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Anya Taylor-Joy

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Golden Globe-winner Anya Taylor-Joy plays the titular renegade warrior in 'Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.' IMDb breaks down her career from her early role in 'The Witch' to her voice work in 'The Super Mario Bros. Movie.'
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Anya-Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy (born April 16, 1996) is a British-American actress. She is best known for her roles as Beth Harmon in Musta kuningatar (2020), Thomasin in the period horror film The VVitch: A New-England Folktale (2015), as Casey Cooke in the horror-thriller Split (2016), and as Lily in the black comedy thriller Thoroughbreds (2017). She has been the recipient of the Cannes Film Festival's Trophée Chopard and was nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award.

Anya was born in Miami, the youngest of six children. Her father is Scottish who was born in South America, and her mother is Spanish-English who was born in Zambia in Africa, to an English diplomat father and a Spanish mother from Barcelona. Anya lived her childhood between Argentina and England. Her father was a banker and a powerboat racer, and her mother is a psychologist. Anya was raised in Argentina until the age of six, then moved to London, where the family lived in Victoria. She attended Northlands School in Buenos Aires, then preparatory school Hill House and Queen's Gate School in London, and is also a former ballet dancer. Anya's dream of becoming an actress came when she was very young and it finally became possible when she was offered a modeling job. It wasn't long until Taylor-Joy received her first part in the Show Business. When she was fourteen, she used her savings to move to New York, and at 16, she left school to pursue acting.

Anya's outstanding performance as Thomasin in Robert Eggers' period horror film The VVitch: A New-England Folktale (2015), and the positive reviews it got at the Sundance festival revealed her incredible potential to the world; it was widely released and viewed in 2016. She then starred as the title character in the thriller Morgan (2016), directed Luke Scott and also starring Kate Mara. She also starred in Vikram Gandhi's film Barry, which focused on a young Barack Obama in 1981 New York City. Taylor-Joy played one of Obama's close friends. In 2017, she headlined M. Night Shyamalan's horror-thriller film Split (2016), playing Casey Cooke, a girl abducted by a mysterious man with split personalities. In 2019, she reprised her role as Casey in the film Glass. Anya was also the lead actress in the music video for Skrillex's remix of GTA's song Red Lips. She was nominated for the 2017 BAFTA Rising Star Award.

Taylor-Joy is attached to star in Nosferatu, a remake of the film of the same name, to be directed by Eggers in her third collaboration with him. She will also star in The Sea Change.
BornApril 16, 1996
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    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 18 wins & 49 nominations total

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    Known for

    Anya Taylor-Joy in Musta kuningatar (2020)
    Musta kuningatar
    8.5
    TV Mini Series
    • Beth Harmon
    The VVitch: A New-England Folktale (2015)
    The VVitch: A New-England Folktale
    7.0
    • Thomasin
    • 2015
    Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Henrique Zaga, and Blu Hunt in The New Mutants (2020)
    The New Mutants
    5.3
    • Illyana Rasputin
    • 2020
    Anya Taylor-Joy in Morgan (2016)
    Morgan
    5.8
    • Morgan
    • 2016

