Biography
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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Filmography (65)
Sacrifice
2026
Dune: Part Three
2026
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
2026
Lucky
2026
The Gorge
2025
Mad Max and the Genius of George Miller
2025
Itβs a Mad Max World
2025
Her Dior
2025
Dune: Part Two
2024
Highway to Valhalla: In Pursuit of Furiosa
2024
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
2024
Nighthawk: Maison Margiela Artisanal 2024
2024
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
2023
The Northman
2022
Amsterdam
2022
The Menu
2022
Here Are the Young Men
2021
Last Night in Soho
2021
Creating The Queen's Gambit
2021
The New Mutants
2020
Radioactive
2020
Emma.
2020
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
2020
The Netflix Afterparty: The Best Shows of the Worst Year
2020
The Queen's Gambit
2020
Glass
2019
Playmobil: The Movie
2019
Love, Antosha
2019
The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
2019
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019
Thoroughbreds
2018
Crossmaglen
2018
Split
2017
Marrowbone
2017
The Miniaturist
2017
The Making of 'Split'
2017
The Miniaturist
2017
The Witch
2016
Morgan
2016
Barry
2016
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015
Viking Quest
2014
Vampire Academy
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
Atlantis
2013
Endeavour
2013
Peaky Blinders
2013
Conan
2010
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
The Graham Norton Show
2007
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
SucrΓ© salΓ©
2002
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988
Saturday Night Live
1975
The Oscars
1953
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Dinner and Diatribes
Untitled Joni Mitchell Biopic
She comes for revenge
Untitled Third Super Mario Bros. Film
Luck
How to Kill Your Family