Maya Hawke as Anxiety Right: Anxiety in 'Inside Out 2'. Maya Hawke joins the Inside Out 2 cast in a starring role as one of Riley's new teenage emotions, Anxiety. The actress has been around the industry her entire life as her parents are prolific Academy Award-nominated actors Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman.

Anxiety, the new and sixth emotion in Pixar's animated feature film Inside Out 2, is female. She's a nervous emotion who's extremely anxious about meeting preexisting emotions like Joy.

Inside Out 2 Story. In Inside Out 2, Riley turns 13 and Headquarters undergoes a sudden demolition to make room for new emotions, something Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fear, and Disgust weren't prepared for. The first new emotion they meet is Anxiety, who carries a lot of emotional baggage — literally.

Like all of his co-workers, Fear cares deeply about Riley and wants her to live a happy and – more importantly – safe life. Personality... an easily frightened ball of nerves. When things are going well, Fear can be friendly and good-natured. But at the first sign of trouble he immediately becomes anxious and paranoid.