Cuban actress Ana de Armas spent half her 20-year career making her way to Hollywood with a three-year stint in Spain before heading to L.A. with three suitcases, her dog and very little English in 2016.

The actress’ trajectory since is the stuff of dreams with her some dozen credits since including Bladerunner 2049 , Knives Out , No Time To Die , an Oscar-nominated performance in Blonde and Ballerina .

In an on-stage conversation moderated by Deadline’s Diana Lodderhose at the Red Sea Film Festival on Friday, de Armas looked back at her time in Spain, where she appeared in popular TV teen dramas, with affection even if she had no regrets about moving on.

However, the actress revealed that she still harboured ambitions of clinching a big role in a Spanish feature film, w

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