Anya Taylor-Joy Being Described As ‘Woman Of Color’ Leaves Internet Baffled
After Anya Taylor-Joy won an award, people online were puzzled when she was called a “woman of color.”
An award-winning actress, Taylor-Joy, who is 27 years old, has appeared in movies like The Menu and The Super Mario Bros. Movie.
She is famous for playing the character Beth Harmon, a chess genius, in the show The Queen’s Gambit.
When Taylor-Joy won a Golden Globe for her performance in the Netflix drama, it left everyone feeling a bit puzzled afterward.
An article that calls her a “woman of color” has confused a lot of people online.
Taylor-Joy is getting a lot of compliments for her new movie, Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, which is a prequel to the 2015 film Mad Max: Fury Road.
She plays a younger version of Imperator Furiosa, a role that was first portrayed by Charlize Theron.
The movie, directed by George Miller, dives into Furiosa’s backstory and how she transforms into the powerful road warrior we see in the previous film.
Taylor-Joy has been showing up at different events and film festivals to promote Furiosa. At the Cannes Film Festival, she wowed everyone in a beautiful strapless gown by Dior, according to Entertainment Tonight.
Besides her acting career, Taylor-Joy was just recognized as the most beautiful woman in the world based on the Greek Golden Ratio of Beauty Phi. This method looks at things like facial symmetry and other beauty standards, according to Entertainment Tonight.
In 2021, Taylor-Joy won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Miniseries or Television Film because of her amazing performance in The Queen’s Gambit.
Following the win, Variety initially described the young actress as a ‘woman of color’.
The original statement said: “Taylor-Joy from Argentina is the first woman of color to win this category since Queen Latifah did in 2008, and she is only the fifth woman of color to win in total since this category started in 1982.”
This was brought to light by writer Valerie Complex, who took to Twitter and said: “I love her as an actress but THIS article has her listed as the FIRST WOMAN OF COLOUR to win in this category and I legit give up.”
A lot of people shared their opinions on the statement through social media.
Someone said, “Anya Taylor-Joy is super pretty and really awesome, but she isn’t a woman of color.”
One person agreed and said, “Wait, Anya Taylor-Joy is a woman of color? Is this some kind of joke? She’s white and comes from Latin America!”
There are also white people here. Latin American isn’t a race; it actually refers to a specific region or culture.
Someone else pointed out, “Just a friendly reminder that being Latina and being a woman of color aren’t always the same.”
“Congrats to Anya Taylor-Joy (Argentina) for her Golden Globe win and for speaking up.”
Variety has now revised the article to more accurately represent Taylor-Joy’s heritage.
Anya Taylor-Joy was born in Miami, Florida. Her dad, Dennis Alan Taylor, is Scottish-Argentine, and her mom is Jennifer Marina Joy.
The actress from The Witch spent her early years in Argentina until she was six, and then she moved to the UK. She can speak both English and Spanish really well.
In a chat with Vulture, the star of Last Night in Soho talked about her childhood and mentioned that she doesn’t want to take opportunities from Latina actresses.
Taylor-Joy said, “I know I don’t look like what people usually think a Latin person should look like, and that’s not right.”
“I don’t want to be someone that you can just sub in for that role when I’m really white and blonde.”
On the website, a notice now reads: “UPDATED: This story has been updated. A previous version identified Anya Taylor-Joy as a person of color. She has said she identifies as a white Latina.”
