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This article uses : the first or paternal is de Armas and the second or maternal family name is Caso.Ana de ArmasDe Armas at the 2017 BornAna Celia de Armas Caso 30 April 1988 , CubaCitizenship SpanishOccupationActressYears active2006–presentSpouse(s) (m.2011; div.2013)Ana Celia de Armas Caso (; born 30 April 1988) is a Cuban actress. She began her career as a teenager in her native country and most notably had a leading role in the romantic drama (2006). At the age of 18, she moved to and starred in the popular teen drama for six seasons from 2007 to 2010. After moving to Los Angeles, de Armas had English-speaking roles in the horror film (2015) and the crime drama (2016). She had a supporting role in the sports biopic (2016).

De Armas rose to prominence with her role as a holographic projection in the science fiction film (2017). Her performance as Marta Cabrera in the 2019 mystery film was nominated for a .

Contents Early life[] Ana Celia de Armas Caso was born on 30 April 1988 in , . She lived with her grandparents as a young child; her parents and older brother moved to the seaside town of and visited her in Havana at weekends. She later joined them in Santa Cruz del Norte and, when she was 10, the whole family returned to the capital city to live with her grandparents. Her father, Ramón, worked in different positions including as a bank manager, a teacher, a school principal, and the deputy mayor of a town. He had previously studied philosophy at a university. Her mother, Ana, worked in the human resources section of the Ministry of Education. She has one older brother, Javier, a -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 , fuel shortages and electricity blackouts during Cuba's , 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 neighbour's apartment. She memorised and practised monologues in front of the mirror, and decided to become an actress when she was 12. In 2002, at the age of 14, she successfully auditioned to join Havana's . She hitchhiked or travelled by bus each day to attend the "rigorous" course. While a student there, 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 state. At the age of 18, with €200 in savings and Spanish citizenship through her maternal grandparents, de Armas moved to to pursue an acting career.

Career[] 2006–2014: Spanish stardom[] As a teenager in her native Cuba, de Armas had a starring role opposite in 's romantic drama Una rosa de Francia (2006). Cuban actor suggested that the director consider de Armas for the role, after meeting her while attending a birthday party with his daughters. The director visited de Armas's drama school and interrupted the sixteen-year-old during her audition to inform her that the role was hers. She travelled to Spain as part of a promotional tour for the film and was introduced to Juan Lanja, who would later become her Spanish agent. She then starred in the movie El edén perdido (2007) and had a supporting role in 's Madrigal (2007), filmed at night without the permission of her drama school tutors.

At the age of 18, de Armas moved to Madrid, Spain. Within two weeks of arriving, she met with casting director Luis San Narciso, who had seen her in Una rosa de Francia. He cast her as Carolina in the teen drama , in which she starred for six seasons from 2007 to 2010. The television show, set in a boarding school, became popular with viewers and made de Armas a celebrity figure in Spain. In a break from filming, she starred in the successful coming-of-age comedy (2009). Despite the popularity of El Internado, de Armas felt typecast and was mainly offered roles as teenagers. She asked to be written out of the show in its second last season. After spending a few months living in New York to learn English, de Armas was persuaded to return to Spain to star in seventeen episodes of the historical drama Hispania (2010–2011). She then starred in 's horror films El callejón (2011) and Anabel (2015), and in the drama Por un puñado de besos (2014). During a long period without acting work, de Armas participated in workshops at 's Madrid theatre company and felt "very anxious" about the lack of momentum in her career. With encouragement from her newly-hired Hollywood agent, she decided to move to Los Angeles.

2015–2019: Move to Hollywood[] When de Armas first arrived in Los Angeles in 2014, she had to start her career again "from scratch." She spoke very little English and, during early auditions, she often "didn’t even know what [she] was saying." She took intensive English lessons, not wanting to be confined to playing roles specifically written for Latina actresses. She starred opposite in her first Hollywood release - 's erotic horror thriller (2015) - and learned her lines phonetically. Reeves then telephoned de Armas to invite her to star in a Spanish-language role in the thriller (2016), which he acted in and produced. De Armas had a supporting role in 's (2016), acting opposite as the wife of an arms dealer, and again learned her lines phonetically. David Ehrlich of Indiewire found her "memorable in a thankless role". She starred opposite in the biopic (2016) as the wife of Panamanian boxer . Despite its delayed release, Hands of Stone was the first Hollywood movie de Armas filmed. She had been contacted by director while still living in Madrid; he had seen her in El Internado and asked her to travel to Los Angeles to audition for the Spanish-language part. In reviewing the film, Christy Lemire of described de Armas as "a hugely charismatic presence. But except for a couple of showy moments, she gets little to do besides function as the dutiful wife."

Ana de Armas attends the world premiere of in 2019In 's futuristic thriller (2017), de Armas had a supporting role as Joi, the girlfriend of 's character. Mark Kermode of The Guardian said she "brings three-dimensional warmth to a character who is essentially a digital projection." Anthony Lane of the New Yorker found her "wondrous": "Whenever Joi appears, the movie’s imaginative heart begins to race." While the performance was initially discussed as a breakthrough role, the film underperformed commercially, and de Armas spent much of the following year in her native Cuba, where she bought a house. Also in 2017, she had a supporting role in the action thriller as the love interest of 's character. Stephen Dalton of The Hollywood Reporter said she "radiates more kick-ass charisma than her thankless sidekick role might suggest." In 2018, de Armas starred opposite in 's medical drama Corazón. She played a Dominican woman with heart failure in the short film, funded by to raise awareness of organ donation.

