The Best Anya Taylor-Joy Movies & TV Shows You Need To Watch

Anya Taylor-Joy had her first big breakout role in 2015’s The Witch. The movie centers around a family in the 1600s who have been banished from a Puritan village. Now forced to live in a remote homestead, the family battles with famine and starvation, pushing them to madness. Making everything even more dire… there might be a witch secretly watching the family, relishing in their downfall. The movie was a hit and cemented the young studio A24 as a real power player in Hollywood.

No list of Taylor-Joy’s best roles would be complete without The Queen’s Gambit, which served as her most notable role to date, launching her onto Hollywood’s A-List. In the acclaimed miniseries, she plays a young orphan who becomes a chess prodigy. But she also battles with depression and drug addiction. As her chess fame grows, so do her problems. The series won a boatload of awards, including Best Limited Series at the Emmys. 

A role that many fans often forget about is Taylor-Joy’s turn as Casey Cooke in M. Night Shyamalan’s hit film Split, and its sequel Glass. In Split, Taylor-Joy is kidnapped by a man suffering from multiple-personality disorder. Some of his personalities seek to harm, while others want to help. She returns for the sequel Glass, which also brought back Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson from Unbreakable, bringing all three superhumans together and concluding the Unbreakable trilogy. 

In 2023, Taylor-Joy also had a prominent voice role in The Super Mario Bros. Movie, where she portrayed the iconic Princess Peach. The movie brought tons of famous Nintendo characters to life, like Mario, Luigi, Donkey Kong, Bowser, and more. It was also a massive blockbuster hit, grossing $1.3 billion at the box office. Nintendo has also announced that the cast will return for a sequel in 2026, so Mario fans have a lot to look forward to.

Joy also had a starring role in the Apple TV hit The Gorge. In the film, she stars alongside Miles Teller as two snipers who are tasked with keeping guard of a gorge in the middle of a dense forest. But this is no normal gorge, it’s filled with secrets, conspiracies…and monsters. The Gorge blends horror, action, and even romance, making it a really great time. Plus, it’s amped up even more with a fantastic rock soundtrack. 

Check out our guide below to discover Anya Taylor-Joy’s best movies and TV shows so far and where to stream them online.