1996-04-16 Miami, Florida, USA
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.
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The Gorge | Drasa | 2025-02-13 |
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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga | Furiosa | 2024-05-22 |
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Dune: Part Two | Alia Atreides (uncredited) | 2024-02-27 |
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Nighthawk | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2024-09-30 |
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Highway to Valhalla: In Pursuit of Furiosa | Self | 2024-08-13 |
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie | Princess Peach (voice) | 2023-04-05 |
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The Northman | Olga of the Birch Forest | 2022-04-07 |
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Amsterdam | Libby Voze | 2022-09-27 |
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The Menu | Margot | 2022-11-17 |
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Here Are the Young Men | Jen | 2021-05-27 |
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Last Night in Soho | Sandie | 2021-10-21 |
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Creating The Queen's Gambit | Self - Beth Harmon | 2021-01-10 |
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Emma. | Emma Woodhouse | 2020-02-13 |
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Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas | Cinderella | 2020-12-24 |
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Radioactive | Irène Aged 18 | 2020-03-11 |
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The New Mutants | Illyana Rasputin | 2020-04-02 |
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Love, Antosha | Self | 2019-08-02 |
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Playmobil: The Movie | Marla | 2019-06-10 |
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Glass | Casey Cooke | 2019-01-16 |
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Crossmaglen | Ana | 2018-07-13 |
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Thoroughbreds | Lily | 2018-03-09 |
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Split | Casey Cooke | 2017-01-19 |
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The Miniaturist | Petronella 'Nella' Oortman | 2017-12-26 |
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The Making of 'Split' | Self | 2017-04-18 |
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El secreto de Marrowbone | Allie | 2017-10-27 |
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The Witch | Thomasin | 2016-02-19 |
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Barry | Charlotte Baughman | 2016-09-10 |
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Morgan | Morgan | 2016-09-01 |
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Viking Quest | Mani | 2014-10-07 |
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Vampire Academy | Feeder Girl | 2014-02-07 |
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Dune: Part Three | Alia Atreides | |
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Weetzie Bat | Weetzie Bat | |
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Sacrifice | Joan | |
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Laughter in the Dark | Margot Peters |