Anya Taylor-Joy

Birthday

1996-04-16

Place of Birth

Miami, Florida, USA

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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Lucky

Lucky

2026 5.5
Lucky

as Luciana 'Lucky' Armstrong

2026
Nighthawk

Nighthawk

2024 8
Nighthawk

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2024
The Witch

The Witch

2024 7
The Witch

as Thomasin

2024
Amsterdam

Amsterdam

2022 6.2
Amsterdam

as Libby Voze

2022
The Northman

The Northman

2022 7
The Northman

as Olga of the Birch Forest

2022
Emma.

Emma.

2020 6.7
Emma.

as Emma Woodhouse

2020
Radioactive

Radioactive

2020 6.3
Radioactive

as Irène Aged 18

2020
Glass

Glass

2019 6.6
Glass

as Casey Cooke

2019