Where Is Anya Taylor-Joy From? 'The Queen's Gambit' Star Hosts SNL

Golden Globe winner Anya Taylor-Joy will present Saturday Night Live tonight (May 22), while Lil Nas X will serve as the musical guest.

Two weeks ago, the Hollywood star revealed she would host SNL's season finale as she shared a picture of the traditional colored flash card image featuring the episode's lineup on her Instagram profile.

The Peaky Blinders star's stock has enjoyed a meteoric rise since earning her breakthrough for her role in The Witch in 2015. Last year she won the Golden Globe Award as Best Actress for her role in the Netflix TV series The Queen's Gambit, which also earned her the Outstanding Actress Award at the Screen Actors Guild Awards and the Best Actress Award at the Critics' Choice Television Award. Her role in Emma, meanwhile, saw her nominated for a Golden Globe.

One of Hollywood's hottest properties, the 25-year-old has a fascinating background.

Anya Taylor-Joy's heritage

Speaking to Marie Claire in 2017, Taylor-Joy shed light on her heritage. Her father, Dennis Taylor, was born in Argentina to a Scottish father and an Argentinian mother. Anya's mother, Jennifer Marina Joy, was born in Zambia to a British father and a Spanish mother. The Queen's Gambit star was born in Miami, Florida, before the family moved Buenos Aires, where most of her family still resided.

After living in the Argentinian capital until she was six, Taylor-Joy and her parents relocated across the Atlantic to London. The move, however, was far from a seamless transition for Taylor-Joy, who told Marie Claire she was so desperate to return to Argentina that she stubbornly refused to learn to speak English until she was eight.

"When I moved to London, I definitely noticed how much I missed Argentina," she said in an interview with Remezcla four years ago.

When she did start learning, the actress revealed her uncle taught her to read and speak using the Harry Potter books.

Taylor-Joy eventually crossed the Atlantic again, moving to New York as a teenager.

Is Anya Taylor-Joy a Latina?

The actress holds triple British, American, and Argentine citizenship but considers herself a proud Latina and has never hidden her love for Argentina.

"I come from many different places, but I think my warmth and my outlook on life are from Argentina. I'm very grateful for that part of my history. I feel very proud to come from Argentina."

Speaking to the London Evening Standard in 2017, the actress admitted her nomadic childhood had its drawbacks.

"When I was younger I didn't really feel like I fit in anywhere," she said.

"I was too English to be Argentine, too Argentine to be English, too American to be anything."

Conversely, however, her ability to seamlessly switch from one accent to the other while sounding perfectly credible is ideal for her professional career.

"It's really difficult for my personal life, but for acting it's awesome," she added.

How to watch Anya Taylor-Joy on SNL

The episode will air live on NBC at 11:30 p.m. ET on the east coast. Viewers in other time zones will be able to watch at 10:30 p.m. CT, 9:30 p.m. MT and 8:30 p.m. PT. Viewers who want to watch the episode live online will be able to do so on the NBC website.

For fans who want to catch up on the episode on Sunday, it will be available on some streaming services. Hulu gets episodes of SNL the day after they air, and they are usually available to view by 12 p.m. (midday) ET. Similarly, episodes also come to Peacock at this time.