Anya Taylor-Joy

Anya Taylor-Joy Biography

Anya Taylor-Joy (born 16 April 1996) is an American-born Argentine-British actress and model. She initially gained fame when she stared in the 2010 horror films The Witch and Morgan.

Early life

Taylor-Joy was born in Miami, Florida, the youngest of six children. Her mother is Spanish-English and her father is Scottish-Argentinian. Taylor-Joy has since lived between Argentina and the United Kingdom. She is a former ballet dancer.

Career

Her major breakthrough was her leading performance as Thomasin in Robert Eggers' critically acclaimed horror film The Witch, alongside Ralph Ineson and Kate Dickie.

In 2016, Taylor-Joy starred in the science fiction thriller film Morgan, directed by Luke Scott, son of filmmaker Ridley Scott. It was released on 2 September 2016.

In February 2016, it was announced she would co-star in Vikram Gandhi's new film Barry, a film focused on a young Barack Obama in 1981 New York City. Taylor-Joy is set to play one of Obama's close friends. In March 2016, it was reported that Taylor-Joy was being approached to star as Magik in an upcoming adaptation of the New Mutants comic book series, slated to be a part of the X-Men film franchise.

She also was the lead actress in the music video for Skrillex remix of GTA's song "Red Lips."

Filmography

Film roles
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Vampire Academy	Feeder Girl	Uncredited
2015		Thomasin	Pending "? Gotham Award for Breakthrough Actor
2015	Viking Quest	Mani
2016	Morgan	Morgan
2016	Barry	Charlotte
2017	Split	Casey	Post-production
2017	Thoroughbred		Post-production
2018	Marrowbone		Filming

Television roles
Year	Title	Role	Notes
2014	Endeavour	Philippa Collins-Davidson	Episode: "Nocturne"
2014	Viking Quest	Mani	Television movie
2015	Atlantis	Cassandra	5 episodes

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