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Ana de Armas

ACTOR · BORN 1988

Ana de Armas

Born
30 April 1988
Known for
Knock Knock (2015), Ghosted (2023), Blonde (2022), Deep Water (2022)

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Ana de Armas (born 30 April 1988) is an actor best known for Knock Knock, Ghosted and Blonde.

12 Interesting Facts About Ana de Armas

Interesting Facts (8)

  1. #001

    Early in her English-language career, Ana de Armas memorized screenplays without understanding a single word.

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  2. #002

    Ana de Armas took full-time English lessons for four months to keep from being typecast as a Latina.

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  3. #003

    For Blonde, Ana de Armas used blonde wigs instead of bleaching her own hair.

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  4. #004

    Under Cuban law at the time, drama graduates had to complete 3 years of mandatory state community service before they could obtain permission to leave the country.

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  5. #005

    De Armas withdrew from the drama program months before submitting her final thesis so she could keep her right to travel abroad.

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  6. #006

    Veteran Cuban actor Jorge Perugorría spotted de Armas at a birthday gathering and recommended her to director Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón, which led to her 2006 feature debut, Una rosa de Francia.

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  7. #007

    De Armas's work ethic on Knock Knock impressed Keanu Reeves enough that he pushed for her to be cast in his next crime drama, Exposed.

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  8. #008

    Cary Joji Fukunaga wrote the CIA agent Paloma in No Time to Die specifically for de Armas.

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Characters & Cast (3)

  1. #009

    Ana de Armas landed her first Hollywood role without an audition: a CAA parking lot spotting led to a meeting with director Eli Roth, and that was all it took.

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  2. #010

    De Armas almost passed on the Knives Out audition because Marta Cabrera was initially described only as a "pretty Latina caretaker"; reading the full script and realizing Marta was the story's moral center changed her mind.

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  3. #011

    Before relocating to the United States, she spoke only Spanish. Once in Los Angeles, her drive to land auditions pushed her to learn English, which she accomplished in 2 years. Her first English-language role came in Knock Knock (2015), and her career took off from there.

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Career & Awards (1)

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    Ana de Armas asked to be written out of El Internado, believing her new fame was damaging her acting career.

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Reference databases

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