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Anya Taylor-Joy

Anya Taylor-Joy

21 movies on Netflix

Biography

Anya Taylor-Joy is an actress who took up the profession at sixteen and spent her childhood in Buenos Aires and London after being born in Miami. Small television parts led to her breakthrough as the lead in the period horror film The Witch (2015), and she went on to appear in the horror film Split (2017), its follow-up Glass (2019) and the black comedy Thoroughbreds (2018), as well as the crime drama series Peaky Blinders. She played Emma Woodhouse in Emma (2020), which brought a Golden Globe nomination, and won a Golden Globe and a SAG Award as the chess prodigy Beth Harmon in the miniseries The Queen's Gambit, also earning an Emmy nomination. Later credits include Last Night in Soho (2021), The Northman (2022), The Menu (2022), Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024) and The Gorge (2025), plus the voice of Princess Peach in The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie (2026).

30years old

Turns 31 on April 16in 197 days

  • Born Miami
  • Star sign: AriesThe sign runs March 21 to April 19
  • Anya-Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy (birth name)Also credited as Anya Josephine Maria Taylor-Joy and Anya Taylor

Movie Career

Films
21
Career span
11 years2015 to 2026

Genres

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  1. First role

    Taylor-Joy's screen debut came in Vampire Academy as a background "Feeder Girl," but her scenes were cut from the final film.

  2. Big break

    While on a modeling shoot for Downton Abbey, Taylor-Joy was noticed by actor Allen Leech reciting Seamus Heaney's poem "Digging"; he introduced her to his agent, whom she signed with.

  3. Big break

    Also in 2015, Taylor-Joy took the lead in The Witch, Robert Eggers's period horror film about a Puritan family that meets evil forces in the woods near its New England farm. It premiered at that year's Sundance Film Festival, and the part was her breakthrough.

Anya Taylor-Joy movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. The Menu2022 Comedy, Horror, Thrilleras Margot

    IMDb rating 7.1515K votes

  2. Split2017 Horror, Thrilleras Casey Cooke

    IMDb rating 7.3631K votes

  3. The Witch2015as Thomasin

    IMDb rating 7.0360K votes

  4. Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga2024as Furiosa

    IMDb rating 7.4328K votes

  5. The Super Mario Bros. Movie2023as Princess Peachvoice

    IMDb rating 7.0302K votes

  6. Last Night in Soho2021as Sandie

    IMDb rating 7.0202K votes

  7. The Gorge2025as Drasa

    IMDb rating 6.7181K votes

  8. Glass2019as Casey Cooke

    IMDb rating 6.6308K votes

Most often with

M. Night Shyamalan directed two of these films, Robert Eggers two and Aaron Horvath two. Thirteen actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Kevin Michael Richardson, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Kevin Michael RichardsonJack Black, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Jack BlackCarlos Alazraqui, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Carlos AlazraquiEric Bauza, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Eric BauzaKeegan-Michael Key, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with Keegan-Michael KeyJames McAvoy, 2 films togetherSee the 2 films with James McAvoyM. Night ShyamalanDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by M. Night ShyamalanRobert EggersDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Robert EggersAaron HorvathDirector, 2 filmsSee the 2 films by Aaron Horvath

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Box office

What Anya Taylor-Joy's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$3.4 billion

17 of the 21 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 21 films: 17 worldwide figure; 4 never in cinemas.

  • 17Worldwide figure
  • 4Never in cinemas

Top grosser

The Super Mario Bros. Movie2023as Princess Peach (voice)$1.4 billion

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 96% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    The Super Mario Bros. Movie2023as Princess Peach (voice)
    $1.4B39.8% of the total
  2. 2
    The Super Mario Galaxy Movie2026as Princess Peach (voice)
    $1.0B29.6% of the total
  3. 3
    Split2017as Casey Cooke
    $278M8.1% of the total
  4. 4
    Glass2019as Casey Cooke
    $247M7.2% of the total
  5. 5
    Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga2024as Furiosa
    $174M5.1% of the total
  6. 6
    The Menu2022as Margot
    $80M2.3% of the total
  7. 7
    The Northman2022as Olga
    $70M2.0% of the total
  8. 8
    The New Mutants2020as Illyana Rasputin
    $49M1.4% of the total
The Witch (2015), $40.4 millionAmsterdam (2022), $31.2 millionEmma. (2020), $25.2 millionLast Night in Soho (2021), $23.0 millionPlaymobil: The Movie (2019), $16.3 millionMorgan (2016), $8.8 millionRadioactive (2020), $3.5 millionThoroughbreds (2018), $2.8 millionHere Are the Young Men (2020), $19,000

$151 millionfrom the other 9 films with a worldwide figure, 4% of the total

Awards

Four awards and honors from 2015 to 2021, two of them major.

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Anya Taylor-Joy's awards and nominations, grouped by award
YearAwardFilmResult
Golden Globes
2021Best Actress – Miniseries or Television FilmThe Queen's GambitWon
SAG Awards
2021Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Miniseries or Television MovieThe Queen's GambitWon
Other honors
2021Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Movie/Miniseries ActressThe Queen's GambitWon
2015Trophée ChopardWon

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