Anya Taylor-Joy
Taylor-Joy in 2015, photo by Prphotos
Birth Name: Anya-Josephine Taylor-Joy
Place of Birth: Miami, Florida, U.S.
Date of Birth: April 16, 1996
Ethnicity: English, Scottish, one quarter Catalan Spanish, distant French and Irish
Anya Taylor-Joy is an Argentinian and British actress and model. She has starred in the films The VVitch, Morgan, Barry (2016), Split, Thoroughbreds, Marrowbone, Glass, Playmobil: The Movie, Radioactive (2019), Emma. (2020), Here Are the Young Men, The New Mutants, Last Night in Soho, The Northman, The Menu, Amsterdam, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, in voice performance; and Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga; and on the series Atlantis, The Miniaturist, Peaky Blinders, The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, in voice role; and The Queen’s Gambit.
She was born in Miami, Florida, then grew up in Argentina, and moved to London, England, at age six. Her name Anya is Russian. Her parents, Jennifer Joy and Dennis Taylor, are conservationists. She is fluent in Spanish. Anya is married to American musician and actor Malcolm McRae, who is the frontman of rock band More*.
Anya’s father, a banker, was raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, by his English-born father and Buenos Aires-born mother, both of whom were of Scottish and English descent. Dennis has an MBE and the OBE.
Anya’s mother, a psychologist, was born and raised in Zambia, Africa, the daughter of an English diplomat father and a Catalan Spanish mother. She was raised partly in London, with her own parents, Anya’s grandparents, eventually moving to Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. A picture of Anya with her mother can be seen here. Through her maternal grandfather, Anya is a descendant of Henry Cromwell (1628-1674), who was Lord Deputy of Ireland, and of his father, statesman Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658). Her grandfather had distant French and Irish ancestry.
Anya’s paternal grandfather was Alfred Royal Taylor (the son of Henry William Taylor and Janette/Jeannette Liddle McDonald). Alfred was born in Romford, Essex, England, and lived in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Henry was the son of John Taylor and Caroline Howell. Janette was born in Kirriemuir, Angus, Scotland, the daughter of William Robertson and Jessie McDonald.
Anya’s paternal grandmother was Violet Mary Forrest (the daughter of Alexander Gibson Forrest and Mabel Carter). Violet was born in Buenos Aires. Alexander was born in Pettinain, Lanark, Scotland, the son of George Forrest and Mary MacMinn/McMinn. Mabel was born in Reading, England, the daughter of George Thomas Carter and Annie Wheeler.
Anya’s maternal grandfather was David Joy (the son of Harold Oliver Joy and Doris Kate Buxton). David was born in Oldham, Lancashire, England, and was a British Crown Civil Service officer/diplomat. Harold was the son of Leopold Oliver de Blaquiere Joy, who was born in Akron, Ohio, U.S., to English parents, from Kent, and had a small amount of Irish and French ancestry; and of Leah Crossley. Doris was the daughter of George Earl/Earle Buxton and Frances/Fanny Elizabeth Harmer.
Anya’s maternal grandmother is Montserrat Morancho Saumench (the daughter of Ángel Morancho Garreta and Marina Josefa/Josefa Marina Saumench Castells). Montserrat was born in Barcelona, Spain.
Anya has said:
…the political situation in Argentina was getting so dire that [my parents] wanted their children to grow up in an environment without fear. We all really resented them for [leaving Argentina] and now we look back, we’re like thank you so much because they gave us such an opportunity in life.
Sources: http://www.interviewmagazine.com
http://www.goldenglobes.com
https://www.youtube.com
https://www.culturalweekly.com
Genealogy of Anya Taylor-Joy – https://www.geni.com
Article about Anya’s mother’s family – https://thecanadian.news
Anya’s paternal grandfather, Alfred Royal Taylor, on the 1911 England and Wales Census – https://www.familysearch.org
Birth record of Anya’s paternal great-grandfather, Alexander Gibson Forrest – https://www.familysearch.org
Marriage record of Anya’s paternal great-great-grandparents, George Thomas Carter and Annie Wheeler – https://www.familysearch.org
Her Wikipedia page says her mother is half Spanish half South African and her father “Scottish Argentine” :
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anya_Taylor-Joy
“Her mother worked in photography and interior design and is South African of British and Spanish descent; her father, a former international banker, is Scottish Argentine.” Her mom is British and Spanish but was born in South Africa.
Hmmm… Spanish-English… African-Spanish… What does she mean? She doesn’t strike me as someone with recent African ancestry.
Her mother looks completely white
https://www.instagram.com/p/BWVnkqsDkuA/
Nope with that eyes and nose!
@americansrallmixed << ——
She is White. There are White people living in South Africa and the mom is of British and Spanish background.
They don’t mean Black when they say African. The mom is from South Africa but has European background. Many Europeans moved to South Africa.
@fey123feyy ——- won’t understand this.
Stop using insults and slurs. You JUST got here; find your place.
She has stated to have grandparents from Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain.
http://www.goldenglobes.com/articles/un-c%C3%B3ctel-llamado-anya-taylor-joy
Her parents are Jennifer Marina Joy and Dennis Taylor. So if she has Hispanic ancestry it’s probably from a grandmother or two.
If these records from the company Carlton Lodge are of her parents, then they are both British by nationality.
https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/03128159/officers
http://www.companydirectorcheck.com/jennifer-marina-joy-de-taylor
This Jennifer goes under the surname “Taylor De Joy”, as in Spanish naming custom. Dennis Taylor has the middle name “Alan”. He was born in 1940, which make him seem too old to be Anya’s father, although she has actually said: “I have a lot of brothers and sisters, but they’re all a lot older than me, so my parents and I are very close.”
Her father would be about 77 then.
@Ashash
That’s not impossible, My grandfather was almost 60 when my mother was born. My grandmother was 28 at the time. My father was almost 20yrs older than my mother.For some younger women like older men
Yes, those are her parents.
spanish not hispanic ancestry, please, we dont have native american or african blood in us.
Hispanic refers to people whose mother tongue is Spanish (or occasionally people with Spanish-speaking ancestors). So Spanish people are indeed hispanic.
@blue
You may not, but I’m pretty sure a good number of Spaniards do. whether it be North or Sub-Saharan
“good number” literally about 10% of the population, most of us don’t, according to that logic of yours everyone in Spain would have French (Napoleonic invasion), Germanic/Scandinavian (from the Visigoths and many other tribes) or Italian (romans).
Conquering a place doesn’t mean they bring everyone from their country and mix, it’s a ruling class, there were barely any Berbers in Iberia during al-andalus, just lords ruling the land
that is what she stated at this interview on the Argentinian channel C5N, at 0:53.
Presenter: is your mother Spanish and your father Argentinian?
Anya: Yes, Spanish and English and daddy is Argentinan and Scottish
I’m still not clear on what that means (a grandparent from each country?). Argentinians are also very multi-ethnic.
this is the interview: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QItKA7oDwrU
@follers
she sounds like someone who speaks Spanish at home.