Anya Taylor-Joy Shares 'Dreamy Moment' with Dad at Oscars After She 'Promised' to Bring Him as Child

Mar. 15, 2025

Anya Taylor-Joy.Photo:Gilbert Flores/Variety/Getty

Gilbert Flores/Variety/Getty

Anya Taylor-Joyfulfilled a childhood dream atSunday’s 2024 Oscarsceremony.

When theFuriosastar, 27, presented at the96th Academy Awardsalongside costarChris Hemsworth, she brought a special someone as her date: her father, Dennis Alan Taylor.

“A dreamy moment,” the actress wrote in an InstagrampostTuesday alongside a gallery of photos that began with a shot of herself and her dad getting ready for the awards show.

Anya Taylor-Joy arrives with her father Dennis Taylor.Valerie Macon/AFP/Getty

Valerie Macon/AFP/Getty

The American-born Taylor-Joy, who was raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and London, penned the post partly in her native Spanish language. “At 12 I promised my dad that if I was ever invited to the Oscars, I would take him.. 🥹” she wrote.

She added that she was “llena de gratitud” — or “filled with gratitude.”

Taylor-Joy’s post included a shot of her showing off her silver beaded Dior Haute Couture gown, a “reimagining of the1949 Venus Dress” from designer Maria Grazia Chiuri that the Dior ambassador called “the icing on the most delicious of cakes.”

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On Oscar Sunday, theQueen’s GambitEmmy nomineeteasedherMad Maxprequel, which debuts in theaters on May 24, while speaking to Cox ahead on the red carpet.

“Those movies just invite in a certain kind of chaos,” she said of the George Miller-directed franchise, which includes 1979’sMad Max, 1981’sThe Road Warrior, 1985’sBeyond Thunderdomeand 2016’sFury Road. The latter movie introducedCharlize Theronas Imperator Furiosa, the role Taylor-Joy inherits in the upcoming installment.

In another interviewon the Oscars red carpet, Taylor-Joy told Amelia Dimoldenberg, “15 years ago I told my dad I wanted to take him to the Oscars. And tonight I did it!”

Chris Hemsworth and Anya Taylor-Joy at the 96th Academy Awards.Rich Polk/Variety via Getty

Rich Polk/Variety via Getty

Taylor himself was interviewed on the carpet alongside his daughter. WhenExtra’s Billy Bush asked if he was proud of Taylor-Joy, heresponded, “She’s put so much hard work into [her career]. The talent is there, but the hard work and the perseverance is there. That’s important.”

“I have a lot going on,” acknowledged Taylor-Joy, who also appears in the newly releasedDune: Part Two. “But I feel very, very grateful. And being able to share tonight with my dad — just, cherry on top of the cake.”

source: people.com