AP Breakthrough Entertainer Anya Taylor-Joy living in Narnia
by Amanda Lee Myers, The Associated Press
Posted Dec 15, 2020 2:48 pm EDT
Last Updated Dec 15, 2020 at 2:58 pm EDT
Anya Taylor-Joy poses for a portrait in Belfast s Titanic area in Northern Ireland on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. Taylor-Joy has been named one of The Associated Press Breakthrough Entertainers of 2020. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
LOS ANGELES In a span of seven months this year alone, Anya Taylor-Joy played a meddling British brat in “Emma,” a Russian mutant with teleportation powers in the latest “X-Men” film, and an American orphan who turns out to be a chess phenom who can checkmate grown men by the time she’s 8 in “The Queen’s Gambit.”
Amanda Lee Myers
Anya Taylor-Joy poses for a portrait in Belfast s Titanic area in Northern Ireland on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2020. Taylor-Joy has been named one of The Associated Press Breakthrough Entertainers of 2020. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison) December 15, 2020 - 1:25 PM
LOS ANGELES - In a span of seven months this year alone, Anya Taylor-Joy played a meddling British brat in âEmma,â a Russian mutant with teleportation powers in the latest âX-Menâ film, and an American orphan who turns out to be a chess phenom who can checkmate grown men by the time sheâs 8 in âThe Queenâs Gambit.â
Sheâs just getting started.