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Skins (UK TV Series)
''Skins'' is a British teen comedy drama television series that follows the lives of a group of teenagers in Bristol, South West England, through the two years of sixth form. Its controversial story-lines have explored issues like dysfunctional families, mental illness (such as depression, eating disorders, post-traumatic stress disorder, and bipolar disorder), adolescent sexuality, gender, substance abuse, death, and bullying. Each episode generally focuses on a particular character or subset of characters and the struggles they face in their lives, with the episodes named after the featured characters. The show was created by father-and-son television writers Bryan Elsley and Jamie Brittain for Company Pictures, and premiered on E4 on 25 January 2007. ''Skins'' went on to be a critical success as well as a ratings winner and has developed a cult following. It has since been considered revolutionary, and continues to draw appraisal for its depiction of problems that British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Teen Drama
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-genre, macro-genre, or micro-genre, such as soap opera, police crime drama, political drama, legal drama, historical drama, domestic drama, teen drama, and comedy-drama (dramedy). These terms tend to indicate a particular setting or subject-matter, or else they qualify the otherwise serious tone of a drama with elements that encourage a broader range of moods. To these ends, a primary element in a drama is the occurrence of conflict—emotional, social, or otherwise—and its resolution in the course of the storyline. All forms of cinema or television that involve fictional stories are forms of drama in the broader sense if their storytelling is achieved by means of actors who represent (mimesis) characters. In this broader sense ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hannah Murray
Tegan Lauren-Hannah Murray (born 1 July 1989) is an English actress. She played Cassie in '' Skins'' (2007–2008, 2013) and Gilly in the HBO fantasy series ''Game of Thrones'' (2012–2019), for which she has been nominated along with her castmates for three Screen Actors Guild Awards. Her film roles include the 2014 musical romance film Stuart Murdoch's ''God Help The Girl'' which won her a Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, and 2015 drama film Jeppe Rønde's ''Bridgend'' for which she won the Tribeca Film Festival for Best Actress Award. Between her screen roles she appeared on stage in Polly Stenham's play ''That Face'' in West End (2008) and in the Off West End play '' Martine'' (2014). Early life Murray was born on 1 July 1989 in Bristol. Her parents work at Bristol University, her father as a professor and her mother as a research technician. She earned an English degree at Queens' College, Cambridge. She attended North Bristol Post 16 Centre, and wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megan Prescott
Megan Prescott (born 4 June 1991) is an English actress and bodybuilder who is best known for her role as Katie Fitch in the double BAFTA-winning teen drama '' Skins''. Background Prescott was born in Palmers Green, London, and is six minutes younger than her twin sister Kathryn Prescott, who is also an actress. She also has a younger brother. She received her primary education at Palmers Green High School, secondary schooling at St. John's Senior School, and Ashmole for her Sixth Form College education. She also studied television production with a special in directing at university.MySpace Live Video Chat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM6Ey26He4g&feature=player_embedded Prior to professional acting Prescott and her sister attended weekly drama classes where they would eventually meet future co-star Lily Loveless. She was represented by Matt Wynter of Insanity Artists Management, Prescott was later represented by Ken Mcreddie Associates. Career Although Prescott made he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lily Loveless
Lily May Loveless (born 16 April 1990) is an English actress, best known for her role as Naomi in the BAFTA award-winning drama '' Skins''. Career Loveless made her acting debut in the third series of Skins, playing the sexually confused, outspoken political activist teenager Naomi Campbell. Loveless was a performer in Psychotic Dance Company, a dance group that specialises in street dance fused with other urban dance styles. Loveless received the 2007 Jack Petchey Achievement Award. In June 2007, she performed with the Psychotic Dance Company at the Tottenham Carnival. In 2010, she played the character of Chloe in the adaptation of Mark Billingham's ''Sleepyhead''. Following this, Loveless secured many roles, including Anna in The Fades penned by former Skins writer, Jack Thorne (playing the role in both the pilot and the following series); Sadie in Sky Living's supernatural drama, Bedlam alongside Theo James, Charlotte Salt and former Skins co-stars Will Young and Hugo S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Pasqualino
Luca Giuseppe "Luke" Pasqualino (born 19 February 1990) is a British actor of Italian descent. He is best known for his portrayal of Freddie McClair in the television series '' Skins'', d'Artagnan in the television series '' The Musketeers'' and Elvis Harte in ''Our Girl''. Early life Pasqualino was born in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, to Italian parents from Sicily and Naples. He attended Walton Community School, in Walton, Peterborough. Career In 2009, Pasqualino made his acting debut as the protagonist in the low-budget film ''Stingers Rule!'' about a local football team going against property developers who plan to destroy their beloved football ground. Pasqualino also guest starred on ''Casualty'' and '' Miranda''. In 2008, Pasqualino became one of the new series regulars in the third season of the E4 teenage drama television series '' Skins; he'' portrayed Freddie McClair, a laid-back weed-smoking college pupil. In February 2010, Pasqualino was cast in the Warner B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Merveille Lukeba
Merveille Lukeba (born 30 March 1990) is a Congo-born British actor, best known for his role as Thomas Tomone in double BAFTA-winning E4 teen drama '' Skins''. Early life Born in Kinshasa, Zaire, he was raised in Woolwich, southeast London. He can speak fluent French and Lingala. Career He has played the role of Thomas Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (other) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the A ..., a Congolese immigrant to the United Kingdom, in series 3 and 4 of the UK teen drama ''Skins''. Filmography References External links * * 1990 births Living people People from Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo emigrants to England Male actors from London British male television actors Black British male actors {{UK-tv-actor-1990s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack O'Connell (actor)
