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name: "Kathryn Newton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kathryn-newton"
fi1m_id: "kathryn-newton"
imdb_id: "nm1105980"
tmdb_id: 221192
wikidata_id: "Q165625"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "8 February 1997"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-19T04:30:31.775257+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Kathryn Newton

## Identity

Kathryn Newton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kathryn-newton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kathryn-newton
- **IMDb ID:** nm1105980
- **TMDB ID:** 221192
- **Wikidata ID:** Q165625
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn_Newton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q165625, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1105980/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/221192

Actor. Born 8 February 1997 in Orlando, Florida, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 8 February 1997, Orlando, Florida, USA
- **Active:** 2014–present
- **Also known as:** Kathryn Love Newton
- **Frequently works with:** [Guy Busick](https://film.one/person/guy-busick.md), [James Vanderbilt](https://film.one/person/james-vanderbilt.md), [Matt Bettinelli-Olpin](https://film.one/person/matt-bettinelli-olpin.md), [Tyler Gillett](https://film.one/person/tyler-gillett.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as actor, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 77 (5), 2020s 62 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 70 across 7 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 4 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Action 2, Adventure 2, Comedy 2, Crime 1, Fantasy 1
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,211m across 5 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathryn_Newton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q165625, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1105980/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/221192

## Coming up

- *DreamQuil* (2026-10-29), as Margo Case
- *Samo Lives* (2026-12-11)
- *Avengers: Doomsday* (2026-12-16), as Cassie Lang — [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-doomsday.md)

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Big Little Lies*](https://film.one/tv/big-little-lies.md) (78)
- **Disney+:** [*Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania*](https://film.one/film/ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania.md) (54)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Kathryn Newton

> Kathryn Newton is a likeable, capable actor who has spent two decades being the sensible young person in somebody else's film. The horror-comedies suit her better than the franchise did, and nobody has yet built a picture around what she can do.

In *Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania* (2023), Kathryn Newton's Cassie Lang is the daughter who grew up while her father was away, and roughly every twenty minutes she stops the film to tell him what he ought to have learned. Newton is not to blame for the lines. She says them as written, plainly and with a straight back, and that is the trouble, because a moral put that clearly can only ever sound like a moral. She has been working since she was four, on *All My Children* and then *Gary Unmarried*, and she has the professional's habit of being exactly where the scene needs her. What the films we have reviewed have not yet given her is a reason to be there beyond that.

The career divides neatly. A teenage lead in *Paranormal Activity 4* (2012) at fifteen, then a run of grown-up ensembles: *Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri* and *Lady Bird* (both 2017), and the regular part of Abigail Carlson in *Big Little Lies* (2017–2019), where she held her place in scenes with far more established actors. Then the turn back to horror and horror-comedy: *Freaky* (2020), the body-swap film with Christopher Landon, who has directed her twice; *Lisa Frankenstein* and *Abigail* (both 2024). Somewhere along the way she picked up the "scream queen" label, which is meant kindly and is not quite a compliment. It describes the genre she keeps being asked to save rather than anything she does inside it.

The physical work is the part of her reputation that seems best earned, and *Freaky* did most to earn it; we have not reviewed it and will not pretend to. What we can speak to is *Abigail*, where Radio Silence hand the picture to Dan Stevens and to Alisha Weir's small monster and leave Newton's Sammy standing near the bursting bodies. We kept waiting for the film to turn to her, and it never did; we came out remembering Weir and Stevens and having to check the cast list for the rest. She is fine in it. Fine is what the part allows.

That is the pattern across everything of hers we have seen: a capable, likeable actor whom directors trust to hold the sensible end of a scene while the louder performers have the fun. Directors find that useful. It does not, on its own, make anybody a lead. Newton has said that being a Marvel superhero was one of the biggest goals of her career, and that she "would do it forever if I could", which is her right. But the Cassie of *Quantumania* is written as someone's daughter, and the films that will tell us what she can do are the ones where she is the person the story is about. Landon has cast her that way once. We would like to see who does it next.

## Biography

Kathryn Newton is an American actress. Born Kathryn Love Newton on 8 February 1997 in Orlando, Florida, she began acting at the age of four and appeared in the soap opera All My Children from 2001 to 2004.

She is known for television roles including Louise Brooks in Gary Unmarried (2008–2010), Abigail Carlson in Big Little Lies (2017–2019), and Allie Pressman in The Society (2019). Film credits include Paranormal Activity 4 (2012), Bad Teacher (2011), Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017), Lady Bird (2017), Blockers (2018), Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019), Freaky (2020), Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) as Cassie Lang, and Abigail (2024) as Sammy. She received a Young Artist Award for her performance in Paranormal Activity 4.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Abigail* (2024), Fi1m 70, as Sammy — [page](https://film.one/film/abigail.md)
- *Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania* (2023), Fi1m 54, as Cassie Lang — [page](https://film.one/film/ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania.md)
- *Pokémon Detective Pikachu* (2019), Fi1m 65, as Lucy Stevens — [page](https://film.one/film/pokemon-detective-pikachu.md)
- *Big Little Lies* (2017), Fi1m 78, as Abigail Carlson — [page](https://film.one/tv/big-little-lies.md)
- *Lady Bird* (2017), Fi1m 86, as Darlene Bell — [page](https://film.one/film/lady-bird.md)
- *Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri* (2017), Fi1m 74, as Angela — [page](https://film.one/film/three-billboards-outside-ebbing-missouri.md)
- *Halt and Catch Fire* (2014), Fi1m 84, as Joanie Clark — [page](https://film.one/tv/halt-and-catch-fire.md)

