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Anya-Josephine Marie Taylor-JoyΒ (/ΛΓ¦njΙ/; 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, herΒ breakthrough came with a leading role in the horror filmΒ The WitchΒ (2015). Her career progressed with roles in the horror filmΒ SplitΒ (2016) and its sequelΒ GlassΒ (2019), the black comedy filmΒ ThoroughbredsΒ (2017), and playingΒ Emma WoodhouseΒ in the period dramaΒ EmmaΒ (2020).Β
Taylor-Joy featured in the television crime drama seriesΒ Peaky BlindersΒ (2019β2022) and earned international recognition for playingΒ Beth HarmonΒ in the period drama miniseriesΒ The Queen's GambitΒ (2020), winning aΒ Golden Globe AwardΒ and aΒ SAG Award, in addition to a nomination for aΒ Primetime Emmy Award. She then starred in the horror filmΒ Last Night in SohoΒ (2021), the action filmsΒ The NorthmanΒ (2022) andΒ The GorgeΒ (2025), and the black comedyΒ The MenuΒ (2022). She also voicedΒ Princess PeachΒ in the animated filmΒ The Super Mario Bros. MovieΒ (2023). She starred asΒ Imperator FuriosaΒ in the apocalyptic filmΒ Furiosa: A Mad Max SagaΒ (2024).
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