoult as Tony Stonem

Nicholas Hoult’s breakout role was in 2002’s About a Boy. After making a career for himself as a child actor, Hoult took on more serious, mature roles, such as the role of Tony Stonem, a manipulative and self-centered antihero, in Skins. 

Hoult left the show after the second season, later landing roles in 2013’s Warm Bodies and the X-Men franchise as Hank McCoy/Beast. He first played the character in 2011’s X-Men: First Class and reprised the role in sequels X-Men: Days of Future Past, X-Men: Apocalypse, and X-Men: Dark Phoenix.

Most recently, he’s starred in Nosferatu, The Menu, the legal thriller Juror #2, and as Superman’s arch-nemesis Lex Luthor in 2025’s Superman. 

Hoult has been with American model Bryana Holly since 2017. They share two children.

Kaya Scodelario as Effy Stonem

Kaya Scodelario played fan favorite Effy Stonem for the first four seasons of Skins, later returning for one episode in the final season.

After Skins, Scodelario starred in the Maze Runner franchise, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, and Crawl. Most recently, she starred in the Netflix show The Gentlemen. 

Scodelario dated her Skins costar Jack O’Connell for around a year before they split in June 2009.

She married Benjamin Walker in December 2015. They welcomed two children, a son and a daughter, before separating in February 2024.

Scodelario’s Skins costar Daniel Kaluuya is her son’s godfather.

Joe Dempsie as Chris Miles

After starring as Chris Miles on Skins, Joe Dempsie continued to land roles in other hit TV shows.

His most notable role was as Gendry Baratheon on Game of Thrones. He also starred in Deep State, Get Millie Black, and Showtrial, as well as movies like Dark River and Been So Long. 

Dempsie shares one child with former Skins costar Larissa Wilson. They have since broken up.

Mike Bailey as Sid Jenkins

Mike Bailey played Sid Jenkins in Skins. In 2017, he officially stepped away from acting and public life, completing a degree in theatre and drama.

He is now a school teacher.

Hannah Murray as Cassie Ainsworth

Hannah Murray played the kind but self-destructive Cassie Ainsworth on Skins, a role she landed after hearing about auditions for young actors in Bristol, U.K.

After her time on Skins, Murray made her West End stage debut in That Face at the Royal Court Theatre. She then booked various film and television roles, most notably as Gilly in Game of Thrones. 

Her last acting role was in 2020.

April Pearson as Michelle Richardson

April Peason played Michelle Richardson on Skins. She made her film debut alongside Skins costar Larissa Wilson in 2009’s Tormented.

She’s had a few minor film and television roles since then, starring in Wars, Disconnected and The Kindred. 

Her last acting role was in 2022. She’s been married since 2017 and has one son.

Larissa Wilson as Jal Fazer

Larissa Wilson made her acting debut as Jal Fazer on Skins. After the show, she acted alongside her Skins costar April Pearson in Tormented. She also starred in Trollied, Shirley and The Town. 

She made her dictatorial debut in 2020 with the short film Shift. She shares a child with former costar Joe Dempsie.

Dev Patel as Anwar Kharral

Dev Patel has had a breakout career since playing Anwar on the first two seasons of Skins.

While speaking with Vanity Fair in 2024, he jokingly described Skins as “the little rash that won’t go away,” before noting that it was an “amazing” experience that launched the careers of so many talented people, including himself.

“You look at the guys that have come out of that — Nick Hoult, Kaya Scodelario —[and] it’s really amazing. I didn’t have a clue what I was doing when I was plucked off of the street to be in that thing,” he said. “We all stay in touch. And without it, there would be no me in Slumdog, without Danny Boyle’s daughter being a fan of Skins. All of these things, even up until Monkey Man, they’re lily pads.”

Shortly after starring on the series, Patel made his film debut in 2008’s Slumdog Millionaire, which won Best Picture at the Academy Awards.

Since then, he has gone on to appear in Hotel Mumbai, The Last Airbender, The Newsroom, Chappie, and The Green Knight. Patel also earned an Academy Award nomination for his performance in Lion.

He made his directorial debut in 2024’s Monkey Man, which he also co-wrote and starred in. That same year, he was included on Time Magazine’s list of the 100 most influential people in the world.

He has been with his Hotel Mumbai costar Tilda Cobham-Hervey since 2017.

Kathryn Prescott as Emily Fitch

Kathryn Prescott starred as Emily Fitch in Skins. After the show, she landed consistent television and film roles, including Finding Carter, Reign, 24: Legacy, A Dog’s Journey, and New Amsterdam. 

In 2021, the British actress underwent ”complex surgery” after being hit by a cement truck in New York City. She has since recovered. 

She is the identical twin of Skins costar Megan Prescott.

Megan Prescott as Katie Fitch

Megan Prescott played Katie Fitch, sister to Emily Fitch, as portrayed by her twin. After Skins, Prescott starred in a handful of films and television roles, including Silent Witness, EastEnders, and Holby City. 

Since 2016, Prescott has been pursuing bodybuilding and appeared on the reality show Body Fixers. 

Prescott also started the Really Good Exposure Podcast, where she talks with different people in various artistic industries, including some of her former Skins costars.

Lily Loveless as Naomi Campbell

Lily Loveless played Naomi Campbell, the outspoken political activist, on Skins. Since starring on Skins, Loveless has landed roles in The Cost of Living, The Stranger, The Royals, and DCI Banks.

Daniel Kaluuya as Posh Kenneth

Daniel Kaluuya played Posh Kenneth on Skins. In addition to acting on the show, Kaluuya was a contributing writer to the series and even the head writer for certain episodes. 

Kaluuya has become quite the star since Skins, booking consistent work and receiving acclaim for his performances in Black Panther, Nope, Widows, and Get Out, the latter of which earned him a Best Actor nomination at the Academy Awards.

His performance as Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah earned him an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, a BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, a Critics’ Choice Movie Award for Best Supporting Actor, a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role. 

He is set to star in 2027’s Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse, and is rumored to be involved in Mattel’s Barney movie. 

Kaluuya has been dating producer Amandla Crichlow since 2017. 

Jack O’Connell as James Cook

Jack O’Connell played James Cook on Skins, which propelled his ongoing film and television career. After Skins ended, he starred in 300: Rise of an Empire. 

O’Connell had a troubled childhood and lost his father when he was 18 years old. He coped with the loss by devoting himself to his work, mostly playing delinquents and lawbreakers for the first decade of his career, a reflection of his own hardship.

In an interview with the New York Times, O’Connell credited Angelina Jolie, who directed him in his first Hollywood film, Unbroken, as having a major influence on his life. He described working with her as an “intervention.” After Unbroken, he went on to star in Godless, The North Water, Ferrari, and Back to Black. 

O’Connell starred opposite Sienna Miller in a London production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in 2018. Most recently, O’Connell starred in the breakout hit Sinners and 28 Years Later. 

O’Connell is dating hairstylist Imogen Coates, whom he has known since their school days.