Anya Taylor-Joy Net Worth

Anya Taylor-Joy's Quotes

• You do not mess with my characters.
• It sounds like such a cliché, but I'm so incredibly lucky to be able to do what I love.
• It's strange, but for better or for worse-and I'm hoping it's for better-I tend to forget my accomplishments as soon as they happen.
• [on why her parents decided to move from Argentina] My Dad's Scottish-Argentine and my Mum's African-Spanish - and the political situation in Argentina was getting so dire that they wanted their children to grow up in an environment without fear. We all really resented them for it and now we look back, we're like thank you so much because they gave us such an opportunity in life.
• I was born in Miami but we moved straight away to Argentina where most of my family still lives, and I was there until I was six, and then we moved to England, and I learnt English when I was eight. I was stubborn and I wanted to go home and I didn't understand London at all. I'd come from a place where everything was green and everything was expensive and there were animals everywhere and all of a sudden, I came here [in England] and I was like 'what the f*ck is going on?'

Interesting Facts about Anya Taylor-Joy

1. Spoke only Spanish until she was 8 years old, when she learned English after moving to London. She still is fluent in Spanish.
2. She became a model after being scouted in London by Sarah Doukas, founder of Storm Model Managment. However, she almost missed that chance, because she initially mistook Doukas for a stalker. While walking in the streets, she noticed a car trailing her, after which she tried to run away. She then heard someone calling from the car "If you stop you won't regret it... please, there's someone in this car who would really like to meet you." Anya consented and was signed to Storm the following day. Through her modeling job, she would later meet an acting agency where she signed up, and it all went from there.
3. She can play ukulele and electric guitar.
4. Counts British actor Eddie Redmayne as a major cinematic crush.
5. Though primarily seen with dark hair, she is a natural blonde.
6. Although she played a chess prodigy in The Queen's Gambit (2020), ironically, she had not much knowledge of that game.
7. Anya's mother was born in Africa, to parents from Zaragoza, Spain and London, England. Anya's father was born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in a family of Scottish and Argentine descent.
8. The first film she watched in cinema after moving to England was Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002). Although she didn't speak English at the time, she said that it didn't matter. During the Basilisk scenes, her mother held her hand in front of Anya's eyes. But she was able to peek through her mother's fingers, which gave her the opportunity to witness what was going on. She described it as the moment that made her fall in love with cinema.
9. She did buy an electric guitar while shooting Split (2016).