Beginning in the mid-1950s and proceeding into the 1960s, the story follows the life of Beth Harmon (Anya Taylor-Joy), a fictional American chess prodigy on her rise to the top of the chess world while struggling with drug and alcohol dependency. Netflix released The Queen's Gambit on October 23, 2020.

The Queen's Gambit: Created by Scott Frank, Allan Scott. With Anya Taylor-Joy, Chloe Pirrie, Bill Camp, Marcin Dorocinski. Orphaned at the tender age of nine, prodigious introvert Beth Harmon discovers and masters the game of chess in 1960s USA.

She is best known for her roles as Beth Harmon in The Queen's Gambit (2020), Thomasin in the period horror film The Witch (2015), as Casey Cooke in the horror-thriller Split (2016), and as Lily in the black comedy thriller Thoroughbreds (2017).

Mar 29, 2024 · Actor Anya Taylor-Joy starred in the hit Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit and has appeared in movies such as The Menu and Split. Growing up in Argentina and the United Kingdom, the American-born...

Oct 23, 2020 · “I think I learned how to be more gentle through Beth,” Taylor-Joy says, referring to Elizabeth Harmon, the chess prodigy she portrays in Netflix’s magnificent new drama The Queen’s Gambit.

Oct 21, 2020 · But “The Queen’s Gambit” manages to personalize the game and its players thanks to clever storytelling and, in Anya Taylor-Joy, a lead actor so magnetic that when she stares down the...

Nov 13, 2020 · “The Queen’s Gambit,” starring Anya Taylor-Joy, finds an unlikely synergy between the heady interiority of chess and the sensual realm of style. Photograph by Phil Bray / Netflix. In...

Jan 31, 2023 · Netflix's The Queen's Gambit tells the story of a chess prodigy who battles addiction to compete with elite chess players internationally, starring Anya Taylor-Joy.

Oct 23, 2020 · Here's how Anya Taylor-Joy mastered chess and her craft for her role in Netflix's 'The Queen's Gambit.'

Jul 20, 2021 · Anya Taylor-Joy interviews about playing Beth oN Netflix’s “The Queen’s Gambit” and being nominated for a 2021 Emmy Award.