Did you know her powerful performance as chess prodigy Beth Harmon in The Queen’s Gambit encouraged viewers to buy chessboards, and stats about the game-related queries shot up? The remarkable character not only earned her acclaim but also paved the way for the actress to climb the Hollywood ladder and land major projects. Anya Taylor-Joy’s net worth and salary in 2024 is a testament to the success she has amassed and the promising career that lies ahead of her.
In 2019, the British actress was also a part of the Forbes list of 30 Under 30, Europe edition. She was listed among Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in 2021. Besides these pinch-me moments, Taylor-Joy’s performance has brought her substantial fame, along with several prestigious awards.
Now, as she gears up for her role in Furiosa: Mad Max Saga, starring Chris Hemsworth, which is slated to release on 23 May 2024, let us take a look at her career graph which has contributed immensely to her fortune.
Here’s more about Anya Taylor-Joy’s net worth, career and other details
Early days and rise to fame
As her debut acting role, Taylor-Joy appeared in the 2014 horror comedy film Vampire Academy but was ultimately removed in final edits. The same year, she played Philippa Collins-Davidson in the TV series Endeavour, which garnered an IMDb rating of 8.6.
A major turning point in her career came in 2015 when Taylor-Joy landed the lead role of Thomasin in the Robert Eggers directorial The Witch. It was screened at the Sundance Film Festival.
The film was a major hit and grossed over USD 40.25 million at the box office worldwide. While Taylor-Joy won Best Breakthrough Actor at the 2016 Gotham Awards, Eggers bagged the Directing Award at the Sundance Festival. The Witch also won Best Horror Film and Taylor-Joy received Best Newcomer Award at the Empire Awards.
Such high accolades and success in her formative years contributed to Anya Taylor-Joy’s net worth and set her up for bigger things. Anya Taylor-Joy appeared in various projects like Barry (2016), Luke Scott’s sci-fi horror film Morgan (2016), and M. Night Shyamalan’s horror hit Split (2016), where she played Casey Cooke, a teenage girl kidnapped by a man with multiple personality disorder.
Split became a box office biggie, amassing nearly USD 278.5 million worldwide. Three years later, Taylor-Joy reprised her role in another Shyamalan horror flick Glass, which collected around USD 247 million. Needless to say, these prolific projects brought her a big slice of the pie and considerably increased her net worth.
In 2020, Anya Taylor-Joy starred as the titular character in her breakthrough film Emma. Marking director Autumn de Wilde’s debut, the film, an adaptation of Jane Austen’s 1815 novel of the same name, grossed over USD 26.4 million at the worldwide box office. It was nominated for two Oscars and a BAFTA Award in 2021. The same year, Taylor-Joy bagged a Golden Globe Award nomination as well.
The Queen’s Gambit: Anya Taylor-Joy says ‘checkmate’
Anya Taylor-Joy became the face of success at the chess board when she stepped into the shoes of orphaned chess genius Beth Harmon in the 2020 Netflix miniseries The Queen’s Gambit. Based on the book by Walter Tevis, the series follows a nine-year-old Beth who develops a sharp sense of the board game and grows up to gain global recognition. The steep downside of such childhood fame also affects her young mind.
Netflix states that in 2020, a whopping 62 million households watched it within the first 28 days, and it made it to the top 10 in 92 countries and ranked No. 1 in 63 countries, including the UK, Argentina, Israel and South Africa. The success streak continued in 2023 as well, with 45.9 million views that year. As of 5 May 2024, The Queen’s Gambit ranks No. 5 among the top 10 most-viewed English Netflix series of all time with 112,800,000 viewing hours.
Interestingly, 2020 also saw a massive surge of interest in chess. Google search queries about chess had doubled, while ‘how to play chess’ saw a nine-year peak. Search for chess sets on eBay shot up by 250 per cent, while new players on chess.com increased five times.
Coming to Anya Taylor-Joy and her role on the show, it goes without saying that this series catapulted her to new heights in her career. Her performance earned the British actress and the TV series several awards. From two Critics Choice Awards, 11 Primetime Emmy Awards and two Golden Globes to one Grammy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award, both Taylor-Joy and The Queen’s Gambit swept across the 2020-2021 awards season.
According to Daily Mail, Anya Taylor-Joy took home around USD 500,000, boosting her net worth like no other.
Anya Taylor-Joy’s other films and shows
After The Queen’s Gambit, there was no looking back for Anya Taylor-Joy.
In 2020, she starred as Ilyana Rasputin in the superhero flick The New Mutants, which, however, did not perform well at the box office and collected around USD 18.6 million on the opening weekend. The following year, she starred in the psychological horror film Last Night In Soho featuring Thomasin McKenzie. The film collected over USD 22.9 million worldwide, states Box Office Mojo.
In 2022, Taylor-Joy reunited with The Witch director Robert Eggers for the action drama The Northman, starring Alexander Skarsgård and Nicole Kidman. According to Box Office Mojo, the film grossed over USD 69.6 million worldwide. It is not clear how much Anya Taylor-Joy made from these projects, but considering her successful track record, it wouldn’t be surprising if she claimed a sizeable slice of the pie. That year, she also starred in The Menu and Amsterdam, which have garnered IMDb ratings of 7.2 and 6.1, respectively.
In 2023, the actress rendered her voice to the character of Princess Peach in The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
Anya Taylor-Joy starred in Peaky Blinders! She portrayed Gina Gray in seasons 5 and 6. Though her role spanned only two seasons, her performance stood out. As for earnings, Cillian Murphy, who plays Thomas Shelby, took about USD 100,000 per episode. It rose to about USD 2 million per episode for the last three seasons. This implies, even for a short stint, Taylor-Joy must have pocketed a handsome figure.
