Ana de Armas Trivia | 40 facts about the actress

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.

1. Her full name is Ana Celia de Armas Caso
2. She was born on April 30, 1988
3. She is a Cuban and Spanish actress
4. She began her career in Cuba
5. There she had a leading role in the romantic drama Una rosa de Francia (2006)
6. At age 18, she moved to Madrid, Spain
7. There she starred in the popular teen drama El internado for six seasons from 2007 to 2010
8. 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)
9. She had a supporting role in the sports biopic Hands of Stone (2016)
10. She rose to prominence with her role as a holographic AI projection in the science fiction film Blade Runner 2049 (2017)
11. 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
12. For the performance she won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress
13. She subsequently played Bond girl Paloma in the James Bond film No Time to Die (2021)
14. She garnered praise and worldwide recognition for portraying Marilyn Monroe in the film Blonde (2022)
15. De Armas was born in Havana, Cuba
16. She raised in the small city of Santa Cruz del Norte
17. Her maternal grandparents were migrants to Cuba from Spain
18. Her father Ramón worked in various jobs, including bank manager, teacher, school principal and deputy mayor of a town
19. He previously studied philosophy at a Soviet university
20. Her mother Ana worked in the human resources section of the Ministry of Education
21. 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
22. While de Armas grew up with food rationing, fuel shortages and electricity blackouts during Cuba’s Special Period
23. She has described her childhood as happy
24. As a teenager, de Armas had no internet access and had limited knowledge of popular culture beyond Cuba
25. She was allowed to watch “20 minutes of cartoons on Saturday and the Sunday movie matinee”
26. Her family did not own a “video or DVD player” and she watched Hollywood movies in her neighbor’s apartment
27. She memorized and practiced monologues in front of the mirror
28. She decided to become an actress when she was 12
29. In 2002, aged 14, she successfully auditioned to join Havana’s National Theatre of Cuba
30. She sometimes hitchhiked to attend the “rigorous” course
31. While a student, she filmed three movies
32. 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
33. At age 18, with Spanish citizenship through her maternal grandparents
34. She moved to Madrid to pursue an acting career
35. De Armas began a relationship with Spanish actor Marc Clotet in mid-2010
36. They were married in Costa Brava in July 2011
37. They divorced in early 2013
38. She was briefly engaged to American talent agent Franklin Latt during a relationship from early 2015 to late 2016
39. After meeting on the set of Deep Water in late 2019, de Armas dated American actor Ben Affleck from March 2020 to January 2021
40. She moved to Los Angeles at 26, and resides in New York City as of 2022

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