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Anya-Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy (; born 16 April 1996) is an actress. Born in Miami, she grew up in Buenos Aires and London. She began pursuing an acting career at the age of 16. After a series of small television roles, her breakthrough came with a leading role in the horror film The Witch (2015). She had roles in the horror film Split (2016) and its sequel Glass (2019); Thoroughbreds (2017), a black comedy film; the television crime drama series Peaky Blinders (2019–2022). Taylor-Joy played Emma Woodhouse in the period drama Emma (2020). She gained wide recognition for playing Beth Harmon in the period drama miniseries The Queen's Gambit (2020), receiving the Golden Globe and SAG Award for Best Actress, and a nomination for the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress. Then she starred in the horror film Last Night in Soho (2021), the action films The Northman (2022) and The Gorge (2025), the black comedy The Menu (2022); and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024), an apocalyptic film; as Imperator Furiosa. She voiced Princess Peach in the animated films The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026).
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Anya Taylor Joy's $1B Sequel Finally Sets Streaming Release Date After Grossing 9x Its Budget
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New on Apple TV in July 2026: Pickleball Comedy 'The Dink,' Anya Taylor-Joy in 'Lucky' and More
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Anya Taylor-Joy ficha por ‘El Señor de los Anillos: La Caza de Gollum’ como Seren, una elfa que no existe en los libros de Tolkien
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Anya Taylor-Joy will make a brilliant elf assassin in Hunt for Gollum. But it’s a movie we don’t need
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Anya Taylor-Joy Says Discussing Her Experience Working with Furiosa Director George Miller Would Be 'Very Difficult'
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Anya Taylor-Joy says it's 'difficult' to talk honestly about working with George Miller on Furiosa
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Lord of the Rings Fans React to Anya Taylor-Joy's Casting in The Hunt for Gollum
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Anya Taylor-Joy is playing an elf in The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum, to the surprise of no one
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Anya Taylor-Joy to Star in ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum’ as an Elf
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