TERRIFIED Hollywood star Anya Taylor-Joy and her husband had to lock themselves in a bedroom during a London burglary, it emerged yesterday.
Two masked intruders allegedly tried to get into the couple’s room at a luxury property where they were staying.
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The house belongs to a well-known celebrity, who cannot be named for legal reasons.
The homeowner was not there at the time, but The Queen’s Gambit actress Anya, 28, and US musician husband Malcolm McRae, 30, were at the exclusive address with his bandmate Kane Ritchotte.
They were in their bedrooms when the crooks forced their way into the house.
The intruders are then said to have tried to get into the sleeping quarters before scarpering empty-handed.
Anya, Malcolm and Kane were said to have been left “shaken but unharmed” by the incident.
Shaven-headed Kirk Holdrick, 42, of Borehamwood, Herts, has been charged with the burglary.
He is being held in prison after pleading not guilty and is due to stand trial next September.
Reporting restrictions were lifted yesterday at Wood Green crown court, North London, enabling the burglary on February 12 last year to be reported for the first time.
Holdrick has appeared via video link from jail on at least six occasions in connection with the case.
He previously hit the headlines after being pictured on a string of dates with Towie reality TV star Hannah Voyan in 2022.
The pair were said to have dated for a year before breaking up.
It is alleged Holdrick and the second burglary suspect — still being sought by police — smashed a glass pane to get in.
The break-in was reported to the Met Police. CCTV footage was analysed and forensic checks carried out at the property.
Anya and Malcolm, who wed in a private New Orleans ceremony in 2022, and band pal Kane are being treated as witnesses.
The couple live in Hollywood, but Anya has close connections to Britain.
The daughter of an Argentinian father and English mother, she spent her first six years in Buenos Aires before moving to London and growing up in Victoria.
Anya got her film breakthrough starring in 2015 horror The Witch.
This year, she has appeared in Mad Max blockbuster Furiosa and sci-fi epic Dune: Part Two.
Her husband and Kane make up two-man rock group “more*” and are said to have recorded their debut album in London last year.
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