Anya-Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy is an actress. Born in Miami and raised in Buenos Aires and London, she began pursuing an acting career at the age of 16.
After a series of small 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), the television crime drama series Peaky Blinders (2019–2022) and for playing Emma Woodhouse in the period drama Emma (2020).
Taylor-Joy gained wide recognition for playing Beth Harmon in the period drama miniseries The Queen's Gambit (2020), receiving the Golden Globe and SAG Award for Best Actress, and a nomination for the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress. She then starred in the horror film Last Night in Soho (2021), the action films The Northman (2022) and The Gorge (2025), the black comedy The Menu (2022), and the apocalyptic film Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) as Imperator Furiosa. She also voiced Princess Peach in the animated films The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026).
