Acting

Anya Taylor-Joy

born 1996 · Acting

65.1avg grm
7titles
#107best rank
4honors
Qbest title · #107 on siteThe Queen's Gambit2020 · as Beth Harmon · series73.2

Honors

4
2021Golden Globe Award — Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
2015Trophée Chopard
2021Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
2021Critics' Choice Television Award — Best Movie/Miniseries Actress

Bio

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.

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.

Filmography

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2020s4 titlesLLucky2026 · as Luciana 'Lucky' Armstrong · series57.5FFuriosa: A Mad Max Saga2024 · as Furiosa72.8MThe Menu2022 · as Margot51.6QThe Queen's Gambit2020 · as Beth Harmon · series73.2
2010s3 titlesDThe Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance2019 · as Brea · series68.8MThe Miniaturist2017 · as Petronella Brandt · series62.8SSplit2016 · as Casey Cooke69.1

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Anya Taylor-Joy

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born1996
known forActing
titles on site7
best title rank#107 · The Queen's Gambit (2020)
avg GRM65.1
honors4 · Golden Globe Award — Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film, 2021
Honors
  • 2021Golden Globe Award — Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
  • 2015Trophée Chopard
  • 2021Screen Actors Guild Award — Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
  • 2021Critics' Choice Television Award — Best Movie/Miniseries Actress
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.

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