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Anya Taylor-Joy

Anya-Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy (/ˈænjə/; 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 (2019–2022) 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.

Filmography

2026
Dune: Part Three

as Alia Atreides

Movie
2026
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie

as Princess Peach (voice)

Movie
2025
The Gorge

as Drasa

Movie
2024
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga

as Furiosa

Movie
2023
The Super Mario Bros. Movie

as Princess Peach (voice)

Movie
2022
The Menu

as Margot

Movie
2022
Amsterdam

as Libby Voze

Movie
2022
The Northman

as Olga of the Birch Forest

Movie
2021
Last Night in Soho

as Sandie

Movie
2020
The New Mutants

as Illyana Rasputin

Movie
2020
Radioactive

as Irène Aged 18

Movie
2020
Emma.

as Emma Woodhouse

Movie
2019
Glass

as Casey Cooke

Movie
2017
Marrowbone

as Allie

Movie
2017
Split

as Casey Cooke

Movie
2016
The Witch

as Thomasin

Movie
2013
Peaky Blinders

as Gina Gray

TV Show