Written by Mailonline's Carolina Piras and Daily Mail's Richard Eden
February 24, 2024 02:15, updated February 24, 2024 02:31
Anya Taylor-Joy is apparently inspired by Gwyneth Paltrow's book to launch her own lifestyle business.
The 27-year-old aspiring actress has applied to the Intellectual Property Office to trademark the name “Anya” for a wide range of products and services.
According to newly released documents, these range from cosmetic bags and phone cases to stockings and suspenders.
Interestingly, her app also covers gaming, so Taylor-Joy, who starred as the genius Beth Harmon in the Netflix series The Queen's Gambit, might bring her own chess set.
She dropped out of school at 16 to pursue a career as an actress, and gained attention for her role as chess prodigy Beth Harmon on Netflix's hit show The Queen's Gambit, which earned her a Golden Globe Award. was awarded.
The Split star previously revealed that fans often “want to play chess with me.”
“I don’t have it. [a chess board] But jumping from project to project means you pick up skills from that particular project,” she admitted.
Hollywood icon and businesswoman Gwyneth, 51, is celebrated for her modern and often controversial lifestyle brand Goop, which was valued at more than £197m last year.
The business is thriving, offering everything from medical health advice to travel recommendations, and even expensive clean beauty, fashion, and home goods.
The award-winning actress insisted she had no hesitation in stepping away from the spotlight permanently.
Gwyneth has already retired from acting, her last starring role being in 2019's Avengers: Endgame.
“I'm literally going to disappear from public view,” the stunning star tells Bustle about her future retirement plans. “No one will ever see me again.”
She echoed that sentiment later in the interview when asked if she would ever try to teach others how to age gracefully.
“Knowing myself, I'll probably give it a try. Or maybe I'll think, 'Fuck it.' I may disappear and you may never see me again. ”
Anna shot to fame in 2020 when she starred in the Netflix hit The Queen's Gambit, but before that she had success with Peaky Blinders.
In 2023, Anya married American musician and actor Malcolm McRae in a lavish ceremony in Italy after two years of dating.
Later in 2024, Anya will star in the post-apocalyptic action-adventure film Furiosa: The Mad Max Saga (the fifth film in the Mad Max series).
