Kaya Scodelario
Scodelario in 2012, photo by PrPhotos.com
Birth Name: Kaya Rose Scodelario Humphrey
Place of Birth: Haywards Heath, Sussex, England, U.K.
Date of Birth: 13 March, 1992
Ethnicity:
*father – English
*mother – Brazilian [Portuguese, 3/8ths Italian]
Kaya Scodelario is a British actress. She is known for her roles on television’s Skins, Southcliffe, Spinning Out, and The Pale Horse, and in the films Moon (2009), Clash of the Titans (2010), Shank, Wuthering Heights (2011), Now Is Good, Twenty8k, The Truth About Emanuel, The Maze Runner trilogy, Tiger House, Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales, Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile; Crawl, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, The King’s Daughter, Don’t Make Me Go, and This Is Christmas.
Her father, Roger Humphrey, was English. Her mother, Katia Scodelario, is Brazilian, of Portuguese and three eighths Italian descent. She is an accountant. Kaya can speak Portuguese fluently. A picture of Kaya with her mother can be seen here. Kaya was raised in London.
She is married to American actor Benjamin Walker, with whom she has two children.
Kaya’s paternal grandfather was Basil R. Humphrey (the son of Richard Humphrey and Alice Ada Cheale). Basil was born in Brighton, Sussex, England. Richard was the son of George Humphrey and Ann Whiting. Alice was the daughter of George Henry Payne Cheale and Sarah Anne Salvage.
Kaya’s paternal grandmother was Mabel A. Benham (who is likely the daughter of George E. Benham and Abigail A. Parker). Mabel was born in Brighton, Sussex, England.
Kaya’s maternal grandfather was Rubens Scodelario (the son of Roque Scodelario and Maria Odila de Carvalho). Rubens was born in São Paulo. Roque was born in São Paulo, the son of Felício Scodelario/Scudelari/Scudellari, who was from Salerno, Italy, and of Concetta, who was also likely Italian. Maria Odila was born in São Paulo, the daughter of Aureliano de Carvalho and Rita da Fonseca.
Kaya’s maternal grandmother was Inez Rosemari/Rosemary de Moraes (the daughter of Anselmo Pinto de Moraes and Ana Josefina do Amaral). Inez was born in São Paulo. Anselmo was born in São Paulo, the son of Pedro José Pinto de Moraes and Generosa Guilhermina/Emiliana de Jesus. Ana was born in São Paulo, the daughter of Dolival do Amaral Camargo and Palmira/Palmyra Calvichio/Cavichio, whose own parents, Vito “Victor” Calvichio/Cavechi and Maria Savieri, were Italian.
Sources: Kaya has http://www.indiewire.com
Genealogy of Kaya Scodelario (focusing on her father’s side) – https://www.geni.com
Marriage record of Kaya’s maternal grandparents, Rubens Scodelario and Inez Rosemari/Rosemary de Moraes – https://www.familysearch.org
Death record of Kaya’s maternal great-great-grandfather, Felício Scodelario/Scudelari/Scudellari – https://www.familysearch.org
this surname, of clear Italian origin, (probably comes from “scodella” Italian word for “bowl”) seems now extinct
OK that s a valid point follers. Gee Brazilian ancestry is so difficult to trace.
I wonder if it was an Italian name changed to sound more Portuguese. Probably not who knows.
she looks white because she’s half english
italians all look like the jersey shore crew.
Jersey show like four are not even Italian!.And there life revolves around grown men and women going to tanning beds laundry and gym how stupid.!
LOL. She is white because she is italian.
Yeah, it shows that she is European-Brazilian, that stands for Caucasians in Brazil. Anyhow she is, because the social main construct even though a diversity is Caucasian like the USA in its social construct. Mexico is not such this social construct but it does have Caucasian diversity.
Also, not all Italians look such, but the majority is, but some are very pallid. I am Italian ethnicity and I get the olive skin for that, but I have met some folks of lighter skin Italian side. However, don’t confuse the point, we are Caucasian with the Italian and I will say such that it is proven by theory.
idiot
Italians ARE white ffs!
I think she is pretty, but after the first two seasons of Skins, I hated her character Effy. She was better as a mute.
Oh My Gosh! People are making such a mess! xD Her name is Kaya Rose Humphrey. Humphrey is her father’s last name, who’s british. Scodelario is her mother’s last name. Her mother is a brazilian that has italian acendence. (I agree with the other brazilian here! there are many italians in Brazil. I’m brazilian and live in a italian city. :) ) She uses Scodelario as her last name and can speak Portuguese fluently thanks to her mother.
I don’t think this is hard to understand at all.