Anya Taylor-Joy
American actress and model (born 1996)
Anya Taylor-Joy is an actor born in Miami on 16 April 1996 and raised in Buenos Aires and London. She broke through as Thomasin in Robert Eggers's The Witch (2015), and her performance as chess prodigy Beth Harmon in Netflix's The Queen's Gambit (2020) won a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Critics' Choice Award, with an Emmy nomination. She has since led Emma., Last Night in Soho, The Menu and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, and voiced Princess Peach in The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
Anya Taylor-Joy appears in 8 films and 1 TV series in The Rerun, from 2015 to 2026. Most of that work is in drama, horror and adventure. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: Chloe Pirrie (2).
Known for
- The Queen’s Gambit (2020), Beth Harmon. Her orphaned chess prodigy carried the limited series and won her a Golden Globe.
- The Witch (2015), Thomasin. Her first leading film role, as a Puritan teenager in a family unravelling in the woods.
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024), Furiosa. She took over the road warrior Charlize Theron first played, in George Miller’s prequel.
- The Menu (2022), Margot. An uninvited guest at a lethal tasting menu, a role that earned a Golden Globe nomination.
- The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023), Princess Peach (voice). She voiced the Mushroom Kingdom’s ruler in the animated hit from Illumination and Nintendo.
- Dune: Part Three (2026), Alia Atreides. Denis Villeneuve’s trilogy finale gives her a full role as Paul’s sister after a Part Two cameo.
Career
After a debut in the series Atlantis, Taylor-Joy found her break in The Witch, a Puritan-era horror film that won her the Empire Award for Best Female Newcomer. Split (2016), Thoroughbreds and a run as Gina Gray in Peaky Blinders followed. In 2020 she played Jane Austen’s heroine in Emma., earning a Golden Globe nomination, the same year The Queen’s Gambit made her a global name.
She has since chosen directors with distinct styles: Edgar Wright for Last Night in Soho, Eggers again for The Northman, Mark Mylod for The Menu, which brought another Golden Globe nomination, and George Miller, who cast her as the young warrior in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024). She voiced Princess Peach in The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023), made a brief appearance in Dune: Part Two and co-starred in the action film The Gorge (2025).
Where to start
- The Witch (2015): the debut lead, carrying a slow-burn horror film with remarkable control.
- The Queen’s Gambit (2020): seven episodes that made her a star and chess briefly fashionable.
- Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024): a near-silent action performance built on stillness and stare.
- The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023): a lighter turn, with Peach as a capable leader.
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In the news
The Guide · Australia
Silverton, NSW · Mad Max 2 Museum, 9 Stirling Street
Every Mad Max Film, in Order
Five films, two Maxes, one Furiosa and a lot of outback: the wasteland saga in release order, in story order, and where to find the real locations.
Catherine Crowe · 4 min read
The Guide · US
Peacock, Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, HBO Max, Prime Video, Paramount+, Shudder · US · 12 to 18 Oct
US: What to Watch, 12 to 18 Oct
Crystal Lake, VisionQuest, Tulsa King and a Chris Evans dark comedy headline the week of 12 to 18 Oct on US streamers, with every confirmed premiere by day.
The Guide
Multiple platforms · CA US UK · 9 to 16 Oct
What to Watch This Week
From VisionQuest and Crystal Lake to The Diplomat's fourth season, the week's new releases in Canada, the US and the UK, with platforms and dates.
Quick answers
- What movies and TV shows has Anya Taylor-Joy been in?
- Anya Taylor-Joy appears in Dune: Part Three (2026), The Gorge (2025), Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024), The Menu (2022), Last Night in Soho (2021), The Queen’s Gambit (2020), The New Mutants (2020), Emma (2020) and The Witch (2015) on The Remote.
- When was Anya Taylor-Joy born?
- Anya Taylor-Joy was born on 16 April 1996.
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