Anya Taylor-Joy
Anya Taylor-Joy
Biography
Anya-Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy (/ˈænjə/; born 16 April 1996) is an actress. Born in Miami and raised in Buenos Aires and London, she left school at the age of 16 to pursue an acting career. After a series of small television roles, her breakthrough came with a leading role in the horror film The Witch (2015). She continued with roles in the horror film Split (2016) and its sequel Glass (2019), the black comedy film Thoroughbreds (2017), and the television crime drama series Peaky Blinders (2019–2022). For playing Emma Woodhouse in the period drama Emma (2020), Taylor-Joy received her first Golden Globe Award nomination. She earned international recognition for playing Beth Harmon in the Netflix period drama miniseries The Queen's Gambit (2020), winning a Golden Globe and SAG Award and being nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. She then appeared in the horror film Last Night in Soho (2021), the action film The Northman (2022), and the black comedy film The Menu (2022). She also voiced Princess Peach in the animated film The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) and starred as Imperator Furiosa in the apocalyptic film Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Anya Taylor-Joy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Actor
as Joan
as Weetzie Bat
as Margot Peters
as Alia Atreides
as Grace Bernard
as Drasa
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Furiosa
as Alia Atreides (uncredited)
as Princess Peach (voice)
as Margot
as Libby Voze
as Olga of the Birch Forest
as Sandie
as Jen
as Self - Beth Harmon
as Cinderella
as Illyana Rasputin
as Irène Aged 18
as Emma Woodhouse
as Elizabeth 'Beth' Harmon
as Self
as Marla
as Casey Cooke
as Self
as Brea (voice)
as Ana
as Lily
as Petronella 'Nella' Oortman
as Allie
as Self
as Casey Cooke
as Petronella Brandt
as Charlotte Baughman
as Morgan
as Thomasin
as Mani
as Feeder Girl
as Self
as Self
as Cassandra
as Gina Gray
as Philippa Collins-Davidson
as Furiosa (archive footage)
as Self
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Self - Host
as Self - Presenter
as Self - Winner
as Self - Nominee
Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
as Executive Producer
Sound
as Songs
as Assistant Dialogue Editor