Born in Miami and raised in Buenos Aires and London, Taylor-Joy dropped out of school at age 16 and began to pursue a career in acting. After small television roles, she made her film debut with the lead role of Thomasin in the horror film "The Witch" (2015), which won her a Gotham Award and an Empire Award. She went on to star in the horror film "Split" and the black comedy "Thoroughbreds" (both 2017); that same year, she earned a BAFTA Rising Star Award nomination and won the Trophée Chopard from the Cannes Film Festival. She also appeared in the drama miniseries "The Miniaturist" (2017), the TV series "Peaky Blinders" and "" (both 2019), and the superhero film "Glass" (2019).