In 2024, she surprised fans with her role in Dune Part 2, featuring Zendaya and Timothée Chalamet in lead roles. Though she has been uncredited for it, Variety calls her role a “major character from the franchise”. As far as earnings are concerned, it is not known what Anya Taylor-Joy’s salary was, but given that Chalamet and Zendaya reportedly took USD 3 and 2, respectively, she might have also received an equivalent amount.
And what about Anya Taylor-Joy’s salary from Furiosa?
Well, the film by George Miller might not have been released yet, but Variety has revealed the scoop about her salary from Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga — a cool USD 1.8 million, implying Anya Taylor-Joy’s net worth is set to soar higher in 2024. She essays the titular character from the Mad Max: Fury Road (2015).
This might come as a surprise, but she actually has about 30 lines of dialogue in the entire movie! Speaking to The New York Times in May 2024, Taylor-Joy revealed that she would go months on the set without speaking a word while filming.
“There’s one scream in that movie, and I am not joking when I tell you that I fought for that scream for three months.”
“I’ve never been more alone than making that movie,” she said. However, she vested complete faith in the director and said, “I wanted to make sure that I was never insolent in any way, that it was always a conversation.”
“At the end of the day, this is his vision. I can present everything that I have, but his word goes,” Taylor-Joy added.
Brand deals that boosted Anya Taylor-Joy’s net worth
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Riding high in her career on celluloid, Anya Taylor-Joy has landed some pretty lucrative brand endorsements which pool in handsome bills to her net worth. In 2021, she was named Dior’s global brand ambassador representing women’s fashion designed by Maria Grazia Chiuri and makeup products led by image director of makeup, Peter Philips.
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The same year, Tiffany and Co. also roped her in as their brand ambassador. Her Instagram shows the star often flaunting the premium brand and its stunning jewellery on various occasions.
Premium watchmaker Jaeger-LeCoultre has also announced her as a brand ambassador in 2022. The year before this, she became the face of Viktor & Rolf’s scent campaign and her posts show the Brit endorsing the petite bottles.
It may not be clear how much salary she draws from these, but it can be deduced that such lucrative brand deals boost Anya Taylor-Joy’s net worth immensely. She has also graced several noted covers like Vogue, InStyle and Empire.
So what is Anya Taylor-Joy’s net worth in 2024?
In 2022, The Richest quoted her fortune to be around USD 3 million. While reports may vary, Celebrity Net Worth states that Anya Taylor-Joy’s net worth is around USD 7 million, as of 15 May 2024.
Anya Taylor-Joy’s family
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Born on 16 April 1996 to Jennifer Marina Joy and Dennis Alan Taylor in Miami, Florida, Anya Taylor-Joy has a unique English, Spanish and Scottish descent. She is the youngest of six children, four of whom are from her father’s prior marriage.
As part of growing up, Taylor-Joy spent much of her childhood in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where she attended Northlands School. The family eventually moved to London, England, where she went to Hill House International Junior School and Queen’s Gate School. The Brit is also a trained classical ballet dancer.
Despite a soaring television and film career, Taylor-Joy prefers keeping her personal life away from the limelight. However, it is no secret that she is married to musician Malcolm McRae. On 1 April 2024, the couple celebrated their second anniversary.
They were first linked together in March 2021, and she later revealed that they secretly tied the knot at an intimate court wedding in New Orleans.
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Apparently, they share the same birthday. Wishing her husband on Instagram, Taylor-Joy once wrote, “Happy birthday to us,” with the dates 16.04.94 and 10.04.96. Pretty rare, isn’t it? Though the two keep their personal life private, both have been immensely supportive of each other and the actress has shared several images with him on her feed.
Homes, cars and other expensive assets
While not a lot may be known about her expensive purchases, Daily Mail states that Taylor-Joy bought a home in Hollywood Hills for 2.3 million in 2021. Formerly a hunting cabin, it encompasses an area of 2,310 sq ft (around 215 sq m) and dates back to 1921.
The property features three bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms, wooden flooring, a front patio, large floor-to-ceiling glass windows, a fireplace, a swanky kitchen and a charming dining space. Earthy tones and lots of greenery outside make it a cosy space.
Coming to her cars, the actress might be doing a lot of adept stunts in her upcoming film, but in real life, she doesn’t have a driving license! Yes, that’s right. In May 2024, she told Entertainment Weekly, “I still don’t have my license. I haven’t been anywhere long enough to get a license.” But Hemsworth quipped that “unofficially, she does.”
“Your driving test should just be you handing them a DVD of Furiosa: ‘You tell me if I can f****** drive,'” he said.
But that doesn’t mean she doesn’t have an impressive garage. Reports suggest Taylor-Joy owns a Tesla Model S, worth USD 127,900; a Cadillac Escalade worth USD 110,000 and an Audi A8L worth USD 98,700. She also has a Volvo XC90 that costs USD 77, 880 and a Lexus RX worth around USD 48,650.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
-How much is Anya Taylor-Joy’s net worth in 2024?
According to Celebrity Net Worth, Anya Taylor-Joy has a net worth of around USD 7 million.
-How much is Anya Taylor-Joy’s salary?
Anya Taylor-Joy has a reported net worth of USD 7 million. This is the result of her television and film career. In 2020, she took home a salary of about USD 500,000 from The Queen’s Gambit and is drawing around USD 1.8 million from her upcoming project Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.
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