In the past one or two years, if you want to talk about non-European and American foreign actresses who are very popular in the Film Industry in the United States and even in the world, and are quite outstanding, it must be non-Hispanic actress Anna de Armas.
The real beauty of Anna de Armas and the actress, both in the United States and the world, is the new science fiction film Blade Runner 2049 in 2017.
The film allowed her to transcend her status as a general Spanish-speaking film star and into the broader audience vision of popular culture. Her fragile and delicate, intelligent and real and illusory character image and special identity in the film are an indispensable part of the huge and mysterious artistic atmosphere of the whole film, and an indispensable jewel among the female characters on the screen created by contemporary art science fiction films.
Born in Cuba in April 1988, Anna de Armas grew up in the capital, Havana, to spaniard parents. At the age of 12, Anna entered the National Academy of Performing Arts of Cuba and at the age of 18 went to Spain, where she worked her acting career, and in the same year she starred in her first film.
In 2014, when 26-year-old Anna de Armas came to Los Angeles, she only spoke Spanish and mastered English for two years and knocked on the door of her own American film after starring in a Spanish film.
During his eight years in Spain, as a young actor just starting out, Anna de Armas starred in six films and two TV series. Naturally, these films and televisions are all in Spanish.
During that period, her roles were mostly young girls or green girles. Several plays participated in the performance, including small-cost theme movies, campus suspense dramas full of youth and vitality, and costume films with historical themes. The youthful and childish temperament that was unique to her at that age was also preserved in these early screen photographs.
Stills from Anna de Armas' first film, in which she played the female lead
One of her two Spanish TV series is a young student film with a suspenseful atmosphere. The show was a highly acclaimed drama in Spain at the time, airing seven seasons from 2007 to 2010. Unlike many other European and American actresses who have shown maturity since she was a teenager, her iconic childlike baby face allows her to naturally play roles younger than her actual age.
The dark-haired girl on the left is Anna
After that, she starred in her next Spanish TV series. This is a historical drama with a war theme, and the whole drama is about a legendary hero in ancient Spain. The character of Anna de Armas is a delicate young girl in the village, who is robbed of the palace because of the war in her hometown and becomes the maid of the noble woman.
Stay with the heroes, as well
Freedom is lost.
In 2014, Anna officially moved to Los Angeles. She starred in her first American film in 2015, the thriller Knock on the Door. In this film, she and another Hispanic (Chilean) actress play keanu Levis, playing two charming women who break into other people's homes on rainy nights, and the subsequent development of the plot is very frightening.
At that time, Keanu had just starred in the action movie "Fast And Furious", and compared to the popularity he had paid no attention to more than a decade ago, "Knock on the Door" can only be said to be an effort by his continuous attempts to play a variety of roles. The film's script is not good, and the story is full of a bit of absurdity and bizarreness, but for the young Anna de Armas, whether the movie is good or bad, it is not a bad thing to star with Keanu.
In the next two years, Anna has starred in 5 other films. In 2016, she collaborated again with Keanu Levi, this time co-starring in the crime drama "Exposure". Anna plays a girl with a lot of mysteries in the film. However, the film was not released in theaters on a large scale, but chose to sell it on DVD.
It was a very busy time, and in addition to Exposure, Anna starred in a horror film, a biography of a sports figure, a biopic set in the war, and an action film with French participation in the production of two years.
In 2016, de Niro played Duran's coach in the biographical sports film "Fist of The Stone", which was joined by veteran film Robert De Niro and recreated the life of Panamanian boxing champion Robert Duran in the 1970s. The film is about the legendary boxing star's ups and downs in boxing and the mutual achievements between him and his coach.
Anna de Armas played robert Duran's wife in the film, which was her first truly international role. The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival that year, and after the screening, it received 15 minutes of applause from the audience.
In the same year, she appeared in the comedy biopic "Arms Dealer", based on real material, in which she played the girlfriend of the male protagonist who decided to join the arms trade. Since the focus of the film mainly revolves around the specific events that happened behind the war, her role is not particularly large.
