“The Queen’s Gambit” star Anya Taylor-Joy is trying her luck at the game of love with actor Malcolm McRae.
Taylor-Joy, 25, and McRae, 27, were seen holding hands and exchanging several kisses while strolling the streets of New York City Monday.
The Golden Globe-winning actress wore an oversized blazer, a little black dress and studded cowboy boots for their PDA-filled outing, while the former child actor donned a leather jacket, a button-down shirt, khaki pants and brown shoes.
While McRae’s IMDB page boasts two credits for shorts released in 2008 and 2020, Taylor-Joy shot to stardom thanks to her role in “The Queen’s Gambit,” which is centered on a chess prodigy battling addiction in the 1950s and ’60s.
About 62 million people watched the period drama in its first 28 days on Netflix, according to Nielsen. The show was so successful that a stage musical is now in development.
The blonde beauty is in New York to prepare to host the Season 46 finale of “Saturday Night Live” on May 22, with McRae tagging along for support. Lil Nas X is set to appear as the episode’s musical guest.
Taylor-Joy was previously linked to photographer Ben Seed and actor Eoin Macken, though she never publicly confirmed that she was dating either of the men.
She called herself a “quite private person” in a 2018 interview with The Guardian, adding, “There’s a beauty in being anonymous; there’s a reason why we’re actors, we’re playing other people.”