Jack O'Connell (born 1 August 1990) is an English actor. He gained recognition by playing James Cook in the British television series '' Skins'' (2009–2010, 2013). He is also known for Pukey Nicholls in ''This Is England'' (2006), roles in the slasher film ''Eden Lake'' (2009) and the television dramas ''Dive'' (2010), '' United'' (2011) and playing the lead, Roy Goode, in the Netflix wild west miniseries '' Godless'' (2017). O'Connell gave critically acclaimed performances in the independent films '' Starred Up'' (2013) and '' '71'' (2014). He subsequently starred as war hero Louis Zamperini in the war film '' Unbroken'' (2014), for which he received the BAFTA Rising Star Award. He has since starred in the thriller ''Money Monster'' (2016), the biographical drama '' Trial by Fire'' (2018) and the BBC miniseries '' The North Water'' (2021). Early life O'Connell was born on 1 August 1990 into a working-class family in Alvaston, Derbyshire. His father, Johnny Patrick O'Conn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aimee-Ffion Edwards
Aimee-Ffion Edwards (born 21 November 1987) is a Welsh actress and singer. She is known for playing Sketch in '' Skins'', Esme Shelby in ''Peaky Blinders'', Sophie in '' Detectorists'' and Abi in '' Loaded''. She also had a starring voice role as Mio in the English dub of ''Xenoblade Chronicles 3''. Early life Aimee-Ffion Edwards was born in Newport, Wales. She attended Ysgol Gymraeg Casnewydd (Newport Welsh medium primary school) and Ysgol Gyfun Gwynllyw. She played for a local youth rugby team, the only girl in a boys' team, until she was 14. She would often go from ballet lessons to playing for the rugby team. She took a drama A-level at school, and joined the National Youth Theatre of Wales. She is fluent in English and Welsh. Career Film and television Edwards appeared in the 2002 short film ''Dŵr Dwfn''. She was training to be a classical singer when she appeared on the '' Pop Idol''-type Welsh language TV show called ''Wawffactor'' in 2006, finishing as runner-up. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kaya Scodelario
Kaya Rose Scodelario-Davis ( née Humphrey; born 13 March 1992) is an English actress best known for her roles as Effy Stonem on the E4 teen drama '' Skins'' (2007–2010, 2013), and Teresa in the ''Maze Runner'' film series (2014–2018). Other roles include Catherine Earnshaw in Andrea Arnold's ''Wuthering Heights'' (2011), Carina Smyth in '' Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales'' (2017), Carole Ann Boone in ''Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile'' (2019), Haley Keller in ''Crawl'' (2019), Katarina Baker in the Netflix original series '' Spinning Out'' (2020) and Claire Redfield in '' Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City'' (2021). Early life Scodelario was born Kaya Rose Humphrey on 13 March 1992 in Haywards Heath, West Sussex. Her mother, Katia Scodelario, is a Brazilian accountant from Itu, São Paulo, who moved to England in 1990; Scodelario's surname comes from her mother's Italian grandfather. Her father, Roger Humphrey, was English and died in Nov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
April Pearson
April Janet Pearson (born 23 January 1989) is an English actress. Born and brought up in Bristol, Pearson was drawn to acting from a young age and appeared in local theatre productions as a child. She made her acting debut in 1998 at the age of nine on the British medical drama series '' Casualty'', and earned wider recognition in her breakthrough role as impressionable teenager Michelle Richardson in the E4 teen drama series '' Skins'' (2007–2008), for which she was nominated for the Golden Nymph Award for an Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series at the Monte-Carlo Television Festival. She later made her film debut when cast in Jon Wright's comedy horror slasher film '' Tormented'' (2009). Pearson followed this with her Bristol Old Vic debut as Jemma in Catherine Johnson's ''Suspension'' (2009); the production centering around the Clifton Suspension Bridge and the nearby Avon Gorge Hotel, and as Callie in Rachel Sternberg and Jemma Wayne's Negative Space (2009), in whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dev Patel
Dev Patel (; born 23 April 1990) is a British actor. His breakthrough came in 2008 with the leading role of Jamal Malik in Danny Boyle's drama ''Slumdog Millionaire'', for which Patel was nominated for the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role, becoming one of the youngest nominees in Best Actor category. He won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer and the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. Patel has since gone on to establish himself as a renowned actor by starring in acclaimed films such as '' The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel'' (2011), '' The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel'' (2015), '' Chappie'' (2016), ''The Man Who Knew Infinity'' (2016), ''Lion'' (2016), '' Hotel Mumbai'' (2018), ''The Personal History of David Copperfield'' (2019), and '' The Green Knight'' (2021). He also starred in the series '' The Newsroom'' (2012-2014) and '' Modern Love'' (2019), and performed voice-over work in the anima ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitch Hewer
Mitchell Scott Hewer (born 1 July 1989) is an English actor, best known for the role of Maxxie Oliver in the E4 teen drama '' Skins''. He has also starred in'' Britannia High'' as the all-round talent Danny Miller. Career In 2007, Hewer was cast as Maxxie Oliver in the teen drama, '' Skins''. He appeared on the cover of the March and October 2007 issues of gay magazine ''Attitude'', as part of a "Gays on TV" feature which included stars from ''Skins'', '' Hollyoaks'', '' Coronation Street'' and '' Shameless''. He also appeared nude in the June 2008 issue of ''Cosmopolitan'' in aid of testicular cancer research. Hewer starred in the music drama '' Britannia High'', in the role of Danny Miller. He also appears on the '' Britannia High'' soundtrack. He also appeared on the popular ITV and ITV2 shows '' Xtra Factor'', '' This Morning'', '' Richard and Judy's New Position'' and on the BBC comedy show '' Never Mind the Buzzcocks'' alongside team captain Davina McCall and singer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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