ana_d_armas / Ana de Armas

Ana de Armas, legally named Ana Celia de Armas Caso, is an internationally acclaimed Cuban and Spanish actress who has risen to become one of the most mesmerizing and sought-after leading ladies in modern cinema. Born on April 30, 1988, in Havana, Cuba, and raised in Santa Cruz del Norte, she discovered her passion for dramatic arts at a young age and joined the National Theater School of Havana at age 14. At 18, utilizing her maternal grandparents' heritage, she relocated to Madrid, Spain, where she landed a breakout starring role in the popular teen drama series El Internado. Moving to Los Angeles in 2014 without fluency in English, she rigorously mastered the language and made her American film debut alongside Keanu Reeves in Knock Knock. Her trajectory skyrocketed through critically lauded performances as the holographic AI Joi in Blade Runner 2049 (2017) and the clever Marta Cabrera in Rian Johnson's mystery hit Knives Out (2019), which earned her a Golden Globe nomination. She further cemented her status as a global action star playing Paloma in the James Bond feature No Time to Die (2021) and achieved monumental artistic recognition with an Academy Award nomination for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in Blonde (2022).