In a break from filming, she starred in the successful coming-of-age comedy Mentiras y Gordas (2009). The television show, set in a boarding school, became popular with viewers and made de Armas a celebrity figure in Spain. Two months later, he cast her as Carolina in the teen drama El Internado, in which she starred for six seasons from 2007 to 2010. Within two weeks of arriving, she met with casting director Luis San Narciso, who had seen her in Una rosa de Francia.
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She then starred in the movie El edén perdido (2007) and had a supporting role in Fernando Pérez's Madrigal (2007), filmed at night without the permission of her drama school tutors. 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. 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. Cuban actor Jorge Perugorría suggested that the director consider de Armas for the role, after meeting her while attending a birthday party with his daughters. 4 in the photo) with the cast of El Internado in 2008Īs a teenager in her native Cuba, de Armas had a starring role opposite Álex González in Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón's romantic drama Una rosa de Francia (2006). Career Career beginnings in Spanish cinema (2006–2013) ĭe Armas (no. At age 18, with Spanish citizenship through her maternal grandparents, she moved to Madrid to pursue an acting career. 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 community. While a student, she filmed three movies. She sometimes hitchhiked to attend the "rigorous" course. In 2002, aged 14, she successfully auditioned to join Havana's National Theatre of Cuba. She memorized and practiced monologues in front of the mirror, and decided to become an actress when she was 12. 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 neighbor's apartment. Īs a teenager, de Armas had no internet access and had limited knowledge of popular culture beyond Cuba. While de Armas grew up with food rationing, fuel shortages and electricity blackouts during Cuba's Special Period, she has described her childhood as happy. De Armas has one older brother, Javier, a New York-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. Her mother Ana worked in the human resources section of the Ministry of Education.
He previously studied philosophy at a Soviet university. Her father Ramón worked in various jobs, including bank manager, teacher, school principal and deputy mayor of a town. Her maternal grandparents were migrants to Cuba from Spain. 2.3 Leading roles and further recognition (2021–present)ĭe Armas was born in Havana, Cuba, and raised in the small city of Santa Cruz del Norte.2.2 Transition to Hollywood and breakthrough (2014–2020).
2.1 Career beginnings in Spanish cinema (2006–2013).She subsequently played Bond girl Paloma in the James Bond film No Time to Die (2021), and garnered praise for portraying Marilyn Monroe in the film Blonde (2022). For her performance as nurse Marta Cabrera in the mystery film Knives Out (2019), she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical and won the Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress. She rose to prominence with her role as a holographic AI projection in the science fiction film Blade Runner 2049 (2017). At age 18, she moved to Madrid, Spain, and starred in the popular teen drama El internado for six seasons from 2007 to 2010.Īfter 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), and had a supporting role in the sports biopic Hands of Stone (2016). She began her career in Cuba and had a leading role in the romantic drama Una rosa de Francia (2006). Ana Celia de Armas Caso ( Spanish: born 30 April 1988) is a Cuban and Spanish actress.
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