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My Take
I find Anya Taylor-Joy one of the most magnetic screen presences of her generation. Those enormous, wide-set eyes could have typecast her as an oddity; instead she turned them into an instrument, equally convincing as a terrified Puritan girl in The Witch, a sly Austen heroine in Emma, and a chess prodigy unraveling in The Queen's Gambit. Her tri-continental upbringing across Miami, Buenos Aires, and London shows in how borderless her choices feel. Winning a Golden Globe so young while still chasing strange, risky parts like Furiosa tells me she values the work over the fame. I expect her to be around for decades.
Overview
Anya-Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy (; born 16 April 1996) is an actress. Born in Miami, she grew up 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).
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Anya Taylor-Joy
- Name (Japanese)
- アニヤ・テイラー＝ジョイ
- Reading
- あにや・ていらー＝じょい
- Born
- April 16, 1996 (age 30)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Rat
- Origin
- Miami, Florida, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 173 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- model / television actor / film actor / voice actor / executive producer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2021 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Miniseries or Television Film
- 2021 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
- 2021 Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Movie/Miniseries Actress
- 2015 Trophée Chopard
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Emma | — | |
| Notable work | The Queen's Gambit | — | |
| Notable work | The Witch | — | |
| Notable work | Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.