Anya Taylor-Joy
Anya Taylor-Joy is an American actress and model. Born April 16, 1996, in Miami. Known for Emma, The Queen's Gambit and The Witch. Educated at Queen's Gate School and Northlands School. Awards include Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film, Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie and Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Movie/Miniseries Actress.
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- Described as
- American actress and model (born 1996)
- Other names
- Anya Josephine Maria Taylor-Joy, Anya-Josephine Maria Taylor-Joy, Anya Taylor
- Born
- April 16, 1996
- Born in
- Miami
- Name at birth
- Anya-Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy · 2 references
- Citizen of
- United Kingdom · 1 reference; United States
- Occupation
- model · 1 reference; television actor · 1 reference; film actor · 1 reference; voice actor; executive producer; actor · 1 reference
- Education
- Queen's Gate School; Northlands School
- Known for
- Emma (2020); The Queen's Gambit; The Witch; Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga
- Awards
- Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film (2021) · 1 reference; Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie (2021) · 1 reference; Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Movie/Miniseries Actress (2021) · 1 reference; Trophée Chopard (2015) · 1 reference
- Field
- acting · 1 reference; modelling · 1 reference
- Spouse
- Malcolm McRae (2022–) · 1 reference
- Father
- Dennis Taylor
- Mother
- Jennifer Marina Joy-Morancho
- Lived in
- London · 1 reference
- Height
- 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) · 1 reference
- Wikipedias with a page
- 66
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What Wikipedia says · copied November 13, 2026 · revision 1383093034
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), the black comedy film Thoroughbreds (2017), and the television crime drama series Peaky Blinders (2019–2022). Taylor-Joy also 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 the apocalyptic film Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) as Imperator Furiosa. She voiced Princess Peach in the animated films The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026).
- Born, in its opening lines
- April 16, 1996
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