
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.

1967. Jack Hart, a young, wandering musician, travels the American backroads with nothing but his guitar and his best friend, Theo Ramires, a bassist with a sharp wit but a big heart. They play tiny bars, diners, and roadside venues — barely scraping by, but living freely. Jack dreams of something bigger; where Theo is very content. At a smoky bar, a frequent for Jack and Theo, run by the warm‑hearted Jim Hardy, Jack meets Allison “Allie” Pond, a drifting soul recovering from heartbreak and searching for purpose. She’s empathetic, funny, and a little lost — someone who tends to fall into other people’s dreams instead of chasing her own. She joins the boys on the road, and the three form a makeshift family. Their chemistry is electric. Their music grows richer. Jack and Allie fall deeply in love. But everything changes when Dan Cole, a once‑failed musician turned talent scout, hears Jack perform. Dan sees potential — and dollar signs. He introduces Jack to Evelyn Stone, a razor‑sharp record executive who prioritizes profit over people. She promises Jack the world, and he takes it. Suddenly Jack is swept into a whirlwind of fame: studio sessions, interviews, image makeovers, endless touring. Theo is pushed aside. Allie is left behind. Jack becomes the star he always dreamed of being — but at the cost of the people who made him whole. Allie returns home to her older sister Amelia, who loves her fiercely but never understood her wandering. Amelia’s partner, Victor Harwell, is kind and grounded — a picture of the stable life Allie could choose. With them, Allie confronts the question she’s avoided for years: Does she want a life on the road, or a life with roots? Meanwhile, Jack spirals. The industry reshapes him into something unrecognizable. Critics who once mocked him — like the fickle Colin Cornely — now praise him. But the applause feels hollow. He’s lost Theo. He’s lost Allie. He’s lost himself. When Jack finally breaks under the pressure, he returns to Jim Hardy’s bar — the place where it all began. Jim, with his quiet wisdom, tells Jack the truth he’s been running from: Dreams mean nothing if you lose the people who believed in you before you believed in yourself. Jack sets out to find Allie. Their reunion isn’t easy. Allie has grown. She’s learned to stand up for what she wants — and what she won’t sacrifice. Jack apologizes, not with promises, but with honesty. He doesn’t ask her to follow him again. He asks if they can build something together. Years later, in the film’s final scene, we see Jack and Allie in a sunlit yard, playing with their young daughter, Piper Hart. Theo visits, bass in hand, ready to jam. The music begins again — not for fame, but for joy.






