Anya Taylor-Joy

Anya Taylor Joy, a half-Spanish and half-English woman was born on the 16th of April 1996 in Miami Florida. Dennis Alan Taylor is a retired banker. Jennifer Marina Joy is a psychologist. Her father was an Argentine with Scottish and English heritage. Her mother's ancestry is Spanish and English. Taylor-Joy is one of the five children. Four of them were born to Taylor's father's previous marriage. They lived at Buenos Aires up until Taylor-Joy aged 6 and later moving to Victoria district in London. Taylor Joy states that the move to England was a very difficult experience. She refused to learn English and believed she would be able to return to Argentina. Hill House became her school that she chose after being required to switch schools. Then she attended Queen's Gate School where she studied ballet and acted in school plays. At the age of 16 she left college and began pursuing a career as an actress full-time. Taylor-Joy was destined to be an actor from a young age. She realized her dream when Sarah Doukas, the founder of Storm Management offered her a modelling job.