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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).

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From Miami, Florida, USA

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54.8M

Budget

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Acting

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2026 Dune: Part Three as Alia Atreides

2026 The Super Mario Galaxy Movie as Princess Peach (voice), Princess Peach (voice)

2025 Mad Max and the Genius of George Miller as Self

2025 Sacrifice as Joan Executive Producer, Producer

2025 L'apocalypse selon Mad Max as Self (archive footage)

2025 Laughter in the Dark as Margot Peters

2025 Weetzie Bat as Weetzie Bat

2025 The Gorge as Drasa

2024 Nighthawk: Maison Margiela Artisanal 2024 as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2024 Highway to Valhalla: In Pursuit of Furiosa as Self

2024 Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga as Furiosa

2024 Dune: Part Two as Alia Atreides (uncredited)

2023 The Super Mario Bros. Movie as Princess Peach (voice)

2022 The Menu as Margot

2022 Amsterdam as Libby Voze

2022 The Northman as Olga of the Birch Forest

2021 Last Night in Soho as Sandie Songs

2021 Here Are the Young Men as Jen

2021 Creating The Queen's Gambit as Self - Beth Harmon

2020 Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas as Cinderella

2020 The Netflix Afterparty: The Best Shows of the Worst Year as Self

2020 The Queen's Gambit as Beth Harmon

2020 The New Mutants as Illyana Rasputin

2020 Radioactive as Irène Aged 18

2020 Emma. as Emma Woodhouse

2019 Love, Antosha as Self

2019 Playmobil: The Movie as Marla

2019 Dinner and Diatribes as Wife

2019 Glass as Casey Cooke

2018 Crossmaglen as Ana

2018 Thoroughbreds as Lily

2017 The Miniaturist as Petronella 'Nella' Oortman

2017 Marrowbone as Allie

2017 The Making of 'Split' as Self Assistant Dialogue Editor

2017 Split as Casey Cooke

2016 Barry as Charlotte Baughman

2016 Morgan as Morgan

2016 The Witch as Thomasin

2014 Viking Quest as Mani

2014 Vampire Academy as Feeder Girl

Genres

8.00 Music 1

7.10 Romance 3

7.00 Horror 8

6.97 Documentary 6

6.97 Science Fiction 6

6.90 Thriller 9

6.90 History 2

6.88 Mystery 3

6.68 Drama 13

6.68 Adventure 6

6.65 Animation 2

6.65 Family 2

6.59 Comedy 7

6.43 Fantasy 5

6.22 Action 5

5.90 TV Movie 3