Anya Taylor-Joy
Acting
- Born:
- 1996-04-16
- Place of birth:
- Miami, Florida, USA
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 16 to pursue an acting career. After several minor television roles, her breakthrough came with a leading role in the horror film The Witch (2015). Her career progressed with roles in the horror film Split (2016) and its sequel Glass (2019), the black comedy film Thoroughbreds (2017), and playing Emma Woodhouse in the period drama Emma (2020). Taylor-Joy featured in the television crime drama series Peaky Blinders (2019–2022) and earned international recognition for playing Beth Harmon in the period drama miniseries The Queen's Gambit (2020), winning a Golden Globe Award and a SAG Award, in addition to a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award. She then starred in the horror film Last Night in Soho (2021), the action films The Northman (2022) and The Gorge (2025), and the black comedy The Menu (2022). She also voiced Princess Peach in the animated film The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023). She 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
Filmography
The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
Dune: Part Three
Lucky
Sacrifice
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Mad Max and the Genius of George Miller
It’s a Mad Max World
Her Dior
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
The Gorge
Nighthawk: Maison Margiela Artisanal 2024
Highway to Valhalla: In Pursuit of Furiosa
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Dune: Part Two
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
The Menu
Amsterdam
The Northman
Last Night in Soho
Here Are the Young Men
Creating The Queen's Gambit
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
The Netflix Afterparty: The Best Shows of the Worst Year
The Queen's Gambit
The New Mutants
Radioactive
Emma.
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Love, Antosha
Playmobil: The Movie
Glass
Crossmaglen
Thoroughbreds
The Miniaturist
The Miniaturist
Marrowbone
The Making of 'Split'
Split
Barry
Morgan
The Witch
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Viking Quest
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Vampire Academy
Atlantis
Peaky Blinders
Endeavour
Conan
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
The Graham Norton Show
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Sucré salé
The View
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Saturday Night Live
The Oscars
Golden Globe Awards
Dinner and Diatribes
Untitled Joni Mitchell Biopic
She comes for revenge
How to Kill Your Family