Ana de Armas was dating the Cuban president’s stepson. Her status has changed
For those keeping track of Ana de Armas’ love life, there’s an update.
Last November, the “Knives Out” star raised eyebrows when she was first linked to Manuel Anido Cuesta after they were photographed looking cozy on a street in Madrid, Spain.
What was the issue? The 27-year-old lawyer’s mother, Lis Cuesta Peraza, is married to Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, the first leader outside the Castro family to govern the island country in decades.
But mere weeks later, de Armas, who was born in Havana, was photographed in London with someone completely different: The biggest action star on the planet, Tom Cruise.
Rumor had it the two were just friends and discussing future collaborations on screen.
But that was then and this is now.
Apparently, Cruise, 63, and de Armas, 37 — who will begin shooting an underwater thriller called “Deeper” soon in London, where the Hollywood icon has a place — are collaborating off screen as well.
New pictures of the pair taken by paps showing them walking hand in hand in the quaint, small town of Woodstock, Vermont, where the actress lives. TMZ reports they did couple-ish things like shopping and getting ice cream.
According to Realtor.com, de Armas left Los Angeles for a quieter, off the grid life in the Green Mountain State after constantly being stalked by photographers during her COVID-lockdown relationship with Ben Affleck. She bought her rural retreat for $7.2 million in November 2022.
This relationship is definitely on the long distance side.
Cruise maintains a home in London, where he was spotted with de Armas at an Oasis concert at Wembley Stadium. Nope, no clinches were snagged on the Kiss Cam.
The “Mission Impossible” stud also has a penthouse pad in Clearwater, near Scientology headquarters, so there’s a possibility of an eventual Florida sighting. Once the temperatures get a little cooler and the hurricanes are behind us, maybe. Not that Ethan Hunt can’t handle extreme weather conditions.
So what happened with Anido Cuesta? As per UsWeekly, the political advisor and de Armas were officially finito as of May. Meaning Cruise and his bae have been officially dating for about two months.
“It’s low-key, still new and in the early stages,” a source confirmed to the outlet. “Their romance is definitely on the down low.”
This story was originally published July 31, 2025 at 12:10 PM.
