Ana de Armas is enjoying the first few days of summer.
The 38-year-old actress shared a series of new photos on Instagram, many of which showed her in a bikini as she partied poolside with friends.
One of the photos shows de Armas cuddling her dog as she sits with her legs in the water in a patterned string bikini which she paired with a stack of bracelets.
She is seen wearing the same bikini in multiple other photos, which feature her hugging her friends, sitting around a table playing a board game, sitting by the pool and laughing with her friends and sitting at the edge of the pool as she dips her dog into the water.
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“These are the good times,” one fan wrote in the comments section, while another added, “Salsita and Elvis getting a tan 😍❤️,” referencing her two dogs.
Other photos show her flaunting her toned body in red micro shorts and a matching red bralette, which she paired with a blue bandana tied around her head.
The actress got her start in Cuban and Spanish cinema before transitioning to Hollywood in 2014. She had small roles in big movies before having her breakthrough in the 2017 movie “Blade Runner 2049.” She later received major recognition for her work in the 2019 movie, “Knives Out.”
Her role in “Knives Out” earned her a Golden Globe nomination, which led to a leading role in “Blonde,” playing Marilyn Monroe, a part which earned her an Academy Award nomination.
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“I tried!” the Cuban-born actress told The Sunday Times in 2021 about nailing Monroe’s accent. “It only took me nine months of dialect coaching, and practicing, and some ADR sessions. It was a big torture, so exhausting. My brain was fried.”
Although the Academy enjoyed her work in the film, the “Ballerina” star initially received backlash when it was announced she would be playing the iconic movie star.
Many were critical of the fact that a Cuban actress was chosen to portray Monroe, with one writing that her “heavy accent” stopped her from sounding like her.
“Am I the only one not surprised that Ana De Armas sounds bad in the Blonde trailer?” one X user wrote. “Her accent is very heavy, it was going to take a lot for her to convincingly sound like Marilyn.”
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Amid the criticism, actor Brad Pitt, whose production company, Plan B, produced the film, came to her defense, telling Entertainment Tonight at the time that “she is phenomenal in” the movie.
“That’s a tough dress to fill,” he said. “It was 10 years in the making. It wasn’t until we found Ana that we could get it across the finish line.”
