Inside The Gorge star Anya Taylor-Joy's life including her 'real' name and life-changing dog walk
dailyrecord.co.ukAnya Taylor-Joy, who shot to fame with the 2020 hit series The Queen's Gambit, actually made her feature film debut in 2015 with the horror movie The Witch.
Born to an English and Scottish father and an Anglo-Argentine mother, her full name is Anya-Josephine Marie Taylor-Joy – a fact that even her now-husband, Malcolm McRae, was unaware of for some time.As a child, Anya moved between Buenos Aires and London before eventually settling in Hollywood, where she has since become a major star.
The youngest of six siblings born to Jennifer Marina Joy-Marancho and Dennis Taylor, Anya decided at 16 to leave school and pursue acting.In a 2020 interview with NME, she revealed that her parents, already having raised five children, were "tired" by the time she came along and supported her decision to follow her dreams.
Anya's father had six children in total - two with her mother Jennifer, and four with his first wife.Born in Miami while her parents were on holiday there, Anya lived in Argentina until she was six years old, when the family relocated to London due to political unrest in Argentina.
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