Anya Taylor-Joy

Biography

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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Selected Filmography

• Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen(2009)TV Series · 1 epas Self - Guest
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon(2014)TV Series · 1 epas Self
• The Late Show with Stephen Colbert(2015)TV Series · 1 epas Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers(2014)TV Series · 2 epsas Self - Guest
• The Kelly Clarkson Show(2019)TV Series · 2 epsas Self
• The Graham Norton Show(2007)TV Series · 2 epsas Self
• Saturday Night Live(1975)TV Series · 1 epas Self - Host
• Conan(2010)TV Series · 1 epas Self - Guest
• Peaky Blinders(2013)TV Series · 11 epsas Gina Gray
• The Late Late Show with James Corden(2015)TV Series · 1 epas Self - Guest
• The Super Mario Galaxy Movie(2026)as Princess Peach (voice)
• The View(1997)TV Series · 1 epas Self
• Golden Globe Awards(1944)TV Series · 1 epas Self - Presenter
• LIVE with Kelly and Mark(1988)TV Series · 1 epas Self - Guest
• Lucky(2026)TV Series · 7 epsas Luciana 'Lucky' Armstrong
• Dune: Part Two(2024)as Alia Atreides (uncredited)
• The Super Mario Bros. Movie(2023)as Princess Peach (voice)
• The Ellen DeGeneres Show(2003)TV Series · 1 epas Self
• The Gorge(2025)as Drasa
• Variety Studio: Actors on Actors(2014)TV Series · 1 epas Self