Ana de Armas was born “Ana Celia de Armas Caso” on April 30, 1988, in Havana, Cuba, and raised in the small seaside town of Santa Cruz del Norte. Growing up in Cuba, she developed an early passion for acting, often saying that she “knew from the age of twelve” that she wanted to perform. At fourteen, she was accepted into the National Theater School of Cuba, where she received rigorous training that shaped her early artistic foundation. Around circa 2006, before finishing her studies, she made h