Anya Taylor-Joy

AnyaJosephine Marie TaylorJoy ˈænjə born 16 April 1996 is an actress Born in Miami and raised in Buenos Aires and London she left school at 16 to pursue an acting career After several minor 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 and playing Emma Woodhouse in the period drama Emma 2020  TaylorJoy featured in the television crime drama series Peaky Blinders 20192022 and earned international recognition for playing Beth Harmon in the period drama miniseries The Queens Gambit 2020 winning a Golden Globe Award and a SAG Award in addition to a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award She then starred in the horror film Last Night in Soho 2021 the action films The Northman 2022 and The Gorge 2025 and the black comedy The Menu 2022 She also voiced Princess Peach in the animated film The Super Mario Bros Movie 2023 She starred as Imperator Furiosa in the apocalyptic film Furiosa A Mad Max Saga 2024 Description above from the Wikipedia article Anya TaylorJoy licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia