Anya Taylor-Joy: podcast appearances and interviews

Anya-Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy is an actress born in Miami on April 16, 1996. She grew up in Buenos Aires and London, and began pursuing an acting career at the age of 16. Her early work included several small television roles, leading to a breakthrough with a leading role in the horror film The Witch in 2015. She subsequently appeared in films such as Split and Glass, the black comedy Thoroughbreds, and played a role in the television series Peaky Blinders from 2019 to 2022. In 2020, she portrayed Emma Woodhouse in the period drama Emma, and gained widespread recognition for her portrayal of Beth Harmon in the miniseries The Queen's Gambit. Her performance inThe Queen's Gambit earned her the Golden Globe and SAG Award for Best Actress and a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Lead Actress. Taylor-Joy has also starred in the horror film Last Night in Soho, the action films The Northman and The Gorge, and the black comedy The Menu. She played Imperator Furiosa in the 2024 film Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga and provided the voice of Princess Peach in animated films including The Super Mario Bros. Movie and The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.