# Kathryn Prescott
**Kathryn Prescott** (born 1991) is an English actress, photographer, writer, and director, best known for playing Emily Fitch in the E4 teen drama *Skins* and Carter Stevens in MTV's *Finding Carter*.[1](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/kathryn-prescott/bio/3030901692/) Since *Skins*, she has worked largely in American productions, and since 2017 she has also written and directed, beginning with a public service announcement and, from 2019, narrative short films, with a first feature, *Ema*, in development.[2](https://www.yaketyyak.co.uk/artists/kathryn-prescott-1) • [3](https://www.fadetoher.com/2020/09/29/kathryn-prescott/) • [4](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/kathryn-prescott/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1991, Palmers Green, London; six minutes older than her identical twin sister Megan Prescott[5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3077071/) |
| Breakthrough role | Emily Fitch in *Skins*, 19 episodes, 2009-2013; her twin Megan played Emily's identical twin Katie[5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3077071/) |
| US television | Carter in MTV's *Finding Carter* (2014); Young Ingrid in *The Son* (14 episodes); Vanessa Bloom in *New Amsterdam* (2022, 8 episodes)[2](https://www.yaketyyak.co.uk/artists/kathryn-prescott-1) • [5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3077071/) |
| Films | CJ in *A Dog's Journey* (2019) and Bird in *Polaroid*[2](https://www.yaketyyak.co.uk/artists/kathryn-prescott-1) • [6](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/kathryn_prescott) |
| Behind the camera | Photography exhibit *What Makes Us Care?* (2013); short *Jane* (2019); documentary *Gina* (2022), which won two festival prizes; feature *Ema* in development[1](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/kathryn-prescott/bio/3030901692/) • [6](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/kathryn_prescott) • [7](https://videoconsortium.org/members/katprescott77) |
| 2021 accident | Struck by a cement truck while crossing a street in New York; multiple fractures and a recovery in which she had to learn to walk again[4](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/kathryn-prescott/) |
| Training | Weekly drama classes at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts as a teenager; no college or film school[5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3077071/) • [3](https://www.fadetoher.com/2020/09/29/kathryn-prescott/) |
## Early life and background
Kathryn Prescott was born in 1991 in Palmers Green, London, six minutes before her identical twin sister Megan.[5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3077071/) A Library of Congress authority record confirms the birth date of 1991 and the occupation of actress, associated with Great Britain.[8](https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2019081133.html)
Her training was informal. She and Megan attended weekly drama classes at the Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, where they met [Lily Loveless](https://www.edgepedia.org/lily-loveless), later their co-star on *Skins*.[5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3077071/) In a 2020 interview she described her route into the profession the same way: she did not go to college or film school but got "a lucky break" into acting on a British television show.[3](https://www.fadetoher.com/2020/09/29/kathryn-prescott/)
Her first screen appearance came in 2008, with a debut on the BBC soap opera *[Doctors](https://www.edgepedia.org/doctors-2000-tv-series)*.[9](https://www.imdb.com/es/name/nm3077071/bio/)
## Skins
The break came through *[Skins](https://www.edgepedia.org/skins-british-tv-series)*, a drama first broadcast in 2007 that followed different generations of teenagers in Bristol over six series.[10](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-23126863) Kathryn and Megan began filming the show's third series in July 2008, cast as identical twins: Kathryn played Emily Fitch and Megan played Katie Fitch.[5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3077071/) Kathryn's role ran across 19 episodes from 2009 to 2013, spanning the third generation cast and the show's later specials.[5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3077071/)
As the seventh and final season began in 2013, Prescott told [BBC News](https://www.edgepedia.org/bbc-news): "It's good to quit while you're ahead and we're still ahead," while admitting it was hard to find new ways to shock the audience after six series.[10](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-23126863)
## Television and film after Skins
*Skins* led to a career spent mostly in American productions. Her agency describes the pattern directly: after starting as Emily Fitch, she spent roughly the next 15 years playing Americans, and occasionally Eastern Europeans, in the United States, including Carter in MTV's *Finding Carter*, CJ in Universal's *[A Dog's Journey](https://www.edgepedia.org/a-dogs-journey-film)*, and Bird in [Dimension Films](https://www.edgepedia.org/dimension-films)' *Polaroid*.[2](https://www.yaketyyak.co.uk/artists/kathryn-prescott-1) Her own account of the move behind the camera dates to this period: "It was only once I got on set as an actor, and watched the writers and directors I was working with, that I realized they were the ones doing most of the storytelling, and that I wanted to do that."[3](https://www.fadetoher.com/2020/09/29/kathryn-prescott/)
On television she played Young Ingrid in *The Son*, appearing in 14 episodes between 2017 and 2019, and Vanessa Bloom in *New Amsterdam* in 2022, in 8 episodes.[5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3077071/)
Rotten Tomatoes rates *To the Bone* (2017) as her highest-rated film at 69% and *A Dog's Journey* (2019) as her lowest at 53%.[6](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/kathryn_prescott)
