One of the most celebrated young actresses of this generation is Anya Taylor-Joy. Born in Miami and raised in Buenos Aires and London, Taylor-Joy has already established herself as one of the major movie stars today.
The actress has starred in a considerable number of critically acclaimed films and often receives praise for her performances. In fact, Anya Taylor-Joy has already been awarded at ceremonies such as the Critics’ Choice Television Award, the Golden Globe and the Screen Actors Guild Award.
And the success goes beyond cinema. Anya Taylor-Joy became famous throughout the world and received praise and awards for starring in the series “The Queen’s Gambit”. With that said, we decided to list the top 10 with Anya Taylor-Joy. Watch!
Anya Taylor-Joy: Top 10 Movies
Bringing suspense, terror and morbid humor, “The Menu” presents social criticism and moments of tension. Anya Taylor-Joy stars in the production alongside Ralph Fiennes. The cast also includes Nicholas Hoult, Hong Chau, Janet McTeer, Judith Light and John Leguizamo.
The plot follows a couple (Taylor-Joy and Hoult) who go to dinner at an upscale restaurant on a remote island. There, a renowned chef (Fiennes) prepares an elaborate menu that reveals disturbing and menacing surprises.
This film marks Anya Taylor-Joy’s theatrical debut and the actress received high praise for her performance. “The Witch” is a popular horror film written and directed by Robert Eggers.
Taylor-Joy plays Thomasin, a teenager from a 17th-century Puritan family. In the plot, the family’s newborn son mysteriously disappears. Amid growing strange and paranoid events, all the blame falls on young Thomasin.
Anya Taylor-Joy stars alongside Olivia Cooke in this suspenseful and morbidly funny film. Both actresses received critical praise for their performances.
In the plot, Lily (Taylor-Joy), an upper-middle-class teenager, rekindles her childhood friendship with Amanda (Cooke), a misfit girl who has no emotions. Lily hates and has problems with her abusive stepfather (Paul Sparks). Then, the two friends conspire to kill their stepfather, blackmailing a drug dealer to execute him (Anton Yelchin).
Based on Jane Austen’s novel of the same name, “Emma” is a period romantic comedy. Anya Taylor-Joy plays Emma Woodhouse, a wealthy and intelligent young woman from the British Regency period.
She likes to intrude into the romantic lives of those close to her. The cast also includes Johnny Flynn, Josh O’Connor, Callum Turner, Mia Goth, Miranda Hart and Bill Nighy.
Another collaboration between Anya Taylor-Joy and director Robert Eggers. “The Northman” is a film inspired by Norse mythology, based on the Scandinavian legend of Amleth.
The plot follows Amleth (Alexander Skarsgård), a prince seeking revenge against his uncle (Claes Bang), who killed his father (Ethan Hawke) and kidnapped his mother (Nicole Kidman).
Anya Taylor-Joy plays Olga, an enslaved Slavic witch who has a love affair with Amleth.
Based on the real event known as the Business Plot, a political conspiracy that took place in the United States in 1933, “Amsterdam” is a comedy thriller. The film is directed, written and produced by David O. Russell and features an impressive cast.
Christian Bale, Margot Robbie and John David Washington play three friends who find themselves at the center of a mysterious murder.
Anya Taylor-Joy is in the supporting cast, along with Chris Rock, Zoe Saldaña, Mike Myers, Michael Shannon, Timothy Olyphant, Andrea Riseborough, Taylor Swift, Matthias Schoenaerts, Alessandro Nivola, Rami Malek and Robert De Niro.
Directed by Edgar Wright, “Last Night in Soho” is a suspense and horror film. Thomasin McKenzie plays Ellie, a kind and naive young woman who moves from a rural area to London to study fashion design.
However, she begins to have dreams that take her to the 1960s, where she accompanies Sandie, a character played by Anya Taylor-Joy. At first glance Sandie appears to be a charming and confident young woman, but terrible secrets come to light.
The cast also includes Matt Smith, Rita Tushingham, Michael Ajao, Terence Stamp and Diana Rigg.
Well received by audiences and critics, “Split” is a suspense film written and directed by M. Night Shyamalan. The film stars James McAvoy, Anya Taylor-Joy, and Betty Buckley, and each’s performances were praised.
James McAvoy plays a man who kidnaps three girls and imprisons them in an underground dungeon. However, he suffers from dissociative identity disorder and hosts 23 different personalities in his mind.
Anya Taylor-Joy plays Casey Cooke, a teenager with a history of self-harm and survivor of sexual assault.
Sequel to the films “Split” and “Unbreakable” (2000), “Glass” is a suspense and superhero film. Written and directed again by M. Night Shyamalan, Anya Taylor-Joy and James McAvoy return to their roles in “Split” alongside Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson and Sarah Paulson.
In the film, David Dunn (Willis), the hero with powers from “Unbreakable”, pursues Kevin Wendell Crumb (McAvoy). Elia Prezzo/Mr. Glass is manipulating these meetings.
A prequel to “Mad Max: Fury Road” (2015), this film focuses on the origin story of the character Furiosa. Anya Taylor-Joy plays the young version of the character in this film (originally played by Charlize Theron in “Fury Road”).
Under the direction of George Miller, the film takes place in a post-apocalyptic world. The story follows Furiosa, who is kidnapped by the gang of a warlord (Chris Hemsworth). She fights to survive and return home.
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