Ana de Armas reportedly doesn’t think she is going to win the Academy Award

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the only Latina nominated in this year’s best actress in a leading role category and the only Latina actress considered for a 2023 Oscar.

But according to one of her closest friends, although the Cuban actress had a magistral performance as Marilyn Monroe in Netflix’s NC-17 psychodrama “Blonde,” she is not expecting to take home the statuette.As Periodico Cubano reported, Elena Furiase, granddaughter of Lola Flores and one of Ana’s best friends, the actress is happy and grateful for her nomination but still taking it one step at a time.“She is very well, very happy.

She has been nominated for practically all the awards, she is nominated for the Oscars, and she is very calm,” Furiase said on the red carpet of the Goya Awards. “She believes that they are not going to give it to her, so she is very calm,” Furiase assured.Elena said that Ana believes she has a lot of competition. “Ana is very realistic, and although she is excited, she knows that she does not have everything with her,” said the Spanish interpreter.Despite Ana’s feelings towards the possibility of winning, film director Pedro Almodóvar named her his favorite to secure the golden trophy. “Ana deserves the Oscar; what she does as Marilyn is impressive; what happens is that this year there are two beasts, Michelle Yeoh and Cate Blanchett, who are going to make it difficult for her, but it is a role that deserves an Oscar,” he assured.Oscars 2023: Jimmy Kimmel teases the Oscars, makes fun of ‘the slap’Oscar-winning actress to honor Queen Elizabeth at awards showViola Davis joins exclusive EGOT list after winning a Grammy Award for her audiobook ‘Finding Me’De Armas‘ historic nomination also recognizes her as the first Cuban to be considered for the leading role.