Anya Taylor-Joy

Anya Taylor-Joy was born on April 16 1997 in Miami Florida. Dennis Alan Taylor is a retired banker and Jennifer Marina Joy is a psychology. The father of her is Argentine of Scottish as well as English heritage. Her mother is of Spanish as well as English roots. Taylor-Joy is one of the five children. Four are from Taylor's father's prior marriage. They lived at Buenos Aires up until Taylor-Joy reached the age of six, later moving to Victoria district of London. Taylor-Joy claims that the move to London was traumatic and she did not take the time to learn English to avoid moving back to Argentina. Hill House, a school within the same district as Northlands was required to enroll her. Later, she enrolled in Queen's Gate School where she studied ballet and acted in school productions. She quit the high school aged 16 in order to concentrate on her acting career. Taylor-Joy was destined to be an actor from a young age. The realization of her dreams came when Sarah Doukas, the founder of Storm Management offered her a modeling gig.