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Occupation
  
Actressmodel

Years active
  
2014–present

Name
  
Anya Taylor-Joy


Born
  
1996/1997 (age 18–19)
Miami, Florida, U.S.

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Anya Taylor-Joy (born April 16, 1996) is an American-born Argentine-British actress.

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Early life

Taylor-Joy was born in Miami, Florida, the youngest of six children. Her mother worked in photography and interior design and is African-Spanish-English. Her father, a former international banker, 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.

Career

Taylor-Joy rose to prominence with the role of Thomasin in Robert Eggers' horror film The Witch that premiered at Sundance Film Festival in 2015 but had a wide release in 2016.

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 in 2017, written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, as a girl named Casey Cooke abducted by a mysterious man with split personalities. In 2019, she will reprise her role as Casey Cooke in the film Glass.

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.

References

Anya Taylor-Joy Wikipedia