Anya Taylor-Joy, the America Argentine-British actress, has been cast as Furiosa in the prequel to Mad Max: Fury Road called Furiosa. The film was announced and confirmed in May of this year by George Miller who is the director of Mad Max. Chris Hemsworth will also be in the film.
Taylor-Joy has already worked in Split, Emma, and Glass. She will be playing a younger version of the films protagonist, Furiosa. That role was previously played by Charlize Theron in the 2015 film Mad Max: Fury Road. Theron was going to be casted in the role again but the idea was dropped.