Skelton was born and raised in Woodford, Greater Manchester, England, the daughter of entrepreneurial children\'s toy inventors. She began dancing at the age of three, eventually training in ballet at the Royal Academy, before moving into musical theater and stage productions. Her first professional television role, in Series two of the British crime drama DCI Banks (2012), was a two episode stint as schoolgirl Becca Smith.\n', '

In 2013, Skelton guest-starred as Esme Vasquez-Jones in series one of CBBC\'s award winning children\'s drama The Dumping Ground. That same year she went on to portray Nikki Boston\'s (Heather Pierce) estranged daughter in the ninth season of BBC One\'s school drama Waterloo Road and Yasmin Carish in a series thirteen episode of the long running medical series Doctors.\n', '

Transitioning into feature films, Skelton\'s first role was in 2014\'s The War I Knew. She portrayed Margaret in director Ian Vernon\'s tale of a WWII paratrooper lost behind enemy lines.\n', '

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