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Anya Taylor-Joy is making her TV return! The star will play the lead role of the murderous Grace Bernard in an adaptation of Bella Mackie's best-selling novel, 'How to Kill Your Family.' Taylor-Joy previously led 'The Queen's Gambit' for Netflix, a chess thriller that placed in the top 10 in 92 countries on Netflix and ranked No. 1 in 63 countries.

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00:00Anya Taylor-Joy is making her TV return.

00:03The star will play the lead role of the murderous Grace Bernard

00:06in the Netflix adaptation of Bella Mackey's best-selling novel,

00:10How to Kill Your Family.

00:12Taylor-Joy previously led the Queen's gambit for the streamer,

00:15a chess thriller that placed in the top 10 in 92 countries on Netflix

00:19and ranked number one in 63 countries.

00:23Men are going to come along and want to teach you things.

00:28Doesn't make them any smarter.

00:31Mackey serves as co-executive producer on the eight-episode series,

00:34which follows the story of Grace,

00:36the illegitimate daughter of a millionaire who abandoned her and her mother,

00:40ignoring her mother's pleas for help as she was close to dying.

00:44Grace vows revenge and decides to kill every member of her father's family,

00:48leaving him for last.

00:50Taylor-Joy said,

00:50As soon as I turned the last page,

00:52I knew I had to be a part of bringing this story to life.

00:55After some light stalking of the inimitable Bella Mackey,

00:58I could not be more thrilled to be collaborating with the team

01:01that is Sally, Lizzie, and Emma.

01:03I am looking forward to getting our hands even dirtier.

01:06Other cast or filming updates have yet to be announced.

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01:10head to THR.com.

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