It seems like only yesterday that E4’s trailblazing teen drama Skins burst onto our screens, but it’s been 17 years since the show first premiered.
The ground-breaking series tracked the lives of a tight-knit group of Bristol sixth-formers, grappling with the throes of adolescence, broaching raw subjects such as sexuality, mental health and mortality.
Created by Bryan Elsley and his son Jamie Brittain, Skins spanned an impressive 61 episodes spread over seven series. It boasted a stellar original line-up including Nicholas Hoult, Hannah Murray, Dev Patel, Daniel Kaluuya, and Kaya Scodelario-Davis, to name a few.
Here’s what they’re doing now.
Nicholas Hoult – Tony Stonem
Hoult, who once played the enigmatic Tony Stonem, has had a glittering Hollywood career. He has featured in blockbuster sagas such as the X-Men franchise—including X-Men: First Class, X-Men: Day of Future Past, X-Men: Dark Phoenix—the action-packed Deadpool 2, and even in The Garfield Movie.
Today, he balances his bustling acting career with family life, living between London and Los Angeles with partner Bryana Holly and their two children.
Hannah Murray – Cassie Ainsworth
Hannah Murray, best known for playing the whimsical Cassie Ainsworth, went on to appear in Game of Thrones.
Her last acting credits date back to 2020 when she appeared in the TV series ‘The Expecting’ as Cara McCrindell and lent her voice to ‘The Little Girl’ in the video game ‘Shady Part of Me’. She now resides in Los Angeles, as revealed by Pheonix Magazine.
Joe Dempsie – Chris Miles
Joe Dempsie – known for his role as Chris Miles and subsequent fame in ‘Game of Thrones’ – continues his acting career with features in significant shows and movies such as ‘Showtrial’, ‘Soulmate’, ‘Final Fantasy XIV: Endwalker’, ‘Final Fantasy XIV: Shadowbringers’, ‘Adult Material’, and ‘This is England ’90’.
A Liverpool-born lad, Dempsie has settled in London and supports both Nottingham Forest FC and the Scottish national football team.
Dev Patel – Anwar Kharral
Patel went on to capture hearts in his award-winning performances as Jamal in ‘Slumdog Millionaire’, Sonny Kapoor in ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’, Saroo Bierley in ‘Lion’, David Copperfield in ‘The Personal History of David Copperfield’, and the Kid in ‘Monkey Man’ after Skins.
Dev met Australian actress Tilda Cobham-Hervey on the set of ‘Hotel Mumbai’ and struck up a relationship. They now live in Adelaide and were snapped together in April this year at the LA premiere of ‘Monkey Man’.
April Pearson – Michelle Richardson
Pearson shot to fame in Skins, just like Dev Patel, and earned a Golden Nymph Award nomination for her stellar performance. Continuing her acting voyage, she has featured in several productions including God’s Petty You, The Kindred, Doctors, Disconnected, and BBC Comedy Feeds.
Since 2020, she has hosted the podcast “Are You Michelle from Skins?” and celebrated the arrival of her first-born child, Elwood James, on 13 April 2022.
Mike Bailey – Sid Jenkins
Bailey decided to leave acting behind to embrace the world of education after playing Sid on Skins. Now 36, he is a drama teacher at a secondary school
Discussing his unexpected foray into teaching, he told The Metro: “I kind of thought, ‘What the f*** am I doing with my life? ‘ and ended up getting in a conversation with the wife a couple of years ago and decided that those who can’t act, teach.”
Mitch Hewer – Maxxie Oliver
Hewer has gone on to feature in productions like Britannia High, Behaving Badly, and Casualty. His portrayal of the troubled gay teen Maxxie landed him on the cover of Attitude Magazine’s March and October 2007 issues under their “Gays on TV” feature.
Hewer himself is heterosexual and is married with children. Now he streams on Twitch and YouTube, including posting content about the game, Fortnite.
Daniel Kaluuya – Posh Kenneth
Kaluuya featured on Time Magazine’s 2021 list of the 100 most influential people globally. His glittering career trajectory has included roles in Doctor Who and Psychoville, films like Johnny English Reborn, Kick-Ass 2, blockbuster hits Black Panther, Get Out, and voicing a character in Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse.
He now lives in west London and is an Arsenal supporter.
Kaya Scodelario-Davis – Effy Stonem
Scodelario-Davis’ career flourished with significant appearances in the Maze Runner series, the high-seas adventure Pirates of the Caribbean: Salazar’s Revenge, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City, and the television series The Gentlemen.
Scodelario-Davis and Benjamin Walker began their romance on the set of The King’s Daughter in 2014, tying the knot a year later. The pair share a son and daughter but revealed they were parting ways in February this year.