Anya Taylor-Joy

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1996-04-16

Place of Birth

Miami, Florida, USA

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.

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Acting History

2026
Dune: Part Three as Alia Atreides
2026
Sacrifice as Joan
2026
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie as Princess Peach (voice)
2025
Mad Max and the Genius of George Miller as Self
2025
It’s a Mad Max World as Self (archive) - actress
2025
The Gorge as Drasa
2024
Nighthawk: Maison Margiela Artisanal 2024 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2024
Highway to Valhalla: In Pursuit of Furiosa as Self
2024
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga as Furiosa
2024
Dune: Part Two as Alia Atreides (uncredited)
2023
The Super Mario Bros. Movie as Princess Peach (voice)
2022
The Menu as Margot
2022
Amsterdam as Libby Voze
2022
The Northman as Olga of the Birch Forest
2021
Last Night in Soho as Sandie
2021
Here Are the Young Men as Jen
2021
Creating The Queen's Gambit as Self - Beth Harmon
2020
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas as Cinderella
2020
The Netflix Afterparty: The Best Shows of the Worst Year as Self
2020
The Queen's Gambit as Beth Harmon
2020
The New Mutants as Illyana Rasputin
2020
Radioactive as Irène Aged 18
2020
Emma. as Emma Woodhouse
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show as Self
2019
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance as Brea (voice)
2019
Love, Antosha as Self
2019
Playmobil: The Movie as Marla
2019
Glass as Casey Cooke
2018
Crossmaglen as Ana
2018
Thoroughbreds as Lily
2017
The Miniaturist as Petronella Brandt
2017
The Miniaturist as Petronella 'Nella' Oortman
2017
Marrowbone as Allie
2017
The Making of 'Split' as Self
2017
Split as Casey Cooke
2016
Barry as Charlotte Baughman
2016
Morgan as Morgan
2016
The Witch as Thomasin
2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as Self
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
2014
Viking Quest as Mani
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
2014
Vampire Academy as Feeder Girl
2013
Atlantis as Cassandra
2013
Peaky Blinders as Gina Gray
2013
Endeavour as Philippa Collins-Davidson
2009
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
2007
The Graham Norton Show as Self
2002
Sucré salé as Self
1988
LIVE with Kelly and Mark as Self - Guest
1975
Saturday Night Live as Self - Host
1953
The Oscars as Self - Presenter
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Nominee
1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter
Lucky as Lucky
How to Kill Your Family as Grace Bernard
Untitled Joni Mitchell Biopic as Joni Mitchell
Dinner and Diatribes