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ANA DE ARMAS
An actress in charge

Ana de Armas has a problem. The
star of Bladerunner 2049, who shares
the screen with Ryan Gosling and
Harrison Ford, doesn’t care too much
for fame and even less to be in the
spotlight. “I don’t want to be the center
of attention. Ever!” admits the 29-year-
old Cuban actress.
Still, after her star-making turn in the
sequel to Bladerunner (1982), one of
the most iconic films of all time, stardom
appears to be practically inevitable.
Critics have called her performance
as Joi—a holographic companion who
develops human feelings—as “elegant,
nuanced and moving.” And it is obvious
to anyone with eyes that Ana is among
the sexiest and most beautiful actresses
in Hollywood. Rose. Three years later she moved to radar. This was followed by War Dogs
So, what’s the upside to her fame? Spain, furthering her film career and and Overdrive. She is currently filming
The main benefit is it brings her closer began working in television. But the action thriller Three Seconds with
to her goal of changing the passive despite the success she found in Clive Owen and Rosemund Pike.
image of women in films for a more Europe, in 2014 she moved to Los Close to her roots, the first thing
authentic, complex, and dynamic one. Angeles…without speaking a single Ana did when she found out she had
“I think women are very interesting. We word of English. “Moving to Los Ange- won the role of Joi was call her parents
have a lot to say, and sometimes it’s les was hard because I had an estab- in Havana. “It’s hard to explain to
frustrating that all the leading roles go lished career in Spain. You have to them how this all is, because you can’t
to men,” she says. “I know it can look forget your ego. Once again, I was compare Hollywood to Cuba,” she
as if I only play wives and girlfriends, an unknown,” she says. says. “I am ambitious in the best sense
but they are not the type that stay wait- De Armas immediately started study- of the word and I’ve never wanted to
ing at home. I wear the pants!” ing English—“one small step at a time,” settle if I believed that there’s more to
Indeed, Ana has proved that she as she remembers her father always be accomplished…. But even I couldn’t
does wear them, and very well, too. saying—and became known in the dream of anything like this.”
At 14 she began studying in Havana’s industry. The film Hands of Stone, where Now that Hollywood has opened its
National Theatre School, from where she played the wife of boxer Roberto doors to De Armas, the sky is the limit.
she graduated after four years. At “Mano de Piedra” Durán alongside “I want to play as many different roles
16 she made her first movie, Virgin Robert De Niro put her in Hollywood’s as I can. I want to do it all!” RAY TAMARRA/GC IMAGES

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