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Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, archipelagos, 4,195 islands and cays surrounding the main island. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean meet. Cuba is located east of the Yucatán Peninsula (Mexico), south of both the American state of Florida and the Bahamas, west of Hispaniola (Haiti/Dominican Republic), and north of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. Havana is the largest city and capital; other major cities include Santiago de Cuba and Camagüey. The official area of the Republic of Cuba is 109,884 km2 (42,426 sq mi) (without the territorial waters) but a total of 350,730 km2 (135,420 sq mi) including the exclusive economic zone. Cuba is the second-most populous country in the Caribbean after Haiti, with over 11 million inhabitants. The territory that is now Cuba was inhabited as early as the 4th millennium BC, with the Guanahatabey and Taíno peoples inhabiting the area at the time of Spanish colonization in the 15th century. It was then a colony of Spain, and slavery was abolished in 1886, remaining a colony until the Spanish–American War of 1898, when Cuba was occupied by the United States and gained independence in 1902. In 1940, Cuba implemente... ()
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Ana de Armas(35)

Actress | Havana (CU)

Ana de Armas was born in Cuba on April 30, 1988. At the age of 14, she began her studies at the National Theatre School of Havana, where she graduated after 4 years. She made her film debut with Una rosa de Francia (2006), which was directed by Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón. In 2006 she moved to Spain where she continued her film career, and started doing television. She currently lives between Madrid and Barcelona. Ana is known for her roles in Blade Runner 2049 (2017), Knives Out (2019), and No Time to Die (2021).

Known for: Blade Runner 2049, Knives Out, Blonde, No Time to Die

Andy García(68)

Actor | Havana (CU)

Andrés Arturo García Menéndez (born April 12, 1956), known professionally as Andy García, is an American actor. He first rose to prominence acting in Brian De Palma's The Untouchables (1987) alongside Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, and Robert De Niro. He continued to act in films such as Stand and Deliver (1988), and Internal Affairs (1990). He then costarred in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather Part III (1990) as Vincent Mancini, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He continued to act in Hollywood films such as Stephen Frears' Hero (1992), the romantic drama When a Man Loves a Woman (1994), and the action thriller Desperate Measures (1998). In 2000, he produced and acted in the HBO television film, For Love or Country: The Arturo Sandoval Story (2000), where he received a Primetime Emmy Award and a Golden Globe Award nominations. He also starred in Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven (2001) and its sequels, Ocean's Twelve (2004) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007). In 2005, García directed and starred in the film The Lost City alongside Dustin Hoffman and Bill Murray. He also starred in New York, I Love You (2008), the dramedy City Island (2009), the romantic comedy At Middleton (2013), and the crime thriller Kill the Messenger (2014). He has had supporting roles in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, Book Club, The Mule and the HBO television movie My Dinner with Hervé (all 2018), and the title role in the Father of the Bride remake (2022). In 2005, he won a Latin Grammy for Best Traditional Tropical Latin Album for producing Cuban musician Cachao's record Ahora sí.

Known for: Ocean's Eleven, The Godfather Part III, Ocean's Twelve, The Lost City

Steven Bauer(67)

Actor | Havana (CU)

Steven Bauer (born December 2, 1956) is a Cuban-American actor. He is known for his role as Manny Ribera in the 1983 film Scarface, and his role on the bilingual PBS show Que Pasa, USA.

Known for: Scarface, Traffic, Primal Fear, Ray Donovan

Tony Plana(72)

Actor | Havana (CU)

Tony Plana is a Cuban-American stage, film and television actor and director, best known for playing Ignacio Suarez, the father of the leading character on the television show "Ugly Betty".

Known for: Roman J. Israel, Esq., ¡Three Amigos!, Ugly Betty, Mayans M.C.

Oscar Nunez(65)

Actor | Colon (CU)

Oscar Nunez (born November 18, 1958), is a Cuban-American actor and comedian from Colón, Cuba. He is widely known for his portrayal of Oscar Martinez on NBC's The Office from 2005 to 2013. He has also appeared is various films including The Proposal (2009), The 33 (2015), Miss Stevens (2016) and Baywatch (2017).

Known for: The Proposal, Baywatch, The Lost City, The Office

Camila Cabello(27)

Actress | Cojímar, Eastern Havana (CU)

Karla Camila Cabello Estrabao (born March 3, 1997) is a Cuban-born American singer and songwriter. She rose to prominence as a member of the girl group Fifth Harmony.

Known for: Cinderella, Bright, The Fate of the Furious, Rob Peace

Adam Rodríguez(49)

Actor | Yonkers, New York (US)

Adam Michael Rodriguez (born April 2, 1975) is an American actor, screenwriter and director. He became known for his role as Eric Delko on CSI: Miami. He portrayed Task Force Agent Luke Alvez on Criminal Minds and Tito in the Magic Mike film series.

