If Anya Taylor-Joy wasn’t already on your radar before she appeared in “Last Night in Soho,” then you’ve been missing out. The scream queen has been in high demand since landing roles in projects like “The Witch,” “Split,” “Glass,” “Peaky Blinders,” and most notably, “The Queen’s Gambit.” She has also starred in movies like “Thoroughbreds,” “Emma,” and “The New Mutants,” and is currently gearing up to star in “The Northman,” which hits theatres on April 22.
With so many TV and film projects, it’s no wonder fans know next to nothing about the 25-year-old actor’s love life. In 2018, prior to her big rise to stardom, Taylor-Joy told The Guardian that she purposely chooses not to share too much about her personal life. “There’s a beauty in being anonymous,” she said. “There’s a reason why we’re actors, we’re playing other people so I think the idea of someone being interested in me, I’m quite a private person, is a bit daunting but I try not to think about it.”
To date, the actor has only dated a few men publicly, though those relationships were still kept under wraps. Read ahead for more about Taylor-Joy’s past and present rumoured boyfriends.
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Eoin Macken
Details around Taylor-Joy’s relationship with Macken are pretty scarce, but it’s believed that she first met the Irish actor while they were filming their 2018 short film, “Crossmaglen.” In November 2016, Macken gave his costar a sweet shoutout on Instagram, writing, “Every now and again you work with people that transcend how you see things. @anyataylorjoy is one of those people – this girl got skills.” It’s unclear when the two started dating, but they posted several couple-looking photos on Instagram in the summer of 2017.
In December of that year, the former couple was spotted kissing outside of a restaurant in Philadelphia, and it was even rumoured the two might have been engaged due to the sizable piece of jewellery spotted on Taylor-Joy’s left ring finger.
In August 2018, around the same time Taylor-Joy was announced to star in “Here Are the Young Men,” she was seen not wearing her alleged engagement ring. It’s unclear what happened between the two actors, but Macken has since deleted several (though not all) pictures of Taylor-Joy from his Instagram page.
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Ben Seed
Much is unknown about the possible relationship between Taylor-Joy and Seed, but the two were romantically linked in May 2020 when they were spotted out on a stroll together amid the London lockdown. Taylor-Joy had previously modelled for the photographer, but they didn’t seem to last long as a couple (if they were ever even together). Seed disappeared after awhile, so many were left to wonder what happened between him and Taylor-Joy.
