Ana Celia de Armas Caso is her full name.¹⁾

Her birthday is April 30th, 1988. She is a Spanish and Cuban actress.²⁾

Her career began in Cuba. She played the lead in the romance drama Una Rosa de Francia there (2006).,³⁾

She relocated to Madrid, Spain, when she was 18 years old. From 2007 to 2010, she appeared in the famous adolescent drama El Internado for six seasons.⁴⁾

After relocating to Los Angeles, de Armas appeared in the English-language films Knock Knock (2015) and War Dogs (2015). She appeared in the sports biopic Hands of Stone as a supporting actress (2016).⁵⁾

Her breakthrough performance was as a holographic AI projection in the science fiction picture Blade Runner 2049. (2017).⁶⁾

She was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical for her role as nurse Marta Cabrera in the mystery thriller Knives Out (2019). She received the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance.⁷⁾

She later appeared as Bond girl Paloma in the James Bond film No Time to Die (2021).⁸⁾

She received global acclaim for her portrayal of Marilyn Monroe in the film Blonde (2022).⁹⁾

She grew up in Santa Cruz del Norte, a tiny town in northern Mexico. Her maternal grandparents came to Cuba from Spain.¹⁰⁾

Ramón, her father, worked as a bank manager, teacher, school administrator, and deputy mayor of a town. He studied philosophy in a Soviet university prior.¹¹⁾

Ana, her mother, worked in the Ministry of Education's human resources department.¹²⁾

De Armas has one elder brother, Javier, a New York-based photographer who was detained by Cuban authorities in 2020 owing to his criticism of Decree 349 and connections to artists under government monitoring.¹³⁾

Despite growing up during Cuba's Special Period with food rationing, gasoline shortages, and power outages, de Armas has described her upbringing as pleasant.¹⁴⁾

De Armas had no internet access as a teenager and had little awareness of popular culture outside of Cuba.¹⁵⁾

She was permitted to watch “20 minutes of Saturday cartoons and the Sunday movie matinée”.¹⁶⁾

Her family did not own a “video or DVD player,” so she viewed Hollywood movies in the apartment of a neighbor.¹⁷⁾

In front of the mirror, she memorized and practiced speeches.¹⁸⁾

When she was 12, she realized she wanted to be an actor.¹⁹⁾

She auditioned for the National Theatre of Cuba in Havana in 2002, at the age of 14.²⁰⁾

She would occasionally hitchhike to the “rigorous” course.²¹⁾

She dropped out of the four-year theatre program months before presenting her final thesis because Cuban graduates are not allowed to leave the nation until they complete three years of community service.²²⁾

She came to Madrid at the age of 18 to pursue an acting career after obtaining Spanish citizenship through her maternal grandparents.²³⁾

In mid-2010, De Armas began dating Spanish actor Marc Clotet. In July 2011, they married in Costa Brava. They separated in early 2013.²⁴⁾

She was once engaged to American talent agent Franklin Latt from early 2015 till late 2016.²⁵⁾

De Armas dated American actor Ben Affleck from March 2020 to January 2021 after meeting on the filming of Deep Water in late 2019.²⁶⁾

She moved to Los Angeles when she was 26 and will be in New York City in 2022.²⁷⁾

Ana went to Los Angeles knowing no English and had to memorize her lines phonetically for her first two films.²⁸⁾

Demián Bichir of Grand Hotel fame is another prominent star with whom she has collaborated. Ana appeared alongside Demián in the 2018 film Corazon.²⁹⁾

She enjoys traveling, having returned to Cuba as well as Brazil, Thailand, and Jordan in recent years.³⁰⁾