Anya Taylor-Joy earned her name by giving fascinating performances in various genres. She has her name on the list of one of the emerging talents of Hollywood. Her fame is unstoppable as she is the one who has the ability to work on different genre projects and depicts her versatile talent.
Anya’s full name is Anya Josephine Marie Taylor Joy, who reached her success peak after she had done a horror movie, “The Witch” in 2015. After this movie, she is known to be an international celebrity. The performance she gave in this movie led her to other famous projects.
She has won awards, like BAFTA Rising Stars, for her captivating performances. This article has many more about her for her fans.
Biography
| Date of Birth | 16th April, 1996 |
| Age | 28 years old |
| Height | 5’8 feet |
| Weight | 55 kg |
| Husband | Malcolm McRae |
| Net Worth | $7 million |
| Zodiac | Aries |
| Hometown | Miami, Florida, US |
| Nationality | American, British |
| Religion | Christian |
Physical Appearance
Talking about her physical appearance, she has a well-defined figure with almost perfect feminine measurements. Even though she is in her late twenties, she maintains herself in a way that she looks young and elegant.
She has a height of 5’8 feet and weighs around 55 kg. Her hazel eyes are one of the reasons she took the hearts of her fans. In terms of hair colour, she belongs to the blonde category.
Education
Similar to Sadie Sink, she completed high school only, and afterwards, she chased her dreams. When she moved to London with her family, she started her schooling at Queen’s Gate School in London.
However, she was not interested in her studies and wanted to step into an acting career. She somehow managed to drop out of school at the age of sixteen. As soon as she left school, she got lucky enough, and a modelling scout met her.
Career
A dream she had since childhood started being her reality when she did her first job as a model. It took very little time for she got her first role in Show business. She was dedicated enough that she saved money to move to New York to be an actress.
Her outstanding performance as Thomasin in the Witch movie in 2015, was actually a point in her life where she was recognized globally. Then in 2016, she appeared in a movie Morgan, directed by Luke Scott.
After these movies, she has done many other projects like Split, Glass and many more mentioned below. Besides movies, she took her chance on Netflix TV shows as well. Her show Peaky Blinders was one of her most loved shows. In 2019, she got a chance to be in a music video of GTA’s song.
awards
For her excellent performances, she earned awards. Along with Emma Mackey was also nominated in BAFTA Rising Star Awards of 2017. Other than this she also have other awards in same year: Cannes Film Festival and Chopard Trophy.
In 2020 she was nominated for Two Golden Globes including the Best Actress award.
Television Series
| The Queen’s Gambit | 2020-present |
| Peaky Blinders | 2013-2022 |
| The miniaturist | 2017-2018 |
| The Dark Crystal | 2019 |
| Atlantis | 2013-2015 |
| The Northman Interview | 2022-present |
| Cinderella: A comic relief pantomime for Christmas | 2020-present |
| EMMA | 2024-present |
| The making of The Menu | 2020 |
| Inside Warner: Furiosa | 2024-present |
Films
| The Northman | 2022 |
| Radioactive | 2019 |
| Viking Quest | 2014 |
| Vampire Academy | 2014 |
| Here you are, the Young man | 2020 |
| Dune | 2024 |
| ThroughBreeds | 2017 |
| The New Mutants | 2020 |
Net Worth
With her outstanding record of projects, her net worth is $8 million. A major chunk of her income is raised from her acting career. Other than this, she has endorsements from different renowned brands which increases her income. She is working with Tiffany & Co., Dior Beauty, Jaeger-LeCoultre and Dior.
Anya is smart enough to make some investments in real estate as well. With the pace she is going with, one thing is clear: she will enjoy more fame and elevate her financial condition with her upcoming projects.
Family and Relationship
Anya was born in Miami to the Cosmopolitan family on 16th April 1996. Her mother belongs to Zambia, and she speaks English and Spanish. Her father has a background in Scotland and Argentina.
Jennifer Marina Joy, her mother, and her father, Dennis Taylor, have six children, Anya being the youngest. When she opened her eyes, her family shifted to Argentina. There, her father works as a banker and her mother as a psychologist. After six years, they decided to move to London.
This was the change that was unacceptable to her, and she was not ready to learn English. At the age of eight, she somehow learned language. When she went to school, she did not find herself in her studies, and at the age of 16, she managed to convince her parents to take her out of school. From there, her life took a different turn.
When comes to her love life, it seems that she is a private person. In April 2022, in New Orleans, she knotted her to tie Malcolm McRae. Their first public appearance was in March 2022, when they were seen together at a pre-Oscar party held in West Hollywood, California. MaRae is an artist who plays guitar and piano and sings with the band “More with Kane Ritchotte”.
Hobbies
However, in her school years, she was really not into books and studies. But now, whenever she gets time, she loves to read and is officially a book lover like Charli D’Amelio. Besides reading books, she also likes to travel in her spare time.
Social Media
She has a strong presence on social media and loves to share her life updates with her fans. On Instagram, she has 11.8 million followers and has 1314 posts.
Additionally, she is also present on TikTok on which she has 119.2K followers. On her YouTube account, she has 1.49K subscribers. Besides, all these platforms she is on Facebook as well and she has 445K followers.
Social Media Handles
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Some Interesting Facts
- She can speak three languages English, Arabic and Spanish.
- She has trained as a ballet dancer.
- She loves to play chess.
- She is known and praised for her bold fashion choices.
- She has a pet dog named Charlie.
- Anya has an amazing sense of humour.
- She has collection of tattoos.
- Whenever she travels she tries new cuisines.
- She has a deep love for art.
- She is also a photographer.
- She is a private person.
faqs
She is 28 years old.
Her net worth is $8 million.
Till now she has worked in comedy, horror, television drama, sci-fi and thriller.
