Age: 39
female
Natalia Reyes is a Colombian actress and producer who achieved international prominence for her leading role as Dani Ramos in the 2019 science fiction film Terminator: Dark Fate. She began her career in her native country, gaining recognition for her performance in the television series Lady, la vendedora de rosas and the 2018 film Birds of Passage, the latter of which was selected as the Colombian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 91st Academy Awards. Her work in Colombian cinema earned her a nomination for Best Actress at the India Catalina Awards. In recent years, she has served as the President of the Colombian Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences and expanded her international presence with roles in the 2024 film Tomorrow Before After and the 2025 action-thriller Shadow Force.
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.
