United Kingdom, Nov. 17 -- Kaya Scodelario was "painfully shy and insecure" during her younger years.

The 33-year-old actress rose to fame as Effy Stonem in Skins, the hit teen drama, back in 2007, and Kaya has reflected on the similarities and differences between her on-screen character and her real-life self.

She told The Independent: "I was painfully shy and insecure. I was very unworldly and Effy was an opportunity for me to fake that confidence and have empathy for other people's experiences.

"But at the core of Effy was always pain and I think that core of her was always the real me. But the outside of her, how she presented herself - the clothes, the makeup, the confidence - that was the opposite of who I was."

Kaya also felt s...