Anya Taylor-Joy Transforms for Dark Netflix Role

Anya Taylor-Joy has traded her flame-haired fame from The Queen’s Gambit for a chilling new look as a glamorous murderer in Netflix’s upcoming series How To Kill Your Family ^[1]. The 30-year-old British-Argentine actress, known for her transformative roles, was spotted filming in London wearing a £1,895 Burberry camel trench coat, white T-shirt, denim skirt, and burgundy loafers with matching blue ankle socks. She was seen pulling a £48 Coolife cabin suitcase from a townhouse, marking her shift from recent high-fashion appearances.

Just days earlier, Taylor-Joy appeared in a cream gown for the Dior Beauty Christmas campaign with long blonde hair ^[1]. Now, she’s embracing a starkly different persona: Grace Bernard, the cunning and charming illegitimate daughter of London billionaire Simon Artemis, played by Clive Owen. The series is based on Bella Mackie’s best-selling novel and follows Grace as she inherits a fortune and uses it to target estranged family members in a revenge-fueled killing spree.

Taylor-Joy revealed she undertook 'light stalking' of Mackie before securing the role, saying she knew she had to be part of the story after finishing the book ^[1]. She described the project as one where she’s ready to 'get hands even dirtier'—a nod to the series’ darkly comedic tone.

How To Kill Your Family is set for release next year, with Taylor-Joy’s transformation from ethereal chess prodigy to calculating killer marking one of her most audacious career shifts yet ^[1]. The story was first reported by Daily Mail and Daily Mail Showbiz.