Anya Taylor-Joy
Actor
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).
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Filmography
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
as Princess Peach (voice) 2023
Glass
as Casey Cooke 2019
The Witch
as Thomasin 2016
Dune: Part Two
as Alia Atreides (uncredited) 2024
The Menu
as Margot 2022
The Northman
as Olga of the Birch Forest 2022
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
as Furiosa 2024
Last Night in Soho
as Sandie 2021
The New Mutants
as Illyana Rasputin 2020
The Gorge
as Drasa 2025
Emma.
as Emma Woodhouse 2020
Vampire Academy
as Feeder Girl 2014
Marrowbone
as Allie 2017
Amsterdam
as Libby Voze 2022
Morgan
as Morgan 2016
Thoroughbreds
as Lily 2018