Anya Taylor-Joy’s biography, net worth, fact, career, awards and life story

Intro American actor
Is Actor 
Model 
From Argentina 
United Kingdom 
Type Fashion 
Film, TV, Stage & Radio 
Gender female
Birth 16 April 1996, Miami
Age: 24 years
Star sign Aries

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

Early life

Taylor-Joy was born in Miami, Florida, the youngest of six children. Her mother is Spanish-English and her father is Scottish-Argentinian. Taylor-Joy has since lived in Argentina and the United Kingdom. She is a former ballet dancer.

Career

Her major breakthrough was her leading performance as Thomasin in Robert Eggers’ critically acclaimed horror film The Witch, 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. It was released on 2 September 2016. She also starred in Split, a psychological horror film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan, as a girl abducted by a mysterious man with split personalities.

In February 2016, it was announced she would co-star in Vikram Gandhi’s new film Barry, a film focused on a young Barack Obama in 1981 New York City. Taylor-Joy is set to play one of Obama’s close friends. 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.

She also 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.

Filmography

Film roles
Year Title Role Notes
2014 Vampire Academy Feeder Girl Uncredited
2015 Witch !The Witch Thomasin Gotham Award for Breakthrough Actor
2016 Morgan Morgan
2016 Barry Charlotte Baughman
2017 Split Casey Cook
2017 Thoroughbred TBA
2018 Marrowbone TBA Filming
Television roles
Year Title Role Notes
2014 Endeavour Philippa Collins-Davidson Episode: “Nocturne”
2014 Viking Quest Mani Television movie
2015 Atlantis Cassandra 5 episodes
You May Also Like

David Samson’s net worth, biography, fact, career, awards and life story

David Samson net worth and salary: David Samson is an American sports executive who has a net worth of $200 million dollars. David Samson was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and grew up in New York City. He went on to graduate from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in Economics. He then earned his law degree from the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. He launched a news distribution company in the early 90s, and then worked for Morgan Stanley as an investment advisor in the late 90s. In 1999, he became the Executive Vice President of the Montreal Expos. He and his stepfather ran the Expos until 2002, when they finalized a deal to purchase the Miami Marlins. The negotiations surrounding the purchase of the Marlins, also involved moving the Expos to the United States, and shifting nearly 50 employees between the two teams. A lawsuit was subsequently filed by 14 of the Expos minority partners against Samson and his stepfather, but the charges were later thrown out. He has been the subject of a great deal of controversy, due to the construction of a ballpark for the Marlins and his own blunt, outspoken tendencies. In January 2014, it was announced that David Samson will be a contestant on the upcoming season of Survivor.
Read More