What a pinky blinder! Has Anya let the cat out of the bag over engagement rumour?
IS ANYA Taylor-Joy waving goodbye to life as a singleton?
The actress sparked speculation that she may have agreed to marry her musician boyfriend Malcolm McRae after she was spotted wearing a dazzling gem on her ring finger as she arrived in Australia last week.
A celebrity gossip page on Instagram set tongues wagging four days ago when it carried an unsourced article claiming that the Peaky Blinders star has recently become engaged.
The Mail on Sunday’s exclusive photographs are likely to increase speculation that the 26-year-old, who played the scheming Gina Gray in the BBC series, is set on marriage.
Wearing a checked overcoat, purple top and matching trousers, and clutching a packet of crisps, she was spotted disembarking from a private jet at a Sydney airport.
An onlooker said: ‘She bounded off the plane and then seemed to flash the ring at her driver before getting in the car. She was either showing off the ring or doing a dance move. Either way, she looked ecstatic.’
However, the ring and a gold pendant necklace were not the only valuables being carried by the actress. With her was her new pet cat, Kitsune, peering out of a pod-like backpack.
The actress introduced her beloved feline to her nine million Instagram followers last month, with a video of McRae, who she is thought to have been dating for more than a year, carrying the cat and the caption: ‘We’re in love.’
Anya, who won a clutch of awards for her portrayal of chess prodigy Beth Harmon in The Queen’s Gambit, has spent the past month with her 27-year-old boyfriend in the Australian outback filming the Mad Max prequel Furiosa.
The couple made their red carpet debut at the Vanity Fair Oscars after-party in February, but they claim to prefer a quieter life. ‘I’ve finally found someone who will happily sit in silence with me reading,’ Anya told a magazine earlier this year. ‘We’re basically 80 years old and seven at the same time and it works really well.’