Another film of hers that deserves a few credits before she became famous is the joint venture film "Speeding", which was shot entirely in France. The response to this 2017 work is a bit mediocre, but there is some humor peculiar to French films, and the plot also has a tense and exciting component. Because it can be regarded as a fashion action movie, Anna's style is finally no longer bland, and several male actors in the same scene are as young and bright as her.
Look at Anna, as well
Look at the two male protagonists in the film.
For Anna, however, the works that heralded the biggest breakthrough and turning point in her career had quietly come to her side before that.
In February 2015, the famous British science fiction master Ridley Scott announced that his 1982 directorial work, the classic suspense science fiction film Blade Runner, was confirmed to shoot a sequel. At the end of the year, Canadian actor Ryan Gosling confirmed to play the male lead of the film. In April of the following year, the producers confirmed that Anna de Armas would join the film through casting and enter the group shooting.
This sci-fi movie "Blade Runner 2049", which began in October 2017 and has been released worldwide, has become a beautiful and handsome science fiction poem rarely seen on the screen in recent years. Its complete and smooth layered narrative sense, the great illusion of visual effects, the intertwined and confused identities of the various characters, and the seamless soundtrack created by Hans Zimmer for the film, all immerse people in a dreamlike artistic baptism. It is not only the exploration of the meaning of personal identity, but also the perception and exploration of survival and the world environment.
And the heroine of the film, Anna de Armas, she completely lived up to expectations, lifted her weight to complete her task in the film, and lightly portrayed the only real existence of that illusory world, gentle and comforting, vividly portrayed into the hearts and minds of film fans around the world.
Confused eyes
With a confused look
Two people who work together seamlessly, and their performances are unforgettable
Overnight, under the gaze of the world, her star path became incomparably cheerful, and the road ahead was full of infinite possibilities.
But at this point she wasn't in a hurry to take the next step— fame was exciting, but Anna de Armas knew she should be at ease. In an interview, she said: "My father always said to take the long view and short steps" (take the long view and short steps).
While waiting for a new script that suited her, she only chose "The Whistleblower" with the old drama bones Cliff Owen and Pei Chunhua, and the suspenseful feature film "Wasp Network" co-starring with the Spanish goddess Penelope Kruz, both of which were released in 2019.
At the end of 2019, Anna de Armas joined the American murder mystery film "Sharp Blade Out of the Sheath", which co-starred Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, and a number of veteran actors. This is another blockbuster that has cemented her on-screen expressiveness and validated her ability to portray multiple different characters.
Listen carefully to the director with the US team
In the film, Anna de Armas once again plays the heroine, with the role of no minority stereotype, playing the young girl who combines key clues. She herself was nominated for this year's Golden Globe Award for Best Actress (a film in the Musical Comedy category) for this role.
However, the film will not be the only one she has worked with Daniel Craig. In April 2019, the 25th book in the highly publicized 007 film series, "No Time to Die", held a pre-launch media launch event at the caribbean residence of the famous British novelist Ian Fleming, known as the "Father of James Bond".
At the event, Anna de Armas, along with several newly announced cast members, made their official appearances with major stars such as Daniel Craig and Rhea Saidu.
At the same time, at the suggestion of Daniel Craig, the lines of the character played by Anna were all written and polished by the famous British female screenwriter Phoebe Waller-Bridge, who had just won three awards at the Golden Globe Awards for "London Life" at the time.
The four actresses have their own strengths, and the bright and moving Anna de Armas, standing next to the French actress Leia Saidu, is not inferior at all.
Now that the long-produced 007 film has been confirmed to be released worldwide in November this year, Anna de Armas, as a new generation of state girls, will soon show us her real charm in this enduring spy film.
In 007: No Time to Die, Anna's brand new stills
Beauty is a talent. Top beauty is an extremely rare talent, throughout the ages, more or less with their own appearance and personal charm to make the world admire the film stars, for the film industry has left an indelible classic screen mark.
Will Anna de Armas, who is walking in front of the world, be one of them? All this may still take time to prove, but as her talent is more recognized and polished, she will have the opportunity to achieve more.
And that one or more, which can definitely define her as a classic of the great screen of an era, may be waiting for her to approach.