How has Ana de Armas been after breaking with Ben Affleck?

The year 2021 began with a break-up for Ana de Armas. Her much talked about relationship with Ben Affleck came to an end, and the actress faced a year of consolidating Hollywood fame without a lover. Or so she thought.

With the arrival of spring and sunny weather, Ana de Armas was spotted a few times in the company of an unknown and handsome man. American showbiz reporters have suggested that he may be the actress's new love interest.

On the eve of her birthday (30 April 2021), the actress spent a few days in her native Cuba to regain strength for the rest of the year. It will be a busy one!

There's quite a few interesting events coming up, like the James Bond movie 'No Time to Die'. In this latest instalment of the 007 franchise, starring Daniel Craig as Bond one more time, Ana de Armas plays the role of the Bond girl.

The movie has been delayed several times due to the coronavirus pandemic, but it is now set to premiere in September 2021. Surely, Ana de Armas will grace a few red carpets here and there.

Another big project that will arrive in 2021 is 'Blonde', the film in which Ana de Armas plays Marilyn Monroe. Netflix has confirmed that the movie will be released in 2021, although no date has yet been determined.

The actress is living her best moment in Hollywood, and these two projects confirm it. Her status is also confirmed by the fact that she has become a fashion and beauty influencer on social networks.

Ana de Armas has decided to turn her life around with a new look. The actress surprised us with this haircut, perhaps due to the demands of a script. Shorter hair, fringes and a more romantic look that actually suits her perfectly.

Gradually, the actress is becoming one of the new Latin sensations in Hollywood. Films like '007: No Time to Die', 'Knives Out' and 'Blade Runner 2049' prove it. But where does Ana de Armas come from?

Ana Celia de Armas Caso (the actress's full name) was born on 30 April 1988 in Santa Cruz del Norte, Cuba. It was clear to her from an early age that she wanted to act, and she trained at the Escuela Nacional de Arte de Cuba to do so.

At the age of 18 she moved to Madrid, Spain, to try to make a name for herself in the difficult world of acting. She became one of the main characters in 'El Internado', a hit series that ran for seven seasons.

As her career expanded rapidly in Spain and beyond, Ana de Armas always remembered her home base. "My parents are university scholars, very hard-working and self-sacrificing," the actress told Vanity Fair magazine. "We lived without luxuries, with the basics, just enough to eat every day and some summers to go to the beach."

"I was always aware, thanks to my parents' honesty, of what we could have and what we couldn't have," Ana de Armas told Vanity Fair. "My brother and I would go out into the street and play like crazy. I would come back with my knees bleeding (laughs). I had a lot of freedom".

Freedom has marked her professional career and caused Ana de Armas to try several different things, like cinema, TV, and video clips.

After various successful projects (including this movie, 'Por un puñado de besos'), Ana de Armas made the leap from European cinema to Hollywood.

Talking in Vanity Fair about how she landed one of her first roles, Ana de Armas recounts: "Director Jonathan Jakubowicz was looking for Durán's Panamanian wife [for the 2016 movie 'Hands of Stone']. He saw me on screen and contacted my agent to ask if I could go to Los Angeles."

Overnight, Ana de Armas became a promising young Latin star in Hollywood. To date, she has worked with actors such as Robert de Niro, John Turturro, Ryan Gosling, Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig.

Ana de Armas says that she and Keanu Reeves, with whom she filmed the movie 'Knock Knock', are close friends.

Shooting with Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford in 'Blade Runner 2049' was "quite an honour" for her, Ana de Armas has acknowledged. The film earned five nominations for the 2018 Oscars.

Does filming with movie stars intimidate her? According to Ana de Armas, at first, it does. But then, "when they shout 'Action!' we're all the same," she adds.

One particularly star-filled set was that of 'Knives Out,' where Ana de Armas joined Christopher Plummer, Daniel Craig, Jamie Lee Curtis, Chris Evans, Toni Collette, Don Johnson, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, among others, in a funny and dark whodunnit.

For Ana de Armas, the movie gave her one of her most celebrated roles to date: the innocent-looking nurse Marta. Ana de Armas got a Golden Globe nomination for her performance.

The actress would continue to work with Daniel Craig. The next project was 'No Time to Die,' the new James Bond movie in which Ana de Armas plays Paloma, a 21st-century Bond girl.

The other big Ana de Armas movie of 2021, 'Blonde,' is directed by Andrew Dominik, known for 'The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford.' Here we see a photo from the set of 'Blonde,' in which Ana de Armas plays a young Marilyn.

With acclaimed projects like these, it seems that Ana de Armas is at the top of the world. But how about her private life?

She may seem very young, but she is 33 already and even has a marriage behind her! Ana de Armas was married to actor Marc Clotet from 2011 to 2013.

Another European lover of hers was the Spanish director and screenwriter David Victori.They dated for a while but broke up right before she made the leap to Hollywood.

In 2020, there was Ben Affleck and his widely discussed romance with Ana de Armas. They dated in the midst of the pandemic and were often seen walking their dogs together. Ana de Armas knew Ben Affleck's children and the relationship got serious very soon.

In the end, however, the two actors appeared to be in different stages of their lives. Ana de Armas is still on the rise and travelling, while Ben Affleck has settled down in LA with his children. Let's see what else comes up in the next year for the Cuban actress!

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