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.
In this dark, existential tale a disillusioned knight, Antonius Block, returns to a plague-stricken Sweden after the Crusades, where he encounters the personification of Death, who challenges him to a game of chess for his life. This encounter sparks a profound exploration of faith, mortality, and the search for meaning in a world seemingly devoid of divine guidance. As the game unfolds, Antonius and his squire, Jöns, journey through the land, encountering various characters and situations, including a troupe of traveling actors and a girl accused of witchcraft. Through these interactions, Antonius grapples with his loss of faith and questions the nature of God and the meaning of existence, while Jöns remains a voice of pragmatic skepticism. The film culminates in a poignant and ambiguous ending, leaving the audience to ponder the nature of life, death, and the human condition.