De Armas's role as an immigrant nurse in the ensemble murder mystery film (2019), written and directed by , was widely praised and marked a breakthrough for the actress. When first approached about the project, she was unenthusiastic about the idea of playing a stereotypical “Latina caretaker” but soon realised that her character was "so much more than that." Tom Shone of The Times remarked: "The film’s standout performance comes from its least well-known member, the Cuban de Armas, who manages the difficult task of making goodness interesting." Benjamin Lee of The Guardian said her "striking" performance left a "lasting impression." The film was a major box office success. De Armas was nominated for the and the cast won the . While de Armas's scenes opposite in the 2019 romantic comedy were included in the movie's trailer, they were deleted from the final cut. The director said that, while de Armas was "really radiant" in her scenes, the introduction of a love triangle subplot did not test well with audiences.

2020: Upcoming film roles[] De Armas has seven films scheduled for release in the United States in 2020. She had a supporting role in the crime thriller as the wife of 's character. Guy Lodge of Variety found "her thin role all the more glaring in the wake of her Knives Out stardom." She appeared as a in the noir crime drama . Brian Tallerico of RobertEbert.com said the movie had "no idea" what to do with her "blinding charisma" while Katie Rife of The AV Club remarked that it would be remembered, "if at all, as a movie de Armas was way too good for." De Armas starred opposite in the Netflix biopic (2020) as Carolina Larriera, a U.N. official and the partner of diplomat . John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter found her "magnetic" while Jessica Kiang of Variety said she imbued the part "with an intelligence and will that makes her more than just de Mello’s romantic foil."

In June 2020, de Armas will reunite with her Sergio co-star Wagner Moura to play the wife of one of the in 's Netflix spy thriller . The movie was shot on location in Cuba; it was de Armas's first time to work in her home country since leaving as a teenager. After the film's world premiere at the , Jay Weissberg of Variety said de Armas "easily" held her own in the "impressive cast", describing her as "a joyous, bewitching presence whose career seems destined for the big time."

De Armas will star in three films in late 2020. She will reunite with her Knives Out co-star to play a in 's . Fukunaga wrote the role of a Cuban CIA agent specifically for de Armas and a replica of downtown Havana was built at London's Pinewood Studios. She will star in 's erotic thriller , based upon the by . She and play a couple in an adulterous marriage. In her final role of 2020, de Armas will portray in the Netflix biopic , based on the novel by . Director noticed de Armas's performance in Knock Knock and, while she went through a long casting process, Dominik promised her the role was hers after the first audition. In preparation for the part, de Armas worked with a dialect coach for a year.

Personal life[] De Armas began a relationship with Spanish actor in mid-2010; they married in , Spain in July 2011 and divorced in early 2013. She dated Spanish director and screenwriter David Victori from mid-2013 to mid-2014, was briefly engaged to American talent agent Franklin Latt during a relationship from 2015 to 2016, and dated Cuban painter Alejandro Piñeiro Bello from 2017 to 2018. De Armas is in a relationship with American actor and filmmaker , whom she met on the set of in the fall of 2019.

On social media, de Armas has voiced support for the , the movement, the movement, and the fight for . She criticised the "injustice" of the .

Filmography[] Film[] YearTitleRoleNotes2006Una rosa de FranciaMarie2007MadrigalStella Maris2009Carola2009Y de postre, quéGirlShort film2009ÁnimaJulieta Short film2011El callejónRosa / Laura2012Perrito chinoSabinaShort film2013FaradayInma Murga2014Por un puñado de besosSol2015Anabel Cris2015Bel2016Isabel de la Cruz2016Iz2016Felicidad Durán2017Stephanie2017Joi2018CorazónElena RamírezShort film2019RoxanneDeleted scenes2019Marta Cabrera2019Sofia Hoffman2019Ana Magarita Martinez2020Andrea Rivera2020Carolina2020Melinda Van AllenPost-production 2020PalomaPost-productionTBAPost-productionTelevision[] YearTitleRoleNotes2007El edén perdidoGloriaTelevision film2007–2010Carolina Leal Solís56 episodes2008Revelados2010–2012Hispania, la leyendaNerea17 episodes2011ActricesHerself2 episodesMusic videos[] YearTitleArtist2018EverydayOrishasAwards and nominations[] YearNominated workAwardCategoryResultNominatedWonNominatedWonNominated2020NominatedReferences[] External links[] Wikimedia Commons has media related to . [//en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:CentralAutoLogin/start?type=1x1]Retrieved from "": Hidden categories: Ben Affleck, Ana De Armas Already Engaged? Search Why 'Knives Out' Star Ana de Armas Declined to Audition (at First ... [https://sb.scorecardresearch.com/p?c1=2&c2=6034961&c3=&c4=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imdb.com%2Fname%2Fnm1869101%2F&c5=c6=&15=&cj=1] Menu MoviesTV ShowsAwards & EventsCelebsVideosCommunity ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

STARmeter Down 1 this week » 0:21 | Trailer | | » Ana de Armas was born in Cuba on April 30, 1988. At the age of 14, she began her studies at the National Theatre School of Havana, where she graduated after 4 years. At the age of 16, she made her first film, (2006), directed by . A few titles came after until she moved to Spain, where she continued her ... » Born: , in » Contact Info: Quick Links

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