[2][3] She began dancing at the age of three, eventually training in ballet at the Royal Academy in London, before moving into musical theater and stage productions.
[4][1] 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.
She was going to study English Literature at King's College London the following year but ended up turning down her offer to pursue acting instead.
[22][23] The role, opposite Scottish actor Richard Rankin as Roger MacKenzie is recurring, becoming a main cast member from Season 4 onwards, and will continue throughout their story arc as outlined in Diana Gabaldon's genre-bending book series.
[22][24] In 2017, Skelton portrayed Jess in Christopher Menaul's film Another Mother's Son, the true story of Louisa Gould, a widow living in Nazi-occupied Jersey during WWII.