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Anya Taylor-Joy

Name in Native Language: "Anya Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy" (English/EN)
Model (person) / Actress / Television Actress / Film Actress / Voice Actress | * 04/16/1996 (25) | 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 and model. She has received several accolades, including a Critics' Choice Award, a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2021, Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world. Born in Miami and raised in Buenos Aires and London, Taylor-Joy dropped out of school at age 16 and began to pursue a career in acting. After small television roles, she made her film debut with the lead role of Thomasin in the horror film The Witch (2015), which won her a Gotham Award and an Empire Award. She went on to star in the horror film Split and the black comedy Thoroughbreds (both 2017); that same year, she earned a BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination. Taylor-Joy also appeared in the drama miniseries The Miniaturist (2017), the TV series Peaky Blinders and ()
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Anya Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy (born 16 April 1996)is a Argentine-British actress. She first became known for making appearances on the fantasy seriesAtlantis(2015), and had her breakthrough with the period horror filmThe Witch(2015), for which she earned several accolades. She gained further recognition and praise for her role as Casey Cooke in the psychological horror filmsSplit(2016) andGlass(2019), Lily Reynolds in the black comedyThoroughbreds(2017) andEmma Woodhousein the comedy-dramaEmma(2020). She won an Golden Globe award for best actress in a limited series for her performance asBeth Harmonin the Netflix miniseriesThe Queen's Gambit(2020).

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

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In 1630s New England, William and Katherine lead a devout Christian life with five children, homesteading on the edge of an impassable wilderness, exiled from their settlement when William defies the ...

The Witch

R

2015 | 3.4/5 | 1h 32min
Horror, Drama, Mystery, History
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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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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 | 3.2/5 | 1h 34min
Action, Horror, Science Fiction
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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 | 4.4/5 | 1h per episode
Drama
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Movies with Anya Taylor-Joy as Actress(30)

as Furiosa2023 Furiosa
as Jórunn2022 The Northman
as Weetzie Bat2021 Weetzie Bat
2021 Canterbury Glass
2021 The Menu
as herself2021 Creating The Queen's Gambit
as Jen2021 Here Are the Young Men
as Margot Peters2021 Laughter in the Dark
as Sandy2021 Last Night in Soho
as Irene2020 Radioactive
as Emma Woodhouse2020 Emma.
as Illyana Rasputin / Magik2020 The New Mutants
as Alberta2020 The Sea Change
as Cinderella2020 Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas
as herself2019 Love, Antosha
as Casey Cooke2019 Glass
2019 The Crystal Calls - Making The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance
as Marla (voice)2019 Playmobil: The Movie
as Lily Reynolds2018 Thoroughbreds
as Ana2018 Crossmaglen
as herself2017 The Making of 'Split'
as Allie2017 Marrowbone
as Petronella 'Nella' Oortman2017 The Miniaturist
as Casey Cooke2016 Split
as herself2016 The Witch: A Primal Folktale
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(8)

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

Movies with Anya Taylor-Joy as Crew(1)

Sound/Assistant Dialogue Editor2017 The Making of 'Split'

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Born: Tuesday, 04/16 1996 (April) in Miami, Florida (United States of America (USA)) (current age: 25 years + 109 days)
Zodiac sign: Aries (Chinese zodiac sign: Rat)
Languages: English (EN, native language), Spanish (ES)
Father: Dennis Taylor
Mother: Jennifer Marina Joy-Morancho
Related to: Alfred Royal Taylor, Violet Mary Forrest, David Joy, Montserrat Morancho Saumench, Clive Joy-Morancho
Other names for Anya Taylor-Joy (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"안야 테일러-조이"
"Άνια Τέιλορ-Τζόι"
"Аня Тейлор-Джой"
"安雅·泰勒-乔伊"
"安雅‧泰勒-喬伊"
"Anya Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy"
Anya Taylor-Joy frequently works together with these people:
Andy Samberg (30x, Actor)
Bill Hader (23x, Actor)
Kristen Wiig (19x, Actress)
Will Forte (13x, Actor)
Maya Rudolph (11x, Actress)
M. Night Shyamalan (9x, Crew)
Alec Baldwin (6x, Actor)
Adam Sandler (6x, Actor)
Justin Timberlake (6x, Actor)
Jonah Hill (6x, Actor)
Bobby Moynihan (6x, Actor)
Robert Eggers (6x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:2075, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 07/28/2021