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Anya Taylor-Joy

Anya Taylor-Joy

Actor, also producer · Born April 16, 1996 (30) · Miami, Florida, USA

Golden Globe winner · Screen Actors Guild Award winner · Primetime Emmy nominee · 3 other major award bodies

Anya-Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy (/ˈænjə/; born 16 April 1996) is an actress. Born in Miami and raised in Buenos Aires and London, she left school at 16 to pursue an acting career. After several minor television roles, her breakthrough came with a leading role in the horror film The Witch (2015). Her career progressed with roles in the horror film Split (2016) and its sequel Glass (2019), the black comedy film Thoroughbreds (2017), and playing Emma Woodhouse in the period drama Emma (2020).  Taylor-Joy featured in the television crime drama series Peaky Blinders (2019–2022) and earned international recognition for playing Beth Harmon in the period drama miniseries The Queen's Gambit (2020), winning a Golden Globe Award and a SAG Award, in addition to a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award. She then starred in the horror film Last Night in Soho (2021), the action films The Northman (2022) and The Gorge (2025), and the black comedy The Menu (2022). She also voiced Princess Peach in the animated film The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023). She starred as Imperator Furiosa in the apocalyptic film Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Anya Taylor-Joy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
April 16, 1996 (30)
From
Miami, Florida, USA
Works as
Actor, also producer
Titles
33 on MovieCove · 41 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Up 9% in 30 days

What are Anya Taylor-Joy's films like?

Across their 26 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Survival.

Genres

Action7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 31st percentile
: browse their Action movies
Comedy5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 70th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 79th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Animation2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 48th percentile
: browse their Animation movies
Biography2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 47th percentile
: browse their Biography movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Self
30%
Survival
18%
Bonds
18%
Power
13%
Morality
13%
Society
5%
Ideas
3%
Self-worth5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity6 titles, browse their movies with this themeTrauma5 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds6 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival4 titles, browse their movies with this themeOppression3 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 22 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 6 · Serious 6 · Dark 10

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 2 · Stylized 14 · Heightened 6

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 3 · Charged 6 · Intense 13

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 5 · Shifting 12 · Whiplash 5

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 14 · Some laughs 4 · Funny 4

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 4 · Even-paced 16 · Relentless 2

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 6 · Engaged 7 · Full focus 9

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 7 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 14

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 11 · Open-ended 7 · Ambiguous 4

Roles they play

20 analyzed roles

Usually the Hero: 8 of 20 analyzed roles.

Hero
8 of 20
Ally
5 of 20
Shadow
3 of 20
Trickster
2 of 20
Shapeshifter
1 of 20
Herald
1 of 20
Show the 20 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
16
Dread
15
Melancholic
11
Contemplative
6
Joyful
4
Other
22

How their films linger

Bittersweet11 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful8 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking7 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 11 with a twist

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet14
  • Tragic1
  • Ambiguous6

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Anya Taylor-Joy's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 31 of their 33 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (9).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Anya Taylor-Joy's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

41 credits, 33 with a MovieCove page; 25 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Lord of the Rings: The Hunt for Gollum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2027)

    as Seren

  • Dune: Part Three(2026)

    as Alia Atreides

  • Lucky(2026)

    Show 7 episodes · Executive Producer · as Luciana 'Lucky' Armstrong

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows

  • Sacrifice(2025)

    Executive Producer · as Joan

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films

  • The Super Mario Galaxy Movie(2026)

    as Princess Peach (voice)

    Midcredits score: 60th percentile of all films

  • The Gorge(2025)

    as Drasa

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga(2024)

    as Furiosa

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films

  • Dune: Part Two(2024)

    as Alia Atreides (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • The Super Mario Bros. Movie(2023)

    as Princess Peach (voice)

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • The Menu(2022)

    as Margot

    Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films

  • Amsterdam(2022)

    as Libby Voze

    Midcredits score: 41st percentile of all films

  • The Northman(2022)

    as Olga of the Birch Forest

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Last Night in Soho(2021)

    Songs · as Sandie

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Here Are the Young Men(2020)

    as Jen

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • Cinderella: A Comic Relief Pantomime for Christmas(2020)

    as Cinderella

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Queen's Gambit(2020)