## Complete filmography (37)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Avengers: Doomsday* (2026), as Cassie Lang — coming soon, [page](https://film.one/film/avengers-doomsday.md)
- *Samo Lives* (2026), Actor
- *DreamQuil* (2026), as Margo Case
- *The Devil's Mouth* (2026), as Sara
- *Ready or Not: Here I Come* (2026), as Faith MacCaullay
- *Griffin in Summer* (2025), as Chloe
- *Doctor Odyssey* (2024), series, as Hannah
- *Winner* (2024), as Brittany Winner
- *Abigail* (2024), as Sammy — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/abigail.md)
- *Lisa Frankenstein* (2024), as Lisa
- *Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania* (2023), as Cassie Lang — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/ant-man-and-the-wasp-quantumania.md)
- *Hacks* (2021), series, as Bellette — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/hacks.md)
- *The Map of Tiny Perfect Things* (2021), as Margaret
- *Freaky* (2020), as Millie Kessler
- *The Society* (2019), series, as Allie Pressman
- *Pokémon Detective Pikachu* (2019), as Lucy Stevens — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/film/pokemon-detective-pikachu.md)
- *Ben Is Back* (2018), as Ivy Burns
- *Blockers* (2018), as Julie Decker
- *Little Women* (2017), series, as Amy March
- *Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri* (2017), as Angela — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/three-billboards-outside-ebbing-missouri.md)
- *Lady Bird* (2017), as Darlene Bell — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/lady-bird.md)
- *Big Little Lies* (2017), series, as Abigail Carlson — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/big-little-lies.md)
- *Mono* (2016), as Katie
- *A Housekeeper's Revenge* (2016), as Laura Blackwell
- *The Martial Arts Kid* (2015), as Rina
- *Halt and Catch Fire* (2014), series, as Joanie Clark — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/halt-and-catch-fire.md)
- *Paranormal Activity 4* (2012), as Alex Nelson
- *Dog with a Blog* (2012), series, as Emily Adams
- *Bad Teacher* (2011), as Chase Rubin-Rosse
- *Gary Unmarried* (2008), series, as Louise Brooks
- *Mad Men* (2007), series, as Mandy — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/mad-men.md)
- *Supernatural* (2005), series, as Claire Novak — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/supernatural.md)
- *Lips Like Sugar*, as Tracy Anderson
- *Just One Day*, series, as Producer
- *White Elephant*, as Executive Producer
- *Hot Year*, as Executive Producer
- *Old Friends New Friends*, Actor

## Gallery

- ![Kathryn Newton](https://film.one/media/person/11659/gallery-4f4afb67d31d.jpg) Kathryn Newton — LA LATA, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/Kathryn_Newton_during_an_interview%2C_February_2023_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Star of Big Little Lies and Claire Novak on Supernatural. NYC May '19. (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/11659/gallery-3dcdb6062dac.jpg) Star of Big Little Lies and Claire Novak on Supernatural. NYC May '19. (2019) — https://www.flickr.com/photos/greg2600/, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Kathryn_Newton_%2848017285797%29.jpg/1280px-Kathryn_Newton_%2848017285797%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Star of Big Little Lies and Claire Novak on Supernatural. NYC May '19. (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/11659/gallery-27b43f9c3e2e.jpg) Star of Big Little Lies and Claire Novak on Supernatural. NYC May '19. (2019) — https://www.flickr.com/photos/greg2600/, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Kathryn_Newton_%2848017285797%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Kathryn_Newton_%2848017285797%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Star of Big Little Lies and Claire Novak on Supernatural. NYC May '19. (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/11659/gallery-3d1c81d0c01a.jpg) Star of Big Little Lies and Claire Novak on Supernatural. NYC May '19. (2019) — https://www.flickr.com/photos/greg2600/, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/Kathryn_Newton_%28close-up%29.jpg/1280px-Kathryn_Newton_%28close-up%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Kathryn Newton](https://film.one/media/person/11659/gallery-98704e0ff70c.jpg) Kathryn Newton — Image via TMDB
- ![Kathryn Newton](https://film.one/media/person/11659/gallery-947672415fab.jpg) Kathryn Newton — Image via TMDB
- ![Kathryn Newton](https://film.one/media/person/11659/gallery-e2e5051f12f7.jpg) Kathryn Newton — Image via TMDB
- ![Kathryn Newton in a Shotout promoting the 4DX experience for Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania in 2023 (0:16)](https://film.one/media/person/11659/gallery-23743fb5a060.jpg) Kathryn Newton in a Shotout promoting the 4DX experience for Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania in 2023 (0:16) — 4DX, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Kathryn_Newton_4DX_2023.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![In this 2012 interview, SIDEWALKS ENTERTAINMENT’s Cindy Rhodes interviews the young stars of the 4th feature of the “Paranormal Activity” film series. (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/11659/gallery-6509d76f0dc9.jpg) In this 2012 interview, SIDEWALKS ENTERTAINMENT’s Cindy Rhodes interviews the young stars of the 4th feature of the “Paranormal Activity” film series. (2018) — Sidewalks Entertainment, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7e/Kathryn_Newton_and_Matt_Shively.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Kathryn Newton](https://film.one/media/person/11659/gallery-df49fb0e0272.jpg) Kathryn Newton — Image via TMDB
- ![Kathryn Newton](https://film.one/media/person/11659/gallery-03c49b7a8479.jpg) Kathryn Newton — Image via TMDB
- ![Kathryn Newton](https://film.one/media/person/11659/gallery-91d4cf7c2565.jpg) Kathryn Newton — Image via TMDB

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