Anya Taylor-Joy
Miami-born actress raised across Buenos Aires and London, celebrated for her Golden Globe-winning performance in The Queen's Gambit and a string of acclaimed film roles.
Anya Taylor-Joy - Personal Information
- Name: Anya Taylor-Joy
- Date of Birth: April 16, 1996
- Place of Birth: Miami, Florida, USA
- Gender: Female
- Job Title: Actor
- Crew Jobs: Executive Producer, Songs, Assistant Dialogue Editor
Biography
Anya-Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy (/'ænjə/; 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).
Selected Filmography
A selection of Anya Taylor-Joy's most recent and notable screen appearances across film and television.
- Dune: Part Three (2026) as Alia Atreides
- Sacrifice (2026) as Joan
- Lucky (TV - 2026) as Luciana 'Lucky' Armstrong
- The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026) as Princess Peach (voice)
- Mad Max and the Genius of George Miller (2025) as Self
- It's a Mad Max World (2025) as Self (archive footage)
- Her Dior (2025) as Herself
- The Gorge (2025) as Drasa
- Nighthawk: Maison Margiela Artisanal 2024 (2024) as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Highway to Valhalla: In Pursuit of Furiosa (2024) as Self
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