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