    Credits

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    Actress

    • The Gorge
      • Completed
      • 2025
    • Sacrifice
      • Joan
      • In Production
    • Tom Burke, Lachy Hulme, Chris Hemsworth, and Anya Taylor-Joy in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024)
      Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
      7.5
      • Furiosa
      • 2024
    • Javier Bardem, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Rebecca Ferguson, Dave Bautista, Austin Butler, Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Florence Pugh, and Souheila Yacoub in Dyyni: Osa kaksi (2024)
      Dyyni: Osa kaksi
      8.5
      • Alia Atreides (uncredited)
      • 2024
    • Jack Black, Charlie Day, Scott Menville, Chris Pratt, Kevin Michael Richardson, Seth Rogen, Keegan-Michael Key, and Anya Taylor-Joy in The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)
      The Super Mario Bros. Movie
      7.0
      • Princess Peach (voice)
      • 2023
    • Christian Bale, John David Washington, and Margot Robbie in Amsterdam (2022)
      Amsterdam
      6.1
      • Libby Voze
      • 2022
    • Ralph Fiennes, John Leguizamo, Janet McTeer, Paul Adelstein, Reed Birney, Nicholas Hoult, Judith Light, Jay Shadix, Peter Grosz, Hong Chau, Rob Yang, Aimee Carrero, Arturo Castro, Mark St. Cyr, and Anya Taylor-Joy in The Menu (2022)
      The Menu
      7.2
      • Margot
      • 2022
    • Helen McCrory, Cillian Murphy, Paul Anderson, Sophie Rundle, Aimee-Ffion Edwards, Natasha O'Keeffe, Joe Cole, Jordan Bolger, Harry Kirton, Finn Cole, and Kate Phillips in Peaky Blinders - gangsteriklaani (2013)
      Peaky Blinders - gangsteriklaani
      8.8
      TV Series
      • Gina Gray
      • 2019–2022
    • Ethan Hawke, Nicole Kidman, Willem Dafoe, Björk, Alexander Skarsgård, Claes Bang, and Anya Taylor-Joy in The Northman (2022)
      The Northman
      7.0
      • Olga of the Birch Forest
      • 2022
    • Terence Stamp, Matt Smith, Michael Ajao, Thomasin McKenzie, and Anya Taylor-Joy in Last Night in Soho (2021)
      Last Night in Soho
      7.0
      • Sandie
      • 2021
    • Anya Taylor-Joy in Musta kuningatar (2020)
      Musta kuningatar
      8.5
      TV Mini Series
      • Beth Harmon
      • 2020
    • Maisie Williams, Anya Taylor-Joy, Charlie Heaton, Henrique Zaga, and Blu Hunt in The New Mutants (2020)
      The New Mutants
      5.3
      • Illyana Rasputin
      • 2020
    • Anya Taylor-Joy in Here Are the Young Men (2020)
      Here Are the Young Men
      4.7
      • Jen
      • 2020
    • Johnny Flynn, Callum Turner, and Anya Taylor-Joy in Emma. (2020)
      Emma.
      6.7
      • Emma Woodhouse
      • 2020
    • Rosamund Pike in Radioactive (2019)
      Radioactive
      6.3
      • Irène Aged 18
      • 2019
    • The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019)
      The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
      8.4
      TV Series
      • Brea (voice)
      • 2019
    • Playmobil elokuva (2019)
      Playmobil elokuva
      4.9
      • Marla Brenner (voice)
      • 2019

    Producer

    • Sacrifice
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      • In Production

    Soundtrack

    • Diminishing Returns (2016)
      Diminishing Returns
      4.3
      Podcast Series
      • performer: "You're My World"
      • 2022
    • Johnny Flynn, Callum Turner, and Anya Taylor-Joy in Emma. (2020)
      Emma.
      6.7
      • performer: "Minuet & Trio in G major", "The Last Rose of Summer"
      • 2020
    • Playmobil elokuva (2019)
      Playmobil elokuva
      4.9
      • performer: "So Much World"
      • 2019
    • In-development projects at IMDbPro

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    Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth Reveal Their On-Set Rituals in 'Furiosa'
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    Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth Reveal Their On-Set Rituals in 'Furiosa'
    Anya Taylor Joy's Best IMDb Interviews
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    The Rise of Anya Taylor-Joy
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    The Rise of Anya Taylor-Joy
    Burning Questions With 'The Super Mario Bros. Movie'
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    Burning Questions With 'The Super Mario Bros. Movie'
    "No More 'Gramming Food!" 'The Menu' Cast on Food Puns and Pictures
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    "No More 'Gramming Food!" 'The Menu' Cast on Food Puns and Pictures
    Anya Taylor-Joy | Career Retrospective
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    Anya Taylor-Joy | Career Retrospective
    Best Moments From the Golden Globes 2021 Telecast
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    Best Moments From the Golden Globes 2021 Telecast
    What's Coming Next for Furiosa (and Mad Max)
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    What's Coming Next for Furiosa (and Mad Max)
    Prequels, Sequels, and How the New "Dark Crystal" Fits In
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    Prequels, Sequels, and How the New "Dark Crystal" Fits In
    How the MCU Might Meet the Mutants
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    How the MCU Might Meet the Mutants
    'Glass' Cast Connections: Finding a Lost Thread of 'Split' in 'Unbreakable'
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    'Glass' Cast Connections: Finding a Lost Thread of 'Split' in 'Unbreakable'
    The Witch
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    The Witch

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    • Height
      • 1.73 m
    • Born
      • April 16, 1996
      • Miami, Florida, USA
    • Spouse
      • Malcolm McRaeApril 1, 2022 - present
    • Children
      • No Children
    • Parents
        Dennis Taylor
    • Relatives
        Half Sibling(Half Sibling)
    • Other works
      Music video: Dinner & Diatribes by Hozier
    • Publicity listings
      • 2 Interviews
      • 6 Articles
      • 5 Pictorials
      • 8 Magazine Cover Photos

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    • Trivia
      Spoke only Spanish until she was 8 years old, when she learned English after moving to London. She is fluent in Spanish and English. When she speaks in Spanish, she has a highly notorious Argentine accent.
    • Quotes
      You do not mess with my characters.
    • Trademarks
        Large, wide-set eyes
    • Salary
      • Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
        (2024)
        $1,800,000

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