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
Bertha Ley / Mrs Craddock
for Bertha Ley / Mrs Craddock in Mrs Craddock
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Mrs Craddock follows the life of Bertha Ley, a woman of independent spirit and passionate nature living in rural England during the late Victorian era. After marrying the respectable but emotionally distant Edward Craddock, Bertha finds herself trapped in a conventional marriage that stifles her vibrant personality and sensual desires. As she navigates the constraints of her social position and her husband's indifference, Bertha seeks fulfillment through an illicit affair, risking scandal and ruin. The novel explores her internal struggle between societal expectations and personal yearning, examining the limited choices available to women of her time. Through Bertha's journey, the story becomes a poignant meditation on female autonomy, the cost of passion, and the tragedy of a woman whose spirit cannot be contained by the rigid structures of her world. Her choices lead to devastating consequences, forcing her to confront the price of her rebellion and the impossibility of true freedom within her circumstances.
