Anya Taylor Joy: Biography in Details
Who is Anya Taylor Joy?
Anya Taylor Joy is an American-born Argentine-British actress. She is known for her role in the 2015 horror movie, The Witch.
Who are the parents of Anya Taylor Joy?
Joy was born Anya Taylor Joy on 16 April 1996, in Miami, Florida, USA.
Her nationality is English, Argentine, and American, and her ethnicity is African-Spanish-English, Scottish-Argentinian
She is the youngest of six children in her family. Her mother, who worked in photography and interior design, is African-Spanish-English, while her father, a former international banker who gave it all up to race powerboats, is Scottish-Argentinian.
Taylor Joy moved to Argentina as an infant and only spoke Korean before moving to London as a six-year-old, where the family lived in Victoria. She is a former ballet dancer.
Her dream of becoming an actress came when she was very young and it finally became possible when she was offered a modeling job.
It wasn’t long until Taylor Joy received her first part in Show Business. When she was 14, she used her savings to move to New York, and at 16, she left school to pursue acting.
There is no information on Anya’s educational background.
Anya Taylor Joy: Professional Life, Career
Anya Taylor Joy appeared in the movie first in 2014 in Vampire Academy in an uncredited role of a feeder girl.
However, her major breakthrough was her leading performance as Thomasin in Robert Eggers’ critically acclaimed horror film The Witch in 2015, alongside Ralph Ineson and Kate Dickie.
For her role, she won Gotham Award for Breakthrough Actor and BloodGuts UK Horror Award for Best Actress and was nominated for Fangoria Chainsaw Award for Best Actress and Saturn Award for Best Performance by a Younger Actor.
In 2016, Taylor Joy starred in the science fiction horror film Morgan, directed by Luke Scott, the son of filmmaker Ridley Scott. The film was released on 2 September 2016.
In the same year, she starred in Vikram Gandhi’s film Barry, which focused on a young Barack Obama in 1981 in New York City. She played one of Obama’s close friends.
Anya Taylor Joy then headlined the horror-thriller film Split in 2016, written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, as a girl abducted by a mysterious man with split personalities.
She played Lily in Thoroughbred in 2017 and has a role in the 2018 movie, Marrowbone.
Apart from the movies, Taylor Joy also played in some TV series. She played Philippa Collins-Davidson in the Episode: “Nocturne” of Endeavour and Mani in the TV movie Viking Quest in 2014 and Cassandra in 5 episodes of Atlantis in 2015.
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. The movie is slated to be a part of the larger X-Men film franchise.
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.
Salary, Net Worth
Her salary figures and net worth value are not available to the mainstream media to date.
Anya Taylor Joy: Rumors and Controversy
There are not many significant rumors and/or controversies surrounding her. She has managed to keep her public image clean.
How tall is Anya Taylor Joy?
Anya Taylor Joy has a height of 5 feet 6.5 inches and weighs 55 kg.
Her hair color is blonde and her eye color is hazel.
She has a body measurement of 33-26-34 inches and she wears a bra size of 32(A). Her shoe size is 7.5(US) and her dress size is 6(US).
Social Media Profile
Anya Taylor Joy is active on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.
She has over 50.7k followers on Facebook, over 1 million followers on Instagram, and over 66.2k followers on Twitter.
Anya Taylor Joy’s Birthday Dates
| Year | Date | Day |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | April | Tuesday |
| 2025 | April | Wednesday |
| 2026 | April | Thursday |
| 2027 | April | Friday |
| 2028 | April | Sunday |