## Work behind the camera
Photography came first. A 2013 exhibit, *What Makes Us Care?*, at the Fields Crypt Gallery in London featured pictures of her *Skins* co-stars and was intended to raise awareness of the city's homeless population.[1](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/kathryn-prescott/bio/3030901692/) In 2017 she wrote and directed a public service announcement with the organization Homeless Health Care Los Angeles about the effect of the opioid epidemic on American youth.[3](https://www.fadetoher.com/2020/09/29/kathryn-prescott/)
**Short films.** Her first narrative short, *Jane* (2019), which she wrote and directed, follows a young woman with heroin addiction living in a low-income residential hotel.[4](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/kathryn-prescott/) It starred [Gayle Rankin](https://www.edgepedia.org/gayle-rankin) and screened at the Palm Springs, Austin, Short Shorts, and HollyShorts film festivals.[7](https://videoconsortium.org/members/katprescott77) Her documentary short *Gina* (2022) won Best Documentary Short at the Austin Film Festival and First Prize Documentary Short at Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival.[6](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/kathryn_prescott)
## 2021 accident and recovery
In September 2021, Prescott was struck by a cement truck while crossing a street in New York. She suffered multiple injuries and had to learn to walk again.[4](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/kathryn-prescott/) Her IMDb biography records the date as 7 September 2021 and adds that she narrowly avoided paralysis.[9](https://www.imdb.com/es/name/nm3077071/bio/) She returned to screen work afterward, appearing in *New Amsterdam* in 2022.[5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3077071/)
## By the numbers
- 19 episodes of *Skins* as Emily Fitch, 2009-2013[5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3077071/)
- 14 episodes of *The Son* (2017-2019) and 8 episodes of *New Amsterdam* (2022)[5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3077071/)
- Rotten Tomatoes film scores ranging from 53% (*A Dog's Journey*, 2019) to 69% (*To the Bone*, 2017)[6](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/kathryn_prescott)
- 2 festival wins for *Gina* (2022)[6](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/kathryn_prescott) • [5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3077071/)
- About 15 years working as an actor in the United States after starting on *Skins*, per her agency profile[2](https://www.yaketyyak.co.uk/artists/kathryn-prescott-1)
## Career alongside her twin
The Prescott twins' careers began together and diverged. Both were cast in *Skins* as on-screen identical twins, Emily and Katie Fitch, from series 3.[5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3077071/) Kathryn's subsequent work moved to American television and film, with credits including *Finding Carter*, *The Son*, *A Dog's Journey*, and *Polaroid*.[2](https://www.yaketyyak.co.uk/artists/kathryn-prescott-1) She has also built a separate directing career, with the shorts *Jane* and *Gina* and the developing feature *Ema* credited to her alone.[4](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/kathryn-prescott/)
## What has changed since 2023
The documented direction of her work since 2023 is toward writing and directing. Her first narrative feature, *Ema*, is in development: it was optioned by 51 [Entertainment](https://www.edgepedia.org/entertainment), with Agile Films attached to produce and Frankie Corio set to star.[4](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/kathryn-prescott/) • [7](https://videoconsortium.org/members/katprescott77) She is based in New York.[7](https://videoconsortium.org/members/katprescott77)
## Reception and recognition
The Rotten Tomatoes aggregate range across her films runs from 53% to 69%.[6](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/kathryn_prescott) Her documented awards are the two festival prizes for *Gina*: Best Documentary Short at Austin and First Prize Documentary Short at Flickers' Rhode Island International Film Festival.[6](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/kathryn_prescott) IMDb also lists awards and nominations.[5](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3077071/) Trade and reference profiles identify her signature roles as Emily Fitch in *Skins* and Carter Stevens in *Finding Carter*.[1](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/kathryn-prescott/bio/3030901692/)
## References
1. [Kathryn Prescott Biography, Celebrity Facts and Awards, TV Guide](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/kathryn-prescott/bio/3030901692/)
2. [Kathryn Prescott, Yakety Yak All Mouth Ltd (agency profile)](https://www.yaketyyak.co.uk/artists/kathryn-prescott-1)
3. [Kathryn Prescott, Fade to Her interview (2020)](https://www.fadetoher.com/2020/09/29/kathryn-prescott/)
4. [Kathryn Prescott, TV Insider](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/kathryn-prescott/)
5. [Kathryn Prescott (I), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3077071/)
6. [Kathryn Prescott Movies & TV Shows List, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/kathryn_prescott)
7. [Kathryn Prescott, Video Consortium member profile](https://videoconsortium.org/members/katprescott77)
8. [Prescott, Kathryn, 1991- , LC Linked Data Service, Library of Congress](https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2019081133.html)
9. [Kathryn Prescott, IMDb biography](https://www.imdb.com/es/name/nm3077071/bio/)
10. [Kathryn Prescott: E4 series Skins ending at right time, BBC News (2013)](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-23126863)
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