Ana de Armas is a Cuban-Spanish actress who has built an international career across Spanish-language cinema and major Hollywood productions. Born April 30, 1988, in Santa Cruz del Norte, Cuba, she began acting as a teenager and gained early recognition in the Spanish television series El Internado. After moving to Los Angeles, she steadily transitioned into English-language roles, appearing in films including Knock Knock, War Dogs, and Hands of Stone.

Her breakthrough came with the science-fiction sequel Blade Runner 2049 (2017), in which she played Joi, a sophisticated artificial intelligence companion. She followed that success with prominent roles in Knives Out (2019), earning a Golden Globe nomination for her performance, and the James Bond film No Time to Die (2021). In 2022, de Armas portrayed Marilyn Monroe in Blonde, earning an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Her combination of dramatic ability, screen presence, and versatility has made her one of Hollywood’s most recognizable contemporary stars.