https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anya_Taylor-Joy

Anya Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy (born 16 April 1996) is an American-Argentine-British actress. She first became known for making appearances on the fantasy series Atlantis (2015), and had her breakthrough with the period horror film The Witch (2015), for which she earned several accolades. She gained further recognition and praise for her role as Casey Cooke in the psychological horror films Split (2016) and Glass (2019), Lily Reynolds in the black comedy Thoroughbreds (2017) and Emma Woodhouse in the comedy-drama Emma (2020).

Taylor-Joy also had starring roles in the BBC One drama miniseries The Miniaturist (2017), the BBC One crime drama series Peaky Blinders (2019), and the Netflix fantasy drama series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019). She garnered critical acclaim for her performance in the Netflix miniseries The Queen's Gambit (2020). She was the 2017 recipient of the Cannes Film Festival's Trophée Chopard and was nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award.

Early life

Anya Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy was born on 16 April 1996 in Miami, Florida, the youngest of six children. Her mother worked in photography and interior design and is English of South African and Spanish descent; her father, a former international banker, is Scottish Argentine. Taylor-Joy moved to Buenos Aires as an infant and spoke only Spanish before moving to London at age six. She attended the preparatory school Hill House in Kensington, then Northlands School in Argentina and Queen's Gate School in London. She has trained in ballet dancing.

At age 16, she was scouted as a model while walking outside Harrods Department Store by Sarah Doukas of Storm Management. It was through her modelling work that she met and signed with an acting agent.

Career

Taylor-Joy had her first acting role in the 2014 horror comedy film Vampire Academy, but her scene was deleted from the final cut. She subsequently appeared on a 2014 episode of the detective drama series Endeavour and multiple episodes of the 2015 fantasy-adventure drama series Atlantis.

She rose to prominence for her lead role as Thomasin in Robert Eggers' period horror film The Witch. The film premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and had a wide theatrical release in 2016. She turned down a simultaneous offer of a role in a Disney Channel series in order to complete the film. The film and Taylor-Joy's performance received critical acclaim, and she won the Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Actor, the Empire Award for Best Female Newcomer, and the Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actress, She also earned a nomination for the Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor, among numerous others.

In 2016, Taylor-Joy starred in the science fiction horror film Morgan, directed by Luke Scott. The film was released in September 2016. Also that year, she played Charlotte Baughman, one of Barack Obama's close friends, in Vikram Gandhi's drama film Barry, which focused on a young Obama in 1981 New York City. Taylor-Joy's likeness was used for the character Valkyrie Cain on the tenth anniversary cover of Skulduggery Pleasant, the first book in the series of the same name.

In 2017, she gained further recognition for her starring role in M. Night Shyamalan's horror thriller film Split. She played Casey Cooke, a teenage girl abducted by a mysterious man with multiple personalities (played by James McAvoy). Her performance earned praise and she received a BloodGuts UK Horror Award nomination for it. Also in 2017, she starred as Allie in the horror mystery film Marrowbone and the dark comedy thriller film Thoroughbreds. Taylor-Joy later starred in the BBC One period drama miniseries The Miniaturist, which premiered in December 2017 to positive reviews. She was the main star in the music video for Skrillex's remix of GTA's song Red Lips.

In 2017, she was nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award. The same year, she was awarded the prestigious Trophée Chopard at the Cannes Film Festival, which is given by a jury of professionals to young actors in order to recognise and encourage their careers.

In 2019, Taylor-Joy reprised her role as Casey Cooke in the psychological superhero film Glass, the final instalment in the Unbreakable film series. She also appeared in the documentary film Love, Antosha, which focused on her late co-star Anton Yelchin, the animated musical adventure film Playmobil: The Movie, and as Irene Curie in the biographical drama film Radioactive. Also in 2019, she had starring roles in the acclaimed BBC One period crime drama series Peaky Blinders and the Netflix fantasy drama series The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.

In 2020, Taylor-Joy starred as Emma Woodhouse in comedy-drama film Emma., a film adaptation of Jane Austen's 1815 novel of the same name. The film was released in February 2020 to favorable critical reception and box office success. She then starred in the drama film Here Are the Young Men, directed by Eoin Macken, and as Illyana Rasputin / Magik, a Russian mutant with sorcery powers, in the superhero horror film The New Mutants. The film was originally intended for release in April 2018, but suffered several delays; it was released in August 2020.

Also in 2020, Taylor-Joy starred in the Netflix miniseries The Queen's Gambit as Beth Harmon, a chess prodigy struggling with addiction in a quest to become the world's greatest chess player. Her performance garnered widespread critical acclaim; Darren Franich of Entertainment Weekly labelled it "a darkly fascinating lead performance" and added that "Taylor-Joy excels in the quiet moments, her eyelids narrowing as she decimates an opponent, her whole body physicalizing angry desperation when the game turns against her." Caroline Framke of Variety opined that Taylor-Joy is "so magnetic that when she stares down the camera lens, her flinty glare threatens to cut right through it."

Upcoming projects

Taylor-Joy will next star as Sandy in Edgar Wright's psychological horror film Last Night in Soho. Principal photography began in May 2019, and the film is scheduled for release in April 2021. She will also reteam with filmmaker Robert Eggers for a starring role in the historical revenge film The Northman, alongside Alexander Skarsgård, Nicole Kidman and Willem Dafoe; the film is described as "a Viking revenge saga set in Iceland at the turn of the 10th century." She is also attached to star in the horror film Nosferatu, a remake of the film of the same name and her third collaboration with Robert Eggers, and the drama film The Sea Change. In October 2020, Taylor-Joy was cast as the title character in the Mad Max: Fury Road spin-off Furiosa.

Filmography

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anya_Taylor-Joy#Filmography

Awards and nominations

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anya_Taylor-Joy#Awards_and_nominations