Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 16, 1996
Place of Birth
Miami, Florida, USA
Credits
66 titles
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 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
Seren
Dune: Part Three
Alia Atreides
Sacrifice
Joan
Lucky
Luciana 'Lucky' Armstrong
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Princess Peach (voice)
Mad Max and the Genius of George Miller
Self
It’s a Mad Max World
Self (archive footage)
Her Dior
Herself
The Gorge
Drasa
Nighthawk: Maison Margiela Artisanal 2024
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Highway to Valhalla: In Pursuit of Furiosa
Self
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Furiosa
Dune: Part Two
Alia Atreides (uncredited)
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Princess Peach (voice)
The Menu
Margot
Amsterdam
Libby Voze
The Northman
Olga of the Birch Forest
Last Night in Soho
Sandie
Here Are the Young Men
Jen
Creating The Queen's Gambit
Self - Beth Harmon
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
Cinderella
The Netflix Afterparty: The Best Shows of the Worst Year
Self
The Queen's Gambit
Beth Harmon
The New Mutants
Illyana Rasputin
Radioactive
Irène Aged 18
Emma.
Emma Woodhouse
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Brea (voice)
Love, Antosha
Self
Playmobil: The Movie
Marla
Glass
Casey Cooke
Crossmaglen
Ana
Thoroughbreds
Lily
The Miniaturist
Petronella Brandt
The Miniaturist
Petronella 'Nella' Oortman
Marrowbone
Allie
The Making of 'Split'
Self
Split
Casey Cooke
Barry
Charlotte Baughman
Morgan
Morgan
The Witch
Thomasin
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
Viking Quest
Mani
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
Vampire Academy
Feeder Girl
Atlantis
Cassandra
Peaky Blinders
Gina Gray