Anya Taylor-Joy

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.

Movies

The Super Mario Bros. Movie
The Super Mario Bros. Movie

While working underground to fix a water main, Brooklyn plumbers—and brothers—Mario and Luigi are tr...

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Viking Quest
Viking Quest

Erick, a young Viking warrior, joins forces with a rival clan in order to rescue a kidnapped princes...

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The Witch
The Witch

In 1630, a farmer relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of a forest where strang...

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The Gorge
The Gorge

Two highly trained operatives grow close from a distance after being sent to guard opposite sides of...

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Dune: Part Two
Dune: Part Two

Follow the mythic journey of Paul Atreides as he unites with Chani and the Fremen while on a path of...

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Sacrifice
Sacrifice

During a star-studded charity gala brimming with celebrities, billionaires and empty speeches, a mov...

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Morgan
Morgan

A corporate risk-management consultant must determine whether or not to terminate an artificial bein...

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Thoroughbreds
Thoroughbreds

Lily and Amanda, two high school students living in suburban Connecticut, rekindle their unlikely fr...

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Barry
Barry

A young Barack Obama forges his identity while dealing with race, divergent cultures and ordinary li...

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Split
Split

Though Kevin has evidenced 23 personalities to his trusted psychiatrist, Dr. Fletcher, there remains...

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Marrowbone
Marrowbone

A young man and his three younger siblings are plagued by a sinister presence in the sprawling manor...

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Highway to Valhalla: In Pursuit of Furiosa
Highway to Valhalla: In Pursuit of Furiosa

A behind the scenes look at the making of Furiosa....

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The New Mutants
The New Mutants

Five young mutants, just discovering their abilities while held in a secret facility against their w...

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Glass
Glass

In a series of escalating encounters, former security guard David Dunn uses his supernatural abiliti...

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Crossmaglen
Crossmaglen

In the aftermath of The Troubles in Northern Ireland, Conor Hurt confesses his involvement in the IR...

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The Miniaturist
The Miniaturist

A woman moves to live with her new husband in 17th century Amsterdam, but soon discovers that not ev...

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Radioactive
Radioactive

The story of Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie and her extraordinary scientific discoveries—through the...

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Here Are the Young Men
Here Are the Young Men

Dublin teenagers Matthew, nihilistic Rez, and the deranged Kearney, leave school to a social vacuum ...

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Playmobil: The Movie
Playmobil: The Movie

Marla is forced to abandon her carefully structured life to embark on an epic journey to find her yo...

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Emma.
Emma.

In 1800s England, a well-meaning but selfish young woman meddles in the love lives of her friends....

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Last Night in Soho
Last Night in Soho

A young girl, passionate about fashion design, is mysteriously able to enter the 1960s where she enc...

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Love, Antosha
Love, Antosha

From a prolific career in film and television, Anton Yelchin left an indelible legacy as an actor. T...

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The Northman
The Northman

Prince Amleth is on the verge of becoming a man when his father is brutally murdered by his uncle, w...

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The Making of 'Split'
The Making of 'Split'

A piece in which Shyamalan discusses his growth as a person and a filmmaker, how the film reflects h...

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Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas

Olivia Colman leads a stellar cast of actors, entertainers and comedians in a very special ‘stay-at-...

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Creating The Queen's Gambit
Creating The Queen's Gambit

A fascinating character. Exquisite sets. A wig for every era. The stars, creators and crew reveal ho...

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Amsterdam
Amsterdam

In the 1930s, three friends—a doctor, a nurse, and an attorney—witness a murder, become suspects the...

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Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

As the world falls, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers into the hands of...

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The Menu
The Menu

A young couple travels to a remote island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepa...

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Nighthawk: Maison Margiela Artisanal 2024
Nighthawk: Maison Margiela Artisanal 2024

A film based on an original concept by John Galliano and directed by Sasha Kasiuha. Founded in the p...

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Vampire Academy
Vampire Academy

Rose, a rebellious half-vampire/half-human guardian-in-training and her best friend, Lissa -- a mort...

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Dune: Part Three
Dune: Part Three

The third and final installment in Villeneuve's Dune trilogy. Based on Frank Herbert's novel Dune Me...

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Dinner and Diatribes
Dinner and Diatribes

The final single off the apocalyptic Wasteland, Baby, Hozier described "Dinner & Diatribes" as being...

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The Netflix Afterparty: The Best Shows of the Worst Year
The Netflix Afterparty: The Best Shows of the Worst Year

David Spade, Fortune Feimster and London Hughes welcome guests from Tiger King, Emily in Paris, The ...

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Untitled Joni Mitchell Biopic
Untitled Joni Mitchell Biopic

Described as an unconventional biopic, 'akin to an autobiography', telling the story of Joni Mitchel...

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Mad Max and the Genius of George Miller
Mad Max and the Genius of George Miller

The improbable story of how one 1970s Australian film grew into the country’s biggest ever cultural ...

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The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

A new movie based on the world of Super Mario Bros. that further broadens Mario's world with a brigh...

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It’s a Mad Max World
It’s a Mad Max World

Emerging from the depths of the film industry, the Mad Max saga became an instant cult classic after...

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