Age: 38
female
Ana Celia de Armas Caso (Spanish pronunciation:[ˈana ˈselja ðe ˈaɾmas ˈkaso]; born 30 April 1988) is a Cuban, American and Spanish actress. She began her career in Cuba with a leading role in the romantic drama Una rosa de Francia (2006). At 18, she moved to Madrid, Spain, and starred in the popular drama El Internado (2007–2010). After moving to Los Angeles, de Armas had English-speaking roles in the psychological thriller Knock Knock (2015) and the comedy-crime film War Dogs (2016). De Armas rose to prominence for her roles as the holographic AI Joi in the science fiction film Blade Runner 2049 (2017) and nurse Marta Cabrera in the mystery film Knives Out (2019), receiving a Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical. She then played Bond girl Paloma in the James Bond film No Time to Die (2021) and actress Marilyn Monroe in the biographical drama Blonde (2022), for which she became the first Cuban nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. She then led the action thriller Ballerina (2025), a spin-off instalment in the John Wick franchise. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ana de Armas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
BLACK LOTUS follows Lia Varela (Ana de Armas), a 32-year-old ex-cyber intelligence officer with a mysterious past. After a global data collapse, she is recruited by a rogue agency to track down fragments of an AI that could either save or destroy humanity. Each film uncovers deeper conspiracies, globe-trotting intrigue, and the blurred line between humanity and machine. Franchise Structure Film 1: BLACK LOTUS Lia is recruited to recover the first AI fragment in neo-Tokyo, forming her core team and facing off against Viktor’s mercenaries. Film 2: LOTUS SHADOW The chase leads them to cyber-Paris and the underworld, where old betrayals come to light and Echo makes her allegiances known. Film 3: LOTUS ASCENDANT The race to the final fragment in the Amazon basin, with the fate of humanity at stake, and Lia confronting her own humanity.
