Despite her huge success as an actress, Anya Taylor-Joy recently revealed that she wasn’t always popular and was bullied as a child. The actress recalled her upbringing in Argentina and shared that she was bullied for her appearance and poor English and it continued for years until she quit at 16 to pursue acting full-time.
Taylor-Joy spoke about her decision to leave school for acting, saying it was very scary and worried her family. However, the actress quickly entered the industry, first as a model and then as an actress. She explained that acting was her escape from school because it was “so weird,” and she never got along with the other kids.
Taylor-Joy has been hard at work since then, with leading roles in famous projects such as the remake of Jane Austen’s “Emma” and “The Queen’s Gambit” in 2020. Later, she talked about actress Sarah Jessica Parker and revealed that she once told Parker she an on-screen relationship in “Sex and the City” inspired him.
Read on to learn more.
Anya Taylor-Joy Reflects on Her Growing Up
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During a recent appearance on “The Drew Barrymore Show,” Taylor-Joy reflected on her life growing up and credited her parents, especially her mother, for teaching her to value people. He said, “You don’t see what they do for a job; just do you like that person’s heart? And I really have to give a shout out to my mom for that because it really helped.”
Taylor-Joy continued, “You see the inside of a person; you don’t look at class, you don’t look at things like that.” The “Queen’s Gambit” actress grew up in Argentina until she was six years old when her family moved to London. He previously described his family as “nomads, traveling gypsies, really.”
Taylor-Joy revealed that at the time, she didn’t know how to speak English properly, and in a previous interview, she also talked about how she struggled to adjust to moving to London. He said, “Argentina is all green and I have horses and animals everywhere – suddenly I’m in a big city and I don’t speak the language.”
Anya Taylor-Joy Was Bullied As A Child
During the interview, Taylor-Joy shared that she felt like she couldn’t adjust to life in London, especially at school. He said, “I’m too English to be Argentine, too Argentine to be English, too American to be anything. Kids just don’t understand me in any way shape or form. I was once locked in a locker.”
The severe impact of the bullying, according to Taylor-Joy, was that she spent hours “crying in the bathroom” and she never socialized with other children. When she was 14, the actress moved to New York and then quit completely when she was 16, all to focus entirely on acting. Taylor-Joy said that the decision was frightening and worrying for her family.
Luckily, he got a break shortly after going full-on into acting when he was spotted and signed by Sarah Doukas. Doukas is the founder of the famous Storm modeling agency, and he is also credited with discovering and signing Kate Moss.
Anya Taylor-Joy Turned To Acting To Escape School
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During a recent interview with Ella, Taylor-Joy revealed that acting was her escape from school, which was very strange. She said, “I have to believe in a place where I can be valued and appreciated, and actually have something to contribute instead of always feeling like, What’s wrong with me, and why don’t I fit in?”
Taylor-Joy has been working hard since she started her career in Hollywood at the age of 17, starring as the lead in Robert Eggers’ “The Witch.” Since then she has scored several other popular roles, such as in “Peaky Blinders” and the remake of Jane Austen’s “Emma”. One of her most popular roles is in the Netflix series “The Queen’s Gambit.”
She Talks About Sarah Jessica Parker
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Later, in her interview with Barrymore, Taylor-Joy talked about her admiration for actress Sarah Jessica Parker. Barrymore said, “Now, as a girl, I’m really in love with you. I heard you like raves. You like Sex and the City. You are great; you are fun Age beyond. I just want to hang out with you and bring back the dance party. Is it true that you go to Sarah Jessica Parker, and you’re like, “I’m watching you and Big.”‘
Taylor-Joy responded by saying, “Yeah, it was a really bad moment for me just because I saw it and I ran, and I had a really bad breakup, and I was like, ‘Hey, I just have to tell you I’ve been watching you and Big and it gave me a lot of hope.’” At the time, the actress was in a relationship with Eoin Macken, which ended in 2018.
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