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Anya Taylor-Joy

Name in Native Language: "Anya-Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy" (English/EN)
Actress / Model (person) / Television Actress / Film Actress / Voice Actress | * 04/16/1996 (26) | Miami, Florida (United States of America (USA))
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Anya-Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy ( ANN-yə; born 16 April 1996) is an actress. She has won several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to nominations for a BAFTA Film Award and a Primetime Emmy Award. Born in Miami and raised in Buenos Aires and London, Taylor-Joy left school at the age of 16 to pursue an acting career. After portraying small television roles, she found success through a role in the horror film The Witch (2015). Taylor-Joy later starred in the horror film Split (2016), its sequel Glass (2019), and the black comedy Thoroughbreds (2017). She won the Trophée Chopard at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival. Taylor-Joy appeared in the fifth and sixth seasons of the television crime drama Peaky Blinders (2019–2022), and played Emma Woodhouse in the period drama Emma (2020), which gained her a Golden Globe Award nomination. Also in 2020, she receive... ()
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Anya-Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy (born 16 April 1996) is a British-American actress and model. She left school at age sixteen and began to pursue an acting career. After small television roles, she made her film debut with the lead role of Thomasin in the horror film The Witch (2015). She went on to star in the horror film Split and the black comedy Thoroughbreds (both 2017). She also appeared in the drama miniseries The Miniaturist (2017), the fifth and sixth series of Peaky Blinders (2019–2022) and The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019), and the superhero film Glass (2019), reprising her role from Split. Taylor-Joy will voice Princess Peach in the upcoming Mario film (2022) and portray the title character in Furiosa (2024).

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Thriller | Comedies

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In 1630, a farmer relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of a forest where strange, unsettling things happen. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, each family member's faith, loyal ...

The Witch

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2015 | 3.5/5 | 1h 32min
Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
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Five young mutants, just discovering their abilities while held in a secret facility against their will, fight to escape their past sins and save themselves. ...

The New Mutants

PG-13

2020 | 3.1/5 | 1h 34min
Horror, Science Fiction, Mystery, Action
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A corporate risk-management consultant must determine whether or not to terminate an artificial being's life that was made in a laboratory environment. ...

Morgan

R

2016 | 2.9/5 | 1h 32min
Horror, Science Fiction, Thriller
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In a Kentucky orphanage in the 1950s, a young girl discovers an astonishing talent for chess while struggling with addiction. ...

The Queen's Gambit

TV-MA

2020 | 4.3/5 | 1h per episode
Drama
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Awards & Nominations for Anya Taylor-Joy

Golden Globe Awards Screen Actors Guild Awards Critics' Choice Movie Awards Trophée Chopard Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical
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Movies with Anya Taylor-Joy as Actress(30)

as Furiosa2024 Furiosa
as Weetzie Bat2023 Weetzie Bat
2023 The Gorge
as Margot Peters2023 Laughter in the Dark
as Princess Peach (voice)2023 The Super Mario Bros. Movie
as Alberta2023 The Sea Change
as Margot Mills2022 The Menu
as Libby Voze2022 Amsterdam
as Olga of the Birch Forest2022 The Northman
as Self - Beth Harmon2021 Creating The Queen's Gambit
as Jen2021 Here Are the Young Men
as Sandie2021 Last Night in Soho
as Irene2020 Radioactive
as Emma Woodhouse2020 Emma.
as Illyana Rasputin2020 The New Mutants
as Cinderella2020 Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
as herself2019 Love, Antosha
as Casey Cooke2019 Glass
as Marla (voice)2019 Playmobil: The Movie
as Lily2018 Thoroughbreds
as Ana2018 Crossmaglen
as herself2017 The Making of 'Split'
as Allie2017 Marrowbone
as Petronella 'Nella' Oortman2017 The Miniaturist
as Casey Cooke2016 Split
as Morgan2016 Morgan
as Charlotte Baughman2016 Barry
as Thomasin2015 The Witch
as Feeder Girl (uncredited)2014 Vampire Academy
as Mani2014 Viking Quest

TV Shows/Series with Anya Taylor-Joy as Actress(11)

as Elizabeth 'Beth' Harmon2020 The Queen's Gambit
as Brea (voice)2019 The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
as herself2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Philippa Collins-Davidson2013 Endeavour
as Gina Gray2013 Peaky Blinders
as Cassandra2013 Atlantis
as herself2007 The Graham Norton Show
as Self - Guest2007 The Graham Norton Show
as herself2002 Sucré Salé
as Self - Guest??? LIVE with Kelly and Ryan
as Self - Host??? Saturday Night Live

Movies with Anya Taylor-Joy as Crew(1)

Sound/Assistant Dialogue Editor2017 The Making of 'Split'

Additional Information

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Full Name: Anya Josephine Joy
Born: Tuesday, 04/16 1996 (April) in Miami, Florida (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 26 years + 347 days)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES, native language)
Educated at: Queen's Gate School
Father: Dennis Taylor
Mother: Jennifer Marina Joy-Morancho
Related to: Clive Joy-Morancho
Other names for Anya Taylor-Joy (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Άνια Τέιλορ-Τζόι"
"Аня Тейлор-Джой"
"安雅·泰勒-乔伊"
"安雅‧泰勒-喬伊"
"안야 테일러조이"
"アニャ・テイラー＝ジョイ"
"アニャ・テイラー・ジョイ"
"Anya-Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy"
Anya Taylor-Joy frequently works together with these people:
Andy Samberg (33x, Actor)
Fred Armisen (27x, Actor)
Bill Hader (25x, Actor)
Kristen Wiig (20x, Actress)
Alec Baldwin (19x, Actor)
Eddie Murphy (17x, Actor)
Jason Sudeikis (17x, Actor)
Maya Rudolph (16x, Actress)
Kenan Thompson (16x, Actor)
Chevy Chase (15x, Actor)
Will Forte (15x, Actor)
Tina Fey (13x, Actress)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:2075, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 03/25/2023