United Kingdom, Feb. 17 -- Kaya Scodelario wouldn't "help" her children if they wanted to act.

The 32-year-old actress - who has an eight-year-old son and a three-year-old daughter with former husband Benjamin Walker - was just 14 years old when she was cast as Effie Stonem in 'Skins' but while she would be "supportive" of her kids' ambitions, she'd rather not encourage them to follow her into the industry.

She told the Sunday Times Culture magazine: "I'm quite protective of letting my kids anywhere near [the industry]. There's no world in which I would ever let them have an agent as a kid, or help them in that way. I'd be supportive, but I'd make sure they built their own way up."

Although Kaya and Benjamin announced their separation ...