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Anya Taylor-Joy
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Anya-Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy (/ËĂŚnjÉ/; 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).Â
Taylor-Joy featured in the television crime drama series Peaky Blinders (2019â2022) and earned international recognition for playing Beth Harmon in the period drama miniseries The Queen's Gambit (2020), âŚ
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Anya-Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy (/ËĂŚnjÉ/; 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 (2019â2022) 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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Anya Taylor-Joy's Filmography
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The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum
as Seren
Dune: Part Three
as Alia Atreides
Sacrifice
as Joan
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie
as Princess Peach (voice)
Mad Max and the Genius of George Miller
as Self
Itâs a Mad Max World
as Self (archive footage)
Her Dior
as Herself
SNL50: The Homecoming Concert
as Self
The Gorge
as Drasa
Nighthawk: Maison Margiela Artisanal 2024
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Highway to Valhalla: In Pursuit of Furiosa
as Self
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
as Furiosa
Dune: Part Two
as Alia Atreides (uncredited)
The Super Mario Bros. Movie
as Princess Peach (voice)
The Menu
as Margot
Amsterdam
as Libby Voze
The Northman
as Olga of the Birch Forest
Last Night in Soho
as Sandie
Here Are the Young Men
as Jen
Creating The Queen's Gambit
as Self - Beth Harmon
Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
as Cinderella
The Netflix Afterparty: The Best Shows of the Worst Year
as Self
The New Mutants
as Illyana Rasputin
Radioactive
as Irène Aged 18
Emma.
as Emma Woodhouse
Love, Antosha
as Self
Playmobil: The Movie
as Marla
Glass
as Casey Cooke
Crossmaglen
as Ana
Thoroughbreds
as Lily
The Miniaturist
as Petronella 'Nella' Oortman
Marrowbone
as Allie
The Making of 'Split'
as Self
Split
as Casey Cooke
Barry
as Charlotte Baughman
Morgan
as Morgan
The Witch
as Thomasin
Viking Quest
as Mani
Vampire Academy
as Feeder Girl
Untitled Joni Mitchell Biopic
as Joni Mitchell
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She comes for revenge
as Melissa (voice)
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