Anya Taylor-Joy

Anya-Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy (/ˈænjə/ ANN-yə;[3] born 16 April 1996) is an actress.[4][5] She is the recipient of several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award. In 2021, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.[6]

Born in Miami and raised in Buenos Aires and London, Taylor-Joy left school at age 16 and began to pursue an acting career. After small television roles, she made her film debut with a leading role in the horror film The Witch (2015). She went on to star in the horror film Split (2016) and its sequel Glass (2019), and the black comedy Thoroughbreds (2017). She won the Trophée Chopard at the 2017 Cannes Film Festival.

Taylor-Joy has since appeared in the fifth and sixth season of the television series Peaky Blinders (2019–2022), and played Emma Woodhouse in the period drama Emma (2020). She received critical acclaim for starring as Beth Harmon in the Netflix miniseries The Queen’s Gambit (2020), winning several awards, including a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild Award.