Ana de Armas is on fire. Not literally — although she comes perilously close a few times in the new Russo brothers thriller The Gray Man. No, de Armas is on fire in a much more appealing way. Over the past few years, she’s become one of the most mesmerizing new stars on the planet. Whether appearing in sci-fi blockbusters or pretzel-like whodunits, de Armas is a sparkling, scene-stealing screen presence. The Gray Man is merely her latest showcase in a run that will continue this fall in Andrew Dominik’s surreal Marilyn Monroe story Blonde. Where can you get your fix in the meantime? We’re here to help. Below, you’ll find a guide to the many faces of Ana de Armas — from titles currently streaming on Netflix to those further afield. 

Blonde

In Blonde, de Armas transforms into iconic starlet Marilyn Monroe — but this story isn’t quite the one you might read in your Hollywood history books. The film paints Monroe’s life as a psychological horror story, one that dances back and forth from painstaking recreations of Monroe’s onscreen work to surreal sequences that dive into her traumatized psyche. Through it all, de Armas is nothing less than bewitching, tackling a grueling role with the grace and charm of a true movie star. This isn’t a celebrity impression; it’s a bold and brutal reimagining that won de Armas her first Oscar nomination, the first Cuban-born performer to be honored by the Academy.

Blonde

2h 47m   NC-17   2022

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The Gray Man

In the new action thriller from the directors of Avengers: Endgame, de Armas plays Dani Miranda, a CIA operative swept up in the pursuit of Sierra Six — a top-secret (and notoriously deadly) assassin as played by Ryan Gosling. Miranda is a loyal soldier, but as the chase goes on, she finds herself more and more entangled with Six. And she’ll need to decide which side she’s really on. It’s a bone-crunchingly physical performance for de Armas, who holds her own alongside the film’s many stuntmen and action heroes. 

The Gray Man

2h 9m   PG-13   2022

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In Todd Phillips’ Iraq War satire, de Armas plays Iz, the girlfriend of unlikely arms dealer David Packouz (Miles Teller). Her character is as close to a moral compass as the movie gets, especially after she realizes the true nature of her husband’s business. It’s an early high-profile English-language performance for the Cuban-born actor, and she’s a hypnotic presence, difficult to look away from.

Blade Runner 2049

De Armas’ breakout Hollywood role came in Denis Villeneuve’s sequel to Ridley Scott’s 1982 sci-fi masterpiece. In her first co-starring role opposite Gosling, de Armas plays Joi, a holographic romantic companion with more on her mind than she was programmed for. De Armas is tasked with playing both the loyal, kind Joi and her many similar counterparts throughout the film’s cyberpunk story. In one scene, she and Gosling’s Officer K share an intimate moment with a physical surrogate (Mackenzie Davis). The trio’s forms blur and shift into one another in one of the more memorable love scenes ever seen onfilm. It’s beautiful — and more than a little chilling. 

Blade Runner 2049

2h 41m   R   2017

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Sergio

Oddly enough, War Dogs isn’t de Armas’ only go at an Iraq War drama. In this 2020 biopic, she plays Carolina, a young woman in a relationship with United Nations representative Sérgio Vieira de Mello (Wagner Moura). The film tackles the aftermath of the United States’ invasion of Iraq, and de Mello’s part in fighting against the country’s occupation. De Armas, playing a UN official in her own right, commands the screen.

Sergio

1h 58m   R   2020

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Like Sergio,this 2020 Olivier Assayas film also features de Armas and Wagner Moura in a romantic entanglement — here she plays his character’s wife. Assayas, who directed the gorgeously haunting Personal Shopper, takes on the story of Cuban spies in the United States in the 1990s. Sharing the screen with Penélope Cruz, Édgar Ramírez, and Gael García Bernal, de Armas has a smaller role, but she proves that sometimes less is more.

Wasp Network

2h 8m   TV-MA   2020

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She may not be appearing in the upcoming Netflix sequel, but de Armas is the heart of Rian Johnson’s hit 2019 whodunit. The actor not only holds her own in the midst of a truly formidable cast (including her No Time to Die costar Daniel Craig and her Gray Man costar Chris Evans), she quietly steals the show. As Marta, the kindly young nurse stuck in the middle of the backstabbing Drysdale family, de Armas gives the core performance the film needs — she’s solid and subtle while Craig, with his Southern-fried Foghorn Leghorn accent, hams it up mightily in the spotlight. 

No Time to Die

De Armas only has a scant 15 minutes or so of screen time in the 25th James Bond film, but in that short span she’s practically an electric current, charging the film with high-voltage energy and enthusiasm during one of its most crucial moments. As Cuban spy Paloma, de Armas gets to kick ass and take names alongside the most famous spy of all time, all while wearing heels and a drop-dead gorgeous ball gown. And then, just like that, she vanishes from the movie as suddenly as she first appeared. If de Armas wasn’t already a star, this would have been more than enough to turn her into one. Paloma spin-off when?

No Time to Die

2h 43m   PG-13   2021

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Dani Takes Down Lloyd | The Gray ManStarring Ryan Gosling, Chris Evans, and Ana De Armas. Directed by the Russo brothers.