Top 10 Reasons You Should Know Who Ana de Armas Is
#10: Her Previous Acting Credits
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If you recognize de Armas, there are many projects that you might remember her from, including the major one, which we’ll get to later in our list. In 2019, she worked alongside Rosamund Pike and Common in Andrea Di Stefano’s British crime thriller “The Informer”. Back in 2016, she acted opposite Miles Teller in “War Dogs”, which also starred Jonah Hill. But her breakout role came in 2017, when she starred in the much anticipated “Blade Runner” sequel, “Blade Runner 2049”. She had the opportunity to work with Ryan Gosling in a film that ended up with five Oscar nods.
#9: She’s Wanted to Be an Actress for a Long Time
De Armas was born in Cuba and grew up in Havana. By the time she was 12, she knew she wanted to be an actress, and joined the National Theater School of Cuba. She was working in film just a few years later, though it would still be a while before she appeared in any Hollywood productions. The 2020s see her in her 30s, and while she has been acting for half her life, she still has strong aspirations for herself, citing powerhouses like Cate Blanchett, Kate Winslet, Meryl Streep and Penelope Cruz as inspirations.
#8: She Worked in Spain Before Hollywood
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De Armas’s maternal grandparents were from Spain, and because of that she was able to obtain Spanish citizenship. When she was 18, she left Cuba and moved to Spain where she began acting in Spanish productions. After having done “Una rosa de Francia” in 2006, she was hired to work on a TV show called “El Internado” set in a boarding school and stayed on for six seasons. In 2009, she worked on the film “Mentiras y gordas” and the following year, she did another TV series called “Hispania, la leyenda”.
#6: She Came to the US Before Learning English
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De Armas thanks director Jonathan Jakubowicz for “discovering” her and casting her in his film, “Hands of Stone”, which brought her to Los Angeles. The thing is, she didn’t know anybody and she didn’t speak English yet! She had to do months of classes at the time in order to learn the language. In an interview with W magazine, she said, “It was good exercise for my ego after eight years in Spain having a great career. When you move to the States, whatever you’ve done before doesn’t count. It was kind of refreshing, to be honest.”
#6: Her Big Break Was Something Out of a Movie
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In true Hollywood fashion, de Armas was scouted while she was outside talent agency CAA and on her way to the airport. Colleen Camp, a producer working with Eli Roth, insisted that she had to meet him. Before she knew it, she was being cast in “Knock, Knock” alongside Keanu Reeves. This wouldn’t be the last time she worked with Reeves; she also starred alongside him in 2016’s “Exposed” and only has glowing things to say about the much-loved actor. She told Hello magazine, “He was so patient with me. He is a very humble person – the sort of person that you meet and want to stay friends with forever.”
#5: She Has Been Married
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Ana de Armas may seem young, especially since she’s a relative newcomer to Hollywood, and it can be hard to believe that she’s already had time to be married- and divorced. She married fellow Spanish actor Marc Clotet in July of 2011 and the two were together for just two years before they split, with their divorce taking place in 2013. We don’t have much information on their relationship, since she was unknown in the US at the time. He is known for both his acting and his modelling, and is recognizable in Spain because of his work on popular primetime soap operas.
#4: Her Fashion Sense
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At the 77th Golden Globe Awards in 2020, de Armas was nominated for the Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. She was already one to watch, but then she appeared on the red carpet in a darkly sparkling Ralph & Russo dress and was considered one of the best dressed of the night - even if she didn’t take home a statue. But while this may have been her moment to wear an over-the-top princess style dress, she has had many other great sartorial looks as well, which means we’ll definitely be paying attention to what she wears in the future.
#3: Her Upcoming Projects
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The early 2020s will see lots of exciting films on the horizon for this up and comer. She is starring alongside Tye Sheridan in “The Night Clerk,” which comes out in February 2020 and she worked with Ben Affleck on a thriller called “Deep Water,” which will be released in the fall of the same year. Also, in an exciting announcement, we found out that de Armas would be portraying classic bombshell Marilyn Monroe in a Netflix original drama that doesn’t have a release date at the time of writing. Another Netflix project is “Sergio”, which is premiering at Sundance in January of 2020.
#2: She's the Next "Bond Girl"
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The idea of a “Bond Girl” may seem kind of dated in 2020, and that’s why they’re switching things up when it comes to the first James Bond flick of the decade, “No Time to Die”. In the past, the women who act opposite Bond have been pretty insignificant, but Ana de Armas as Paloma the CIA agent certainly won’t just be there as eye candy. Phoebe Waller-Bridge of “Fleabag” fame was brought in during April of 2019 to liven up the script to make it funnier, but she also worked on the film’s female characters - so we can bet that Paloma will have more to offer than meets the eye.
#1: “Knives Out” (2019)
We’ve managed to make it through this entire video without mentioning the role that most of you recognize Ana de Armas from - “Knives Out”. Released in late 2019, this comedic mystery film was written and directed by Rian Johnson and featured an all star cast that included Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Jamie Lee Curtis, Lakeith Stanfield, Michael Shannon and Christopher Plummer, among many more. But the starring role went to de Armas, who - though she had acted in several big productions - was far from being a household name. Interestingly, she initially didn’t even want to audition for the part because she didn’t want to be cast as the “pretty Latina caretaker”. Luckily, she got to read the script and reconsidered - and if you’ve seen the movie, you too know that the character is much more than that!