    Show 7 episodes · as Beth Harmon

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • The New Mutants(2020)

    as Illyana Rasputin

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • Radioactive(2019)

    as Irène Aged 18

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Emma.(2020)

    as Emma Woodhouse

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films

  • The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance(2019)

    Show 10 episodes · as Brea (voice)

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Playmobil: The Movie(2019)

    as Marla

    Midcredits score: 13th percentile of all films

  • Glass(2019)

    as Casey Cooke

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Crossmaglen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Ana

  • Thoroughbreds(2017)

    as Lily

    Midcredits score: 70th percentile of all films

  • The Miniaturist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Petronella 'Nella' Oortman

  • The Miniaturist(2017)

    Show 2 episodes · as Petronella Brandt

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all shows

  • Marrowbone(2017)

    as Allie

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

  • The Making of 'Split' (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Assistant Dialogue Editor · as Self

  • Split(2016)

    as Casey Cooke

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films

  • Barry(2016)

    as Charlotte Baughman

    Midcredits score: 44th percentile of all films

  • Morgan(2016)

    as Morgan

    Midcredits score: 31st percentile of all films

  • The Witch(2015)

    as Thomasin

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Viking Quest(2015)

    as Mani

    Midcredits score: 7th percentile of all films

  • Vampire Academy(2014)

    as Feeder Girl

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Atlantis(2013)

    Show 5 episodes · as Cassandra

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows

  • Peaky Blinders(2013)

    Show 11 episodes · as Gina Gray

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Endeavour(2012)

    Show 1 episode · as Philippa Collins-Davidson

    Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows

  • Dinner and Diatribes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

  • How to Kill Your Family (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Show 1 episode · Executive Producer · as Grace Bernard

  • She comes for revenge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Melissa (voice)

  • Untitled Joni Mitchell Biopic (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    as Joni Mitchell

Career shape

Star power in the 99th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 41 titles, 35 of them dated from 2013 to 2026; peak year 2017.

Biggest box office

The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023)

$1.4B worldwide

Highest rated

The Queen's Gambit (2020)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Sacrifice (2025)

Film career

MilestoneNomination
20132026

Peak 2017 · at the high point of their film career. Top draw in 21 MovieCove titles. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting40 of 41: 36 only acting, 4 with another role · typical Midcredits score70thProducing3 of 41: 0 only producing, 3 with another roleOther crew2 of 41: 1 only other crew, 1 with another role

41 titles, 4 with more than one role — acting and producing overlap on 3 of them.

By decade

2010s18 · 17 acting · 1 crew2020s17 · 17 acting · 3 crew

Billing

usually 2nd · top billed in 26% of 23 roles
1419

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild Award and 2 other major awards from 8 major nominations, 2017–2023.

WinNomination
  1. 2023
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
  2. 2021
    • Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie
    • Golden Globe, won · Best Performance by an Actress in a Limited Series, Anthology Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television
    • Golden Globe, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy
    • Screen Actors Guild Award, won · Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Movie or Limited Series
    • +1 other major body · 1 win
      • Critics Choice Award, won · Best Actress in a Limited Series or a Movie Made for Television
  3. 2017
    • BAFTA Award, nominated
    • +1 other major body · 1 win
      • Cannes award, won · Female Revelation

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Anya Taylor-Joy's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 70th percentile, the median of the 25 of 26 with a score; across their 22 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 69th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

69thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 22

Approval · how many liked their films

68thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 22

Reach · how many have seen their films

96thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 22

Midcredits score across 32 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up13
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th6
  • Below 25th5

Shape of the crowd

13 of their 32 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Crowd Pleaser13
  • Broadly Agreed4
  • Mixed9

Most divisive · actor

Viking Quest (2015)

75th percentile spread · 59% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Dune: Part Two (2024)

Midcredits 99th · 92% liked

Reviewers score the acting 73/100 in their films, across 22 reviewed titles; fans 81, detractors 51. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Anya Taylor-Joy's work okay for kids?

Across up to 22 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore21 titles33–81 · median 65 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity22 titles12–53 · median 33 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity21 titles14–67 · median 37 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs21 titles10–61 · median 35 · moderatenear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense20 titles33–84 · median 66 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Anya Taylor-Joy work with?

People who share at least 2 of Anya Taylor-Joy's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Louise Ford shares the most, 3.

Directors

Actors

Composers, cinematographers and editors

Producers