If you're a fan of The Queen's Gambit,
this is a face you'll need no introduction to.
Anya Taylor-Joy dazzled us in 2020 as the glamorous and troubled Beth Harmon
with a magnetic performance
which drew in millions of viewers and a Golden Globe Award.
It's hard to believe this is just the beginning of her career.
At 24, she's got plenty more projects to come.
Let's take a look at her career so far on her Road to Netflix.
Now, technically, her first ever role was in
2014's horror comedy Vampire Academy,
in which she played and this is according to the film's credits, "Feeder Girl".
Are you guys gonna get your blood on or what?
But the scene was deleted from the final film.
Everyone, just calm down.
2014 wasn't all deleted vampire scenes.
Taylor-Joy starred in an episode of Endeavour,
a British drama which acted as a prequel
to long-running detective drama Inspector Morse.
Do you like The Stones?
The following year, she appeared in Atlantis.
This was a BBC series which focused on Greek mythology
and the lost city of Atlantis, as the title would suggest.
Taylor-Joy appeared as Cassandra,
a young woman preparing to become an oracle.
The rightful heir to Atlantis is not recognised.
But it was a 2015 horror film which marked her as a rising star.
Boo!
There you are.
Boo!
She played a young girl accused of being a witch.
It's widely seen as her breakout leading role.
Perchance I'll boil and bake thee
since we're a lack of food.
The which was so well received,
it's no surprise 2016 was a busy, busy year for Taylor-Joy.
In Morgan, she was joined by an ensemble cast
including Kate Mara, Toby Jones and Rose Leslie
for an eerie sci-fi thriller.
Taylor-Joy was the titular Morgan,
a potentially dangerous humanoid AI experiment.
Hello, Morgan. How are you feeling?
I'm feeling… not quite myself.
That same year, she starred in a very different film.
Barry, which is streaming on Netflix, is a drama film
based on the life of Barack Obama during his years at Columbia.
Taylor-Joy plays his first girlfriend Charlotte,
a fictional character who was written as a composite
of three of Obama's real-life girlfriends from his college years.
So, what is your scene?
Well, I'm still trying to figure that out.
Having proven her chops in the psychological thriller department,
her star turn in M. Night Shyamalan's Split comes as no surprise.
There's a man here. He abducted us and he's going to kill me.
In it, she plays a teenager with a traumatic past
who is kidnapped by a man with multiple personalities.
She reprised the role in 2019's Glass.
They're never gonna let you out of here. The Horde has to give up the light.
Onto 2017 and another busy year for Taylor-Joy,
with a leading role in a Spanish psychological horror, Marrowbone.
It was a terrifying tale about four siblings
stalked by a sinister presence
in their mother's ancestral estate in Maine.
The mystery of a dollhouse is at the centre of The Miniaturist
as is Taylor-Joy's performance as Petronella Brandt.
The beautifully shot adaptation of the internationally bestselling novel
aired on the BBC in 2017.
Things can change.
Dark comedy was next for Taylor-Joy in 2018's Thoroughbreds,
which follows a pair of high schoolers plotting murder.
Ever think about killing him?
How would you?
From dark humour to a kid's film, 2019's Playmobil
saw Taylor-Joy jump head first into a movie about the toy franchise.
She and her on-screen brother
get sucked into the toys' world in the family-friendly adventure.
Not so family-friendly is Peaky Blinders,
the BBC period drama about gangs in Birmingham.
Taylor-Joy appeared in Season 5, playing Gina,
the American wife of one of the high-profile members of the gang.
They have taxis, even in this fucking city.
But Gina's no trophy wife.
She's a schemer in her own right.
Also that year she starred along Rosamund Pike in Radioactive,
a drama about Marie Curie's life and work.
Taylor-Joy played Irène Curie, Marie's daughter,
who worked alongside her in World War One.
-Radon is a gas, Madame Curie. -I am perfectly aware of that.
And that's why we will use bulbs, radon bulbs.
She returned to Netflix in The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance,
a prequel to Jim Henson's beloved 1982 film.
In the series, she plays Princess Brea,
an intelligent and curious member of Gelfling royalty
who becomes embroiled in a rebellion against the evil Skeksis.
I hope it was supposed to do that.
There was also another leading role in a period film, this time a comedy.
She took on the scheming, young mastermind Emma
in an adaptation of Jane Austen's classic.
Nobody in the world plays like you.
Oh, and you probably know there's another Netflix star in this film.
That's right, The Crown's very own Josh O'Connor.
Emma earned her the first of two Golden Globe nominations.
Her second nomination was for a project you probably won't need introducing to.
Tell the readers of Life how it feels. I mean, to be a girl…
among all those men.
I don't mind it.
Chess isn't always competitive.
Chess can also be… beautiful.
The Queen's Gambit was a sensation when it dropped on Netflix,
with Taylor-Joy's performances as Beth Harmon at its centre.
She won the Golden Globe for Best Actress, Miniseries or Television Film,
because of her sensitive portrayal of a chess prodigy
struggling with success and addiction.
And who knew chess could be so glamorous?
You can check out The Queen's Gambit and Anya Taylor-Joy's other work
right now on Netflix.
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