'' Newton started her career at age four, making her television debut on the soap opera
All My Children, playing
Colby Marian Chandler from 2001 to 2004. Meanwhile, she also starred in two
short films,
Abbie Down East (2002) and
Bun-Bun (2003). where she attended the
Notre Dame High School. In 2010, Newton won two
Young Artist Awards for "Best Performance in a TV Comedy Series" and "Best Performance in a TV series (Comedy or Drama)" for
Gary Unmarried. Newton played the role of Chase Rubin-Rossi in the 2011 film
Bad Teacher. She had the lead role, Alex, in the 2012 film
Paranormal Activity 4, the fourth in the
franchise, and won an award at the
34th Young Artist Awards for her performance in the film. Beginning in
season 10, she had a recurring role as Claire Novak on
Supernatural. In 2017, Newton appeared in the HBO series
Big Little Lies based on the
Liane Moriarty novel of the
same name. She also had major roles in the films
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri as Angela Hayes and
Ben Is Back as Ivy Burns. Newton plays Lucy in
Pokémon Detective Pikachu, a 2019 live action film based on the
video game of the same name. She also played the lead role of Allie in the
Netflix mystery drama series
The Society, which premiered on May 10, 2019. In 2020, she starred in the well-reviewed horror comedy film
Freaky, directed by
Christopher Landon, as a teenage girl who switches bodies with a serial killer. In 2021, she appeared in
The Map of Tiny Perfect Things, directed by Ian Samuels. She portrays
Cassie Lang in the
Marvel Cinematic Universe film
Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania replacing
Emma Fuhrmann in the role. In 2024, Newton starred as Brittany Winner in
Winner, a black-comedy about
Reality Winner that premiered at the
Sundance Film Festival on January 20. Newton played Lisa Swallows in the comedy-horror
Lisa Frankenstein, a
1980s-teen-film retelling of
Frankenstein; it was directed by
Zelda Williams for her debut film and released on February 9. She played Sammy in
Abigail, a vampire driven horror film which premiered at the
Overlook Film Festival on April 7. Newton played the supporting role of Chloe in
Griffin in Summer, an
independent film which premiered at the
Tribeca film festival on June 6, 2024. ==Filmography==