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She’s currently in Australia filming the latest Mad Max installment.
And actress Anya Taylor-Joy took a well-deserved day off on Monday, spending the day in Sydney’s Hyde Park.
The 26-year-old, who is best known for her role in the Netflix miniseries The Queen’s Gambit, was seen having a cigarette mid-stroll in the iconic park.
Smoke break! Anya Taylor-Joy was spotted smoking on day off from filming Mad Max: Fury Road in Sydney’s Hyde park on Monday, after revealing she lived off diet coke and cigarettes during Queen’s Gambit filming
Anya sat down on a park bench and lit up a cigarette to smoke, flashing her dazzling wedding and engagement ring.
Dressed head-to-toe in oversized black outerwear, the award-winning actress rugged up for the winter weather in a black trench coat, black trousers and a black beanie.
She was wearing black Bose QuietComfort headphones and a tote bag from Sydney’s well-known Ritz Cinemas in Randwick.
Lighting up: Anya sat down on a park bench and lit up a cigarette to smoke, flashing her dazzling wedding and engagement ring
Chatting away! Anya chatted on the phone as she enjoyed her smoke break
Keeping warm: Dressed head-to-toe in oversized black outerwear, the award-winning actress rugged up for the winter weather in a black trench coat, black trousers and a black beanie
The canvas bag features several famous film directors including Sofia Coppola, George Miller, Quentin Tarantino, Federico Fellini and Ava Duvernay.
Anya also appeared to be wearing a long blonde wig, with her brown hair peeking underneath after the actress’ hair was dyed brown while she films Mad Max: Fury Road.
Last year, the Golden Globe winner revealed that she was suffering with burnout while filming The Queens’s Gambit, as it came right off the back of filming two movies.
Happy: The star seemed in good spirits as she enjoyed her walk around the picturesque park
Grungy: She was wearing black Bose QuietComfort headphones and a tote bag from Sydney’s well-known Ritz Cinemas in Randwick
Getting wiggy with it: Anya also appeared to be wearing a long blonde wig, with her brown hair peeking underneath after the actress’ hair was dyed brown while she films Mad Max: Fury Road
First up was her lead role in Autumn de Wilde’s big-screen adaptation of Emma. Then after just one day off she began work on psychological horror Last Night in Soho, before going straight into filming The Queen’s Gambit.
‘I survived on Diet Coke, cigarettes and coffee, and by the end of it, I was like, “I need to eat a vegetable,”‘ she told Tatler magazine at the time.
By the time she got around to filming the Netflix miniseries, Anya admitted she was in bed by 8pm every night, yet struggled with the fact she wanted to be out socialising and partying like her friends in their 20s.
‘It’s: go home, have a bath, get up for work. I sound mental, but that’s what’s working for me right now,’ she added.
Shock diet: Last year, the Golden Globe winner revealed that she was suffering with burnout while filming The Queens’s Gambit, as it came right off the back of filming two movies. She said she lived off Diet Coke, coffee and cigarettes
Anya’s latest sighting was just a week after she was seen for the first time on the set of George Miller’s Mad Max: Fury Road prequel, Furiosa.
Dressed as the titular character, Furiosa, the American star looked worlds away from her usually polished, stylish self while filming in front of a green screen in Sydney’s South on Wednesday, August 3.
Swapping her trademark platinum locks for a messy, matted brown hair-do and tatty clothing, the smiling star was unrecognisable on set as she got stuck in to her latest role.
Award-winning role: Anya played an orphan named Beth Harmon who becomes a chess prodigy in the Netflix miniseries
Her costume consisted of a dirt-stained brown T-shirt which had one sleeve missing and loose trousers. She also wore a green glove, which will be used in post-production to create her character Furiosa’s prosthetic arm.
Anya has enjoyed a stratospheric rise to fame in recent years thanks to her role in Netflix drama The Queens Gambit, as well as films Emma and The Northman, in which she stars alongside Alexander Skarsgård and Nicole Kidman.
Anya arrived in Sydney in May ahead of filming Furiosa, accompanied by her partner Malcolm McRae, who she secretly married in June.
Mad Max: Furiosa is scheduled for release in 2024.
Just married! Anya arrived in Sydney in May ahead of filming Furiosa, accompanied by her partner Malcolm McRae, who she secretly married in June