Anya Taylor-Joy
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| Born |
16 April 1996 Miami, Florida, U.S. |
| Nationality | American British Argentine |
| Occupation | Actress and model |
| Years active | 2014–present |
Anya Taylor-Joy (born 16 April 1996) is an American-born Argentine-British actress and model.
Taylor-Joy was born in Miami, Florida, the youngest of six children. Her mother, who worked in photography and interior design, is Spanish-English, and her father, who raced powerboats, is Scottish-Argentinian. Taylor-Joy moved to Argentina as an infant and only spoke Spanish before moving to London as a six-year-old. She is a former ballet dancer.
Her major breakthrough was her leading performance as Thomasin in Robert Eggers' critically acclaimed horror film The Witch (2015), alongside Ralph Ineson and Kate Dickie.
In 2016, Taylor-Joy starred in the science fiction horror film Morgan, directed by Luke Scott, son of filmmaker Ridley Scott. The film was released on 2 September 2016. Also that year, she starred in Vikram Gandhi's film Barry, which focused on a young Barack Obama in 1981 New York City. Taylor-Joy played one of Obama's close friends. She then headlined the horror-thriller film Split (2016), written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, as a girl abducted by a mysterious man with split personalities.
Taylor-Joy was the lead actress in the music video for Skrillex's remix of GTA's song Red Lips. She has been nominated for the 2017 BAFTA Rising Star Award.
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.
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