Anya Taylor-Joy's Home With Husband Malcolm McRae Was Burglarized by Masked Intruders

The terrifying incident took place last year, but was a secret until now.

Anya Taylor-Joy wears a strapless yellow top and matching skirt and has long blonde hair while her husband Malcolm McRae wears a dark suit jacket with a brown scarf
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Anya Taylor-Joy and her husband Malcolm McRae were the victims of a scary incident when their London home was broken into by masked strangers.

According to the Daily Mail, Taylor-Joy, McRae, and her husband's bandmate, Kane Richotte, were staying in a mansion in London when the residence was broken into by "a gang of robbers," the outlet reported.

As if the break-in wasn't terrifying enough, "two alleged robbers even attempted to get into the bedroom where Taylor-Joy and McRae were staying." The crime reportedly took place on February 12, 2023, but a judge previously ruled that the event couldn't be reported on until now.

The home is reportedly owned by a celebrity who can't be named for legal reasons.

Anya Taylor-Joy has long blonde hair and wears a purple dress with black pumps while her husband Malcolm McRae wears a tan trench coat

Anya Taylor-Joy and husband Malcolm McRae.

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Taylor-Joy, McRae, and Richotte are "believed to have been left shaken by the incident, although none of them were physically hurt," the Daily Mail reported.

Earlier this year, the actress, who starred in The Menu, revealed that she secretly married McRae in 2022.

"Two years ago, on April Fools, I secretly married my best friend in New Orleans," she captioned an Instagram post on April 2. "The magic of that day is ingrained in every cell of my being, forever." She continued, "Happy second (first) anniversary my love… you’re the coolest."

Anya Taylor-Joy at Christian Dior RTW Spring 2025 as part of Paris Ready to Wear Fashion Week held at Musée Rodin on September 24, 2024 in Paris, France wearing a crochet crop top and sheer skirt

Anya Taylor-Joy.

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In an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Taylor-Joy revealed that it took a lot of work to pull off a secret wedding in New Orleans. "We were pretty spy-orientated," she told the outlet. "At the end of the day, it was about the two of us and so we ran away with our two best friends and had the most magical day possible."

The Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga star has no regrets about keeping her nuptials a secret. "It kind of made it all the more special," she told the publication. "Because it just felt like a secret that we got to keep to ourselves.”

Amy Mackelden
Contributing Editor

Amy Mackelden is a contributing editor at Marie Claire, where she covers celebrity and royal family news. She was the weekend editor at Harper’s BAZAAR for three years, where she covered breaking celebrity and entertainment news, royal stories, fashion, beauty, and politics. Prior to that, she spent a year as the joint weekend editor for Marie Claire, ELLE, and Harper's BAZAAR, and two years as an entertainment writer at Bustle. Her additional bylines include Cosmopolitan, People, The Independent, HelloGiggles, Biography, Shondaland, Best Products, New Statesman, Heat, and The Guardian. Her work has been syndicated by publications including Town & Country, Good Housekeeping, Esquire, Delish, Oprah Daily, Country Living, and Women's Health. Her celebrity interviews include Jennifer Aniston, Jessica Chastain, the cast of Selling Sunset, Emma Thompson, Jessica Alba, and Penn Badgley. In 2015, she delivered an academic paper at Kimposium, the world's first Kardashian conference.