Ana de Armas shine all over the world. Your role as Marilyn Monroe In Blondhe biopic Since the first materialistic girl, catapulted her into the Olympus of stars. Her. interpretation has earned him a nomination for such prestigious awards as the Golden Balls, the BAFTAs and also the Oscarwhere everything is on the line for the Best Actress category.
Despite his current triumph in Hollywood, the truth is that his origins are very different, since for many years he only managed to supporting roles in series or films.
Where is Ana de Armas from and where did she start working?
The actress was born in Havana, Cuba (1988) and at the age of 12 he realized he wanted to pursue acting when he saw Matilda, At 14, he entered the National School of Art in Cuba. Two years later, at a birthday party, he meets the daughters of Cuban actor Jorge Perugorría and learns that Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón is having a foundry in Havana for A rose from France. She showed up and on trial the director told her she had been chosen.
He was 16 when he shot the film, recorded between Cuba and Spain. This title made her known to several Spanish directors, who offered her to settle in Spain because in this country she would have more chances of succeeding.
When did Ana de Armas move to Spain?
In 2006, at the age of 18, the young woman moved to Spain and he quickly obtained nationality because his maternal grandparents are Spanish, he from Segovia and she from León. The actress says she bought the ticket and came to Spain with just 200 euros in her pocket. “I said to my mother: ‘When I have no more money, I will come back'”, recalls the actress
Two months after his arrival, he does the foundry For Boarding and got the role of Carolina Leal, which she held from 2007 to 2010. While filming this series, she was cast in the movie Lies and Fats (2009).
Tired of only having opportunities to play as teenagers, she left the Antena 3 series and moved to the United States to learning English. Back in Spain, he joins the historic series Spain, the legend (2010-2011). After that he appeared in other projects in this country as The small street (2011), Anabel (2015) y For a handful of kisses (2016).
Shortly after, Ana de Armas obtained a representative in Los Angeles and moved to the United States.
His years in Los Angeles with Ben Affleck
During your stay at Angels became the protagonist of the film deep waters, in which she shares the screen with actor Ben Affleck, with whom she begins a relationship a few months later. In early 2020, the couple moved in together, but they only lasted a year.
While it was clear he wanted to stay in this town to be close to his children, she felt nothing bound her to Hollywood, so they ended up going their separate ways in 2021 and moved to New Yorkwhere he currently resides.
In an interview with Sheherself admitted that it had been “awful” Being in LA: “It started to get a little too much. There’s no escape there, no way out. It wasn’t the place for me.”
Currently, the actress is in a relationship with Paul BoukadakisTinder executive, with whom he has future plans and spent last Christmas.