Anya Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy is an American-born Argentine-British actress. She first became known for her role on the fantasy series Atlantis. She had her breakthrough with the period horror film The Witch. She gained further recognition for her starring role in M. Shyamalan’s horror thriller film Split.
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Anya Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy is an American-born Argentine-British actress. She first became known for her role on the fantasy series Atlantis. She had her breakthrough with the period horror film The Witch, for which she earned several accolades. In 2017, she gained further recognition for her starring role in M. Shyamalan’s horror thriller film Split. She garnered critical acclaim for her performance as Beth Harmon in the Netflix miniseries The Queen’s Gambit. She was the 2017 recipient of the Cannes Film Festival’s Trophée Chopard and was nominated for the BAFTA Rising Star Award. In 2019, she was the main star in the music video for Skrillex’s remix of Red Lips’ remix of GTA’s song Red Lip Lips. She is a member of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts (RADA) She is married to British actor David Walliams and has two children.
She has also starred in the BBC One drama The Miniaturist, Peaky Blinders and The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance. Her 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. Her mother is an English-Spanish psychologist who was born and raised in Zambia. Her father is an international banker who changed careers to become a professional racer in offshore powerboat racing where he won 2 Union Internationale Motonautique world championships. Taylor was the director of a private jet hire company.
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