Petronella, the naive newlywed at the center of Jessie Burton’s bestseller, is brought to life with delicacy and grace by Taylor-Joy in Guillem Morales and John Brownlow’s ravishing rendering of Amsterdam circa 1686. When she’s gifted a doll’s house, she discovers that its tiny inhabitants hold clues to the duplicitous world around her.
Peaky Blinders (2019 to 2022)
An electrifying addition to the fifth and sixth seasons of Steven Knight’s rip-roaring crime saga, Taylor-Joy’s Gina is the unapologetically glamorous and brazenly ambitious wife of the troubled Michael Gray (Finn Cole). If anyone’s a worthy adversary for Tommy Shelby (Cillian Murphy), it’s her.
Emma (2020)
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With a cruel smirk, sparkling eyes, and an excellent collection of candy-colored bonnets, the actor creates an Austen heroine for the ages in Autumn de Wilde’s razor-sharp rom-com. Whether she’s matchmaking, swerving suitors of her own, or delivering snarky one-liners, she’s magnetic.
The Queen’s Gambit (2020)
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