RELATED STORIES Your move, Emmy. At Sunday’s 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards, Anya Taylor-Joy captured the Best Lead Actress in a Limited Series trophy for her work in Netflix’s chess drama The Queen’s Gambit. The 24-year-old actress’ formidable competition in the category included Cate Blanchett (Mrs. America)Daisy Edgar-Jones (Normal People), Shira Haas (Unorthodox) and Nicole Kidman […]
Tag: TaylorJoy
Performer of the Week: Anya Taylor-Joy
RELATED STORIES THE PERFORMER | Anya Taylor-Joy THE SHOW | Netflix’s The Queen’s Gambit THE EPISODE | “Episode 4: Middle Game” (Oct. 23, 2020) THE PERFORMANCE | In her early episodes, Taylor-Joy finely portrayed Beth Harmon’s imperturbable, almost-robotic quality as the chess prodigy darted from tournament to tournament, mowing down opponent after opponent. (Beyond her […]
Now There’s a New ‘Emma’ Adaptation on the Way with ‘Split’ Star Anya Taylor-Joy
If you’re not a classic literature fan, then you may not be familiar with Emma, a novel written by Jane Austen. The book was adapted into a film of the same name starring Gwyneth Paltrow in 1996, however, the year before it was adapted in a much different fashion in the form of the generation-defining […]
‘Thoroughbreds’ Trailer: Anya Taylor-Joy and Olivia Cooke Are Good Girls Gone Bad
Two indie It girls are teaming up in the frenzied trailer for Thoroughbreds, a black comedy about wealthy childhood friends with killer instincts. Starring The Witch and Split‘s Anya Taylor-Joy and Me and Earl and The Dying Girl‘s Olivia Cooke, Thoroughbreds also features a posthumous turn by Anton Yelchin as the local hustler who unwittingly gets dragged into the conniving girls’ schemes. […]
‘Nosferatu’ Remake Will Reunite Anya Taylor-Joy with ‘The Witch’ Director
Both Anya Taylor-Joy and director Robert Eggers broke out into the horror scene with The Witch, a haunting and unsettling pseudo-morality tale that helped cement 2016 as a banner year for horror. Now that Joy has solidified her standing as one of the most promising horror actresses today after turns in Split and Morgan, she and Eggers are reportedly […]