Place of Birth: Miami, Florida, USA
Anya Taylor-Joy
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 the age of 16 to pursue an acting career. After a series of small television roles, her breakthrough came with a leading role in the horror film The Witch (2015). She continued with roles in the horror film Split (2016) and its sequel Glass (2019), the black comedy film Thoroughbreds (2017), and the television crime drama series Peaky Blinders (2019–2022). For playing Emma Woodhouse in the period drama Emma (2020), Taylor-Joy received her first Golden Globe Award nomination. She earned international recognition for playing Beth Harmon in the Netflix period drama miniseries The Queen's Gambit (2020), winning a Golden Globe and SAG Award and being nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award. She then appeared in the horror film Last Night in Soho (2021), the action film The Northman (2022), and the black comedy film The Menu (2022). She also voiced Princess Peach in the animated film The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) and 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.
Movie | Cast | Year |
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The Super Mario Bros. Movie | Princess Peach (voice) | 2023 |
Viking Quest | Mani | 2014 |
The Witch | Thomasin | 2016 |
The Gorge | Drasa | 2025 |
Dune: Part Two | Alia Atreides (uncredited) | 2024 |
Sacrifice | Joan | 1970 |
Morgan | Morgan | 2016 |
Thoroughbreds | Lily | 2018 |
Barry | Charlotte Baughman | 2016 |
Split | Casey Cooke | 2017 |
Marrowbone | Allie | 2017 |
Highway to Valhalla: In Pursuit of Furiosa | Self | 2024 |
The New Mutants | Illyana Rasputin | 2020 |
Glass | Casey Cooke | 2019 |
Crossmaglen | Ana | 2018 |
The Miniaturist | Petronella 'Nella' Oortman | 2017 |
Radioactive | Irène Aged 18 | 2020 |
Weetzie Bat | Weetzie Bat | 1970 |
Here Are the Young Men | Jen | 2021 |
Playmobil: The Movie | Marla | 2019 |
Emma. | Emma Woodhouse | 2020 |
Last Night in Soho | Sandie | 2021 |
Love, Antosha | Self | 2019 |
The Northman | Olga of the Birch Forest | 2022 |
The Making of 'Split' | Self | 2017 |
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas | Cinderella | 2020 |
Laughter in the Dark | Margot Peters | 1970 |
Creating The Queen's Gambit | Self - Beth Harmon | 2021 |
Amsterdam | Libby Voze | 2022 |
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga | Furiosa | 2024 |
The Menu | Margot | 2022 |
Nighthawk | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2024 |
Vampire Academy | Feeder Girl | 2014 |
Dune: Part Three | Alia Atreides | 1970 | Series | Cast | Year |
The Graham Norton Show | Self | 2007 |
Golden Globe Awards | Self - Winner | 1944 |
Saturday Night Live | Self - Host | 1975 |
Late Night with Seth Meyers | Self | 2014 |
Endeavour | Philippa Collins-Davidson | 2013 |
Atlantis | Cassandra | 2013 |
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Self | 2014 |
The Miniaturist | Petronella Brandt | 2017 |
The Kelly Clarkson Show | 2019 | |
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance | Brea (voice) | 2019 |
Honest Trailers | Furiosa (archive footage) | 2012 |
The Queen's Gambit | Elizabeth 'Beth' Harmon | 2020 |
The Oscars | Self - Presenter | 1953 |
LIVE with Kelly and Mark | Self - Guest | 1988 |
Peaky Blinders | Gina Gray | 2013 |
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert | Self | 2015 |
The Kelly Clarkson Show | Self | 2019 |
Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | 1944 |
Sucré salé | Self | 2002 |
How to Kill Your Family | Grace Bernard | 1970 |
Lucky | 1970 | |
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Self | 2014 |