Anya Taylor-Joy
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
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.
Also Known For
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Apr 05, 2023
Viking Quest
Oct 07, 2014
The Witch
Feb 19, 2016
The Gorge
Feb 13, 2025
Dune: Part Two
Feb 27, 2024
Sacrifice
Sep 06, 2025
Morgan
Sep 01, 2016
Barry
Sep 10, 2016
Thoroughbreds
Mar 09, 2018
Split
Jan 19, 2017
Marrowbone
Oct 27, 2017
Highway to Valhalla: In Pursuit of Furiosa
Aug 13, 2024
The New Mutants
Apr 02, 2020
Glass
Jan 16, 2019
Crossmaglen
Jul 13, 2018
The Miniaturist
Dec 26, 2017
Radioactive
Mar 11, 2020
Here Are the Young Men
May 27, 2021
Playmobil: The Movie
Jun 10, 2019
Emma.
Feb 13, 2020
Last Night in Soho
Oct 21, 2021
Love, Antosha
Aug 02, 2019
The Northman
Apr 07, 2022
The Making of 'Split'
Apr 18, 2017
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
Dec 24, 2020
Creating The Queen's Gambit
Jan 10, 2021
Amsterdam
Sep 27, 2022
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
May 22, 2024
The Menu
Nov 17, 2022
Nighthawk: Maison Margiela Artisanal 2024
Sep 30, 2024
Vampire Academy
Feb 07, 2014
Dune: Part Three
Dec 17, 2026
Dinner and Diatribes
The Netflix Afterparty: The Best Shows of the Worst Year
Dec 14, 2020
Untitled Joni Mitchell Biopic
Mad Max and the Genius of George Miller
Oct 21, 2025
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
Apr 01, 2026
It’s a Mad Max World
Jun 22, 2025
The Graham Norton Show
Feb 22, 2007
Saturday Night Live
Oct 11, 1975
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Feb 25, 2014
Atlantis
Sep 28, 2013
Endeavour
Apr 14, 2013
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Feb 17, 2014
The Miniaturist
Dec 26, 2017
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Aug 30, 2019
The Queen's Gambit
Oct 23, 2020
The Oscars
Mar 19, 1953
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Sep 05, 1988
Peaky Blinders
Sep 12, 2013
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Sep 08, 2015
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Sep 09, 2019
Golden Globe Awards
Jan 20, 1944
Sucré salé
Jun 03, 2002
How to Kill Your Family
Lucky
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Dec 21, 2014
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Jul 16, 2009