Ana de Armas is a Cuban and Spanish actress. She became better known for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in “Blonde”.
So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the actress.
- Her full name is Ana Celia de Armas Caso
- She was born on April 30, 1988
- She is a Cuban and Spanish actress
- She began her career in Cuba
- There she had a leading role in the romantic drama Una rosa de Francia (2006)
- At age 18, she moved to Madrid, Spain
- There she starred in the popular teen drama El internado for six seasons from 2007 to 2010
- After moving to Los Angeles, de Armas had English-speaking roles in the psychological thriller Knock Knock (2015) and the comedy-crime film War Dogs (2016)
- She had a supporting role in the sports biopic Hands of Stone (2016)
- She rose to prominence with her role as a holographic AI projection in the science fiction film Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
- For her performance as nurse Marta Cabrera in the mystery film Knives Out (2019), she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical
- For the performance she won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
- She subsequently played Bond girl Paloma in the James Bond film No Time to Die (2021)
- She garnered praise and worldwide recognition for portraying Marilyn Monroe in the film Blonde (2022)
- De Armas was born in Havana, Cuba
- She raised in the small city of Santa Cruz del Norte
- Her maternal grandparents were migrants to Cuba from Spain
- Her father Ramón worked in various jobs, including bank manager, teacher, school principal and deputy mayor of a town
- He previously studied philosophy at a Soviet university
- Her mother Ana worked in the human resources section of the Ministry of Education
- De Armas has one older brother, Javier, a New York-based photographer who, in 2020, was questioned by Cuban police due to his critical stance on Decree 349 and his links to artists under government surveillance
- While de Armas grew up with food rationing, fuel shortages and electricity blackouts during Cuba’s Special Period
- She has described her childhood as happy
- As a teenager, de Armas had no internet access and had limited knowledge of popular culture beyond Cuba
- She was allowed to watch “20 minutes of cartoons on Saturday and the Sunday movie matinee”
- Her family did not own a “video or DVD player” and she watched Hollywood movies in her neighbor’s apartment
- She memorized and practiced monologues in front of the mirror
- She decided to become an actress when she was 12
- In 2002, aged 14, she successfully auditioned to join Havana’s National Theatre of Cuba
- She sometimes hitchhiked to attend the “rigorous” course
- While a student, she filmed three movies
- She left the four-year drama course months before presenting her final thesis because Cuban graduates are forbidden from leaving the country without completing three years of mandatory service to the community
- At age 18, with Spanish citizenship through her maternal grandparents
- She moved to Madrid to pursue an acting career
- De Armas began a relationship with Spanish actor Marc Clotet in mid-2010
- They were married in Costa Brava in July 2011
- They divorced in early 2013
- She was briefly engaged to American talent agent Franklin Latt during a relationship from early 2015 to late 2016
- After meeting on the set of Deep Water in late 2019, de Armas dated American actor Ben Affleck from March 2020 to January 2021
- She moved to Los Angeles at 26, and resides in New York City as of 2022
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