Anya Taylor-Joy

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
April 16, 1996 (29 years old)
Place of Birth
Miami, Florida, USA
Popular Genres
Comedy Adventure Drama
Career Span
– 2026

Anya Taylor-Joy

2 wins
868 nominations
2 Oscars
33 credits

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).

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Personal Info

Born
Apr 16, 1996
From
Miami, Florida, USA
Known For
Acting
Career
– 2026

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Glass
The Gorge
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
Dune: Part Two
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
The Menu
Split
The Northman
The Witch
The New Mutants

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