Age: 30
female
Anya-Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy (/ˈænjə/; born 16 April 1996) is an American actress and voice actress. Born in Miami and raised in Buenos Aires and London, she left school at 16 to pursue an acting career. After several minor television roles, her breakthrough came with a leading role in the horror film The Witch (2015). Her career progressed with roles in the horror film Split (2016) and its sequel Glass (2019), the black comedy film Thoroughbreds (2017), and playing Emma Woodhouse in the period drama Emma (2020). Taylor-Joy featured in the television crime drama series Peaky Blinders (2019–2022) and earned international recognition for playing Beth Harmon in the period drama miniseries The Queen's Gambit (2020), winning a Golden Globe Award and a SAG Award, in addition to a nomination for a Primetime Emmy Award. She then starred in the horror film Last Night in Soho (2021), the action films The Northman (2022) and The Gorge (2025), and the black comedy The Menu (2022). She also voiced Princess Peach in the animated film The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023). She starred as Imperator Furiosa in the apocalyptic film Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (2024). Description above from the Wikipedia article Anya Taylor-Joy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Anya Taylor-Joy
Lucie Manette
for Lucie Manette in A Tale of Two Cities
Suggested by nickienicks
In revolutionary France, a dissolute English lawyer and a passionate French aristocrat become entangled in a dangerous love triangle during the Reign of Terror. Charles Darnay, a nobleman who has renounced his title to escape his family's cruelty, falls in love with Lucie Manette, a compassionate young woman devoted to her father—a man broken by years of political imprisonment. Sydney Carton, a cynical, self-destructive barrister, harbors an unrequited love for Lucie while watching helplessly as she chooses Darnay. When revolution erupts and Darnay is arrested and sentenced to death, Carton makes a final, redemptive sacrifice that transforms his wasted life into something meaningful. Set against the chaos of the French Revolution, this epic tale explores resurrection, sacrifice, and the possibility of redemption through love and selflessness.
