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Anya Taylor-Joy
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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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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
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Saturday Night Live
The Kelly Clarkson Show
The Oscars
The Graham Norton Show
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Honest Trailers
Golden Globe Awards
Atlantis
Dune: Part Two
Peaky Blinders
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
Radioactive
L'apocalypse selon Mad Max
Amsterdam
Glass
The Northman
Dune: Part Three
The New Mutants
Here Are the Young Men
Last Night in Soho
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Marrowbone
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
Super Mario World
Thoroughbreds
Split
Scream VI
Barry
The Gorge
Playmobil: The Movie
The Menu
The Miniaturist
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Emma.
Creating The Queen's Gambit
Lucky
The Queen's Gambit
The Witch
The Miniaturist
How to Kill Your Family
Production Credits
Last Night in Soho
Lucky
How to Kill Your Family
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