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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).
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Elizabeth "Beth" Harmon is a fictional American character and the main protagonist in the Walter Tevis novel The Queen's Gambit and the Netflix drama miniseries of the same name, in which she is portrayed by Anya Taylor-Joy.
Nov 2, 2020 · Actress Anya Taylor-Joy plays Beth Harmon in Netflix's new limited series, The Queen's Gambit. The 24-year-old has starred in a number of critically-acclaimed hits, including Netflix's...
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Harmon is shown to play six games, though it can be assumed she played many more off-screen. Harmon plays against at least two international Grandmasters; GM Octavio Marenco, of Italy, and GM Vasily Borgov, of Russia.
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. But child stardom comes at a price.
Anya Taylor-Joy is the actress who plays Beth Harmon in The Queen’s Gambit on Netflix. Beth is an orphan chess prodigy who aspires to become the greatest chess player in the world.
