Person
Ana de Armas
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- Date of Birth: 1988-04-30 (age 38)
- Nationality:
Cuba
Ana Celia de Armas Caso (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈana ˈselja ðe ˈaɾmas ˈkaso]; born 30 April 1988) is a Cuban-born actress holding Cuban, Spanish, and American citizenship. She has been nominated for several accolades, including an Academy Award, an Actor Award, a BAFTA, and two Golden Globes.
Mini Bio
Ana Celia de Armas Caso (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈana ˈselja ðe ˈaɾmas ˈkaso]; born 30 April 1988) is a Cuban-born actress holding Cuban,
Spanish, and American
citizenship. She has been nominated for several accolades, including an Academy Award, an Actor Award, a BAFTA, and two Golden Globes.
She began her career in Cuba with a leading role in the romantic drama Una rosa de Francia (2006). At the age of 18, she moved to Madrid, Spain, and starred in the popular drama El Internado (2007–2010). 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).
De Armas rose to prominence for her roles as the holographic AI Joi in the science fiction film Blade Runner 2049 (2017) and nurse Marta Cabrera in the mystery film Knives Out (2019), receiving a nomination for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. She then played Paloma in the James Bond film No Time to Die (2021) and actress Marilyn Monroe in the biographical drama Blonde (2022), for which she became the first Cuban nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She then led the action thriller Ballerina (2025), a spinoff installment in the John Wick franchise.
Backstage
- She only spoke Spanish before moving to the USA. When she arrived in Los Angeles, she was so determined to audition for parts that she pushed herself to learn English, which she managed to do within two years. Her first-ever English-speaking part was in Knock Knock (2015), and it all went from there.
- Was born in Cuba and moved to Spain when she was 19.
- She has central heterochromia. While both of her eyes are green, they have a brown center. In addition, her irises have small dark-brown spots.
- She auditioned for the role of Selina Kyle/Catwoman in The Batman (2022).
- She is the second Latina actress to play a Bond girl, following Talisa Soto in Licence to Kill (1989).
- As of 2023, she has co-starred with Daniel Craig in two movies: Knives Out (2019) and No Time to Die (2021).
- While hosting Saturday Night Live (1975), she reveled that she learned english by watching Friends (1994) and also calls Chandler Bing the 'best' tutor, her Hands of Stone (2016) co-star Robert De Niro visited her father at work and announced that she's becoming an American Citizen in 3 weeks.
- Appeared in preview trailers for Yesterday (2019) but her role was cut from the final edit of the film, leading some fans to consider suing the producers and distributors for false advertising.
- Nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in Blonde (2022). Competed against Michelle Williams, who, also in portraying Monroe, had previously been nominated as Best Actress in a Leading Role for My Week with Marilyn (2011).
- Distant relative of Danny Pino's maternal grandfather Pedro Gonzalo de Armas.
