Fans of TV show The Queen’s Gambit will have already been won over by Anya Taylor-Joy.
But Cara Delevingne seems to be one of the actress’s biggest fans.
I can reveal that the pair have become besties since lockdown and are now so inseparable that fans have dubbed them Caranya.
Word reaches me that Cara, 29, is even begging Anya – who is currently starring in Peaky Blinders as scheming Gina Gray – to move to Los Angeles so they can hang out more.
My source in the US reveals: “Cara thinks Anya is amazing and says she is deep and philosophical, but with a wicked sense of humour.
“They have a lot in common and have really intense conversations, but also laugh all the time.
“Cara and Anya have been hanging out a lot in LA and New York, but it’s tough to coordinate schedules.
“Anya has been busy filming in England and she owns a house in London, but Cara is trying to convince her to settle in Los Angeles so they can see more of each other.”
Fans first started posting about Caranya when Anya posted a photo of them holding hands at the Dior Croisiere fashion show in Athens last June.
Then, in November, Cara congratulated Anya after she was named Face of the Year at the 2021 CFDA Awards.
The model also paid tribute to Anya’s “unique beauty” on Instagram and said it was “the face that launched a thousand shipments of chess sets”.
Anya replied: “You are everything. Thank you baby munchkin”, which provoked thousands of likes.
One fan wrote: “#Caranya is the new Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller.”
We can reveal that the blossoming friendship coincided with Anya cutting ties with the company she previously ran with her parents, Dennis Taylor, 82, and Jennifer Joy de Taylor, 80.
She quit Scarlett Joy Limited in February, just months before the firm posted accounts showing it had £700,000 in the bank.
Eagle-eyed observers have noticed that Miami-born Anya promoted her latest movie, Last Night in Soho, from Cara’s house in LA.
Cara and Anya were also spotted having an intimate conversation at Temple Bar in New York in December.
The sighting sent the gossip mill into overdrive because bisexual Cara is currently single.
But pals insist she and Anya are just friends, and Anya is reported to be engaged to her photographer partner Ben Seed.
You’ve gotta love this BFF pairing though…
