The 2026 best actress in Hollywood is also known as ‘the female equivalent of John Wick’, she was nominated for an Oscar for her performance as Marilyn Monroe in ‘Blonde’, she played Paloma, the extremely capable and deadly CIA agent in the 007 Bond Movie ‘No Time to Die’, where she enthralling captured 10 minutes of the film.
She is Ana De Armas, she earned a Golden Globe Nomination for ‘Blonde’ with People magazine praising her performance as “pure acting”. Her notoriety reached an even more pronounced level by her recently winning of the 2025 ‘Action Star of the Year Award’ at CinemaConn.
She has quite a resume in action films where she has a reputation for her engaging work ethic when preparing for these roles. Ana is especially known for her combat prowness and for the use of her physicality to captivate audiences.
Her preparation for ‘From the World of John Wick: Ballerina’, was intense, to say the least, she performed the vast majority of her own stunts, and her preparation for the part included practicing Judo and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu at, what was known as "the assassin boot camp" where she specialized in "Central Axis Relock" (CAR) tactical gun training.
She has also portrayed other notable roles beyond the action/adventure genre where she stood out for her acting prowess these films include: ‘Knives Out’ ‘Ghosted’, ‘The Grey Man’ and ‘Blade Runner 2049’.
On top of all this she was very recently named: ‘The Most Beautiful Actress of 2025’ by ‘Ranked’, out placing the likes of Emily Blunt, Margot Robbie and Scarlett Johanson. Ana De Armas is in our present moment… ‘Best actress in Hollywood’.
Ana in ‘Knives Out’
Here she is portraying Marylin Monroe in ‘Blonde’ a role where critics proclaimed her performance to be ‘Uncanny’, ‘Brilliant’ and ‘Steeped in truth’.
Simply ‘The Best’.