Known for: Magic Mike XXL, Magic Mike, CSI: Miami, Roswell

Faizon Love(55)

Actor | Santiago de Cuba (CU)

Faizon Andre Love was born June 14, 1968. An actor and comedian, he is best known for roles in the films Friday, Elf, and Couples Retreat. Love got his start as a stand-up comedian and made his acting debut Off-Broadway at the age of nineteen. His motion picture debut, Bebe's Kids had him providing the voice of late comedian Robin Harris. He then had a role in The Meteor Man starring Robert Townsend. Townsend then cast Love in a co-starring role on his sitcom The Parent 'Hood. He followed up this role with a breakout performance as the drug dealer Big Worm in the 1995 film Friday. Follow-up films have included Elf, Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood, Money Talks, Wonderland, The Fighting Temptations, and Idlewild. Love gained wider appeal when he co-starred in the 2009 film, Couples Retreat, a comedy chronicling four couples who partake in therapy sessions at a tropical island resort. His most recent role is that of Kurtis Kool in 2011’s Big Mommas: Like Father, Like Son. Many gamers may also know Love for his role as Sean "Sweet" Johnson, simply known as Sweet, in the Rockstar North game Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.

Known for: Friday, Elf, Just My Luck, The Replacements

Georg Stanford Brown(80)

Actor | Havana (CU)

Georg Stanford Brown (born June 24, 1943) is an American actor and director, perhaps best known as one of the stars of the ABC police television series The Rookies from 1972 to 1976. On the show, Brown played the character of Officer Terry Webster.

Known for: Stir Crazy, Bullitt, Roots, Hill Street Blues

Olga Merediz(68)

Actress | Guantanamo Bay (CU)

Olga Merediz is an American film, TV, Broadway, and voice over actress.

Known for: In the Heights, The Place Beyond the Pines, Bull, Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Marlene Forte(62)

Actress | Havana (CU)

Ana Marlene Forte Machado, better known as Marlene Forte, is a Cuban actress and producer. She is perhaps best known for her role as Carmen Ramos on the television soap opera Dallas (2012–2014). Forte also had recurring roles in Fear the Walking Dead, The Fosters and Altered Carbon. Her notable film credits including A Haunted House (2013), El Chicano (2018), Knives Out (2019), and The Way Back (2020).

Known for: Star Trek, A Haunted House, Knives Out, Fear the Walking Dead

María Conchita Alonso(66)

Actress | Cienfuegos (CU)

María Concepción Alonso Bustillo (born June 29, 1957), better known as María Conchita Alonso, is a Cuban actress, singer and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss World Venezuela 1975 and represented Venezuela at Miss World 1975 and placed Top 7. She has participated in film and television productions, and was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award as Best Leading Actress in 1996 for her role in Caught. As a singer, she has received several gold and platinum records, and has been nominated for three Grammy Awards. Alonso was the first Latin American actress—not born in the United States—to star in a musical on Broadway, with Kiss of the Spider Woman at the Broadhurst Theatre (1995).

Known for: The Running Man, Predator 2, Spread, Extreme Prejudice
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Danay García(39)

Actress | Havana (CU)

Danay Aguilar García (born July 5, 1984) is a Cuban-born actress and model. She is best known for her roles as Sofía Lugo on Fox's drama series Prison Break (2007–2009) and Luciana Galvez on AMC's horror drama series Fear the Walking Dead (2016–2023).

Known for: Fear the Walking Dead, Prison Break, CSI: NY

Tomas Milian(† 85)

Actor | Havana (CU)

Tomás Milián (1933–2017) was a Cuban-American actor best known for having worked extensively in Italian films from the late 1950s to the 1980s.

Known for: Traffic, Time of Indifference, JFK, Amistad

Selenis Leyva(51)

Actress | Baracoa (CU)

Selenis Leyva (born May 26, 1972) is an American actress. She began her career appearing in Off-Broadway productions and had supporting roles on television, before her breakthrough role as Gloria Mendoza in the Netflix comedy-drama series, Orange Is the New Black (2013–19). She later starred in the Disney+ comedy-drama series, Diary of a Future President (2020–21), and the NBC sitcom Lopez vs Lopez (2022–). Leyva also appeared in films Custody (2016), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Breaking (2022) and Creed III (2023).

Known for: Spider-Man: Homecoming, Breaking, The Place Beyond the Pines, Orange Is the New Black

Desi Arnaz(† 69)

Actor | Santiago (CU)

Desi Arnaz (1917 – 1986) was a Cuban-born American musician, actor and television producer.While he gained international renown for leading a Latin music band, the Desi Arnaz Orchestra, he is best known for his role as Ricky Ricardo on I Love Lucy, starring with then-wife Lucille Ball.

Known for: The Long, Long Trailer, Holiday in Havana, Aloha, I Love Lucy

Laura Ramos(45)

Actress | Havana (CU)

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Known for: Operación Fangio, Viva Sapato!, Las profecías de Amanda, Siempreviva

María Isabel Díaz Lago(59)

Actress | Havana / La Habana (CU)

María Isabel Díaz Lago was born on July 4, 1964 in Spain. She is an actress, known for Apocalypto (2006), Volver (2006) and Vis a vis (2015).

Known for: Apocalypto, Volver, Che: Part One, Locked Up

Orestes Matacena(82)

Actor | Havana / La Habana (CU)

Orestes Matacena (born August 29, 1941) is a Cuban–American actor, director, producer and writer. His most notable appearance is in the 1994 film The Mask as crime boss Niko. In 1973, Matacena appeared as Olimpio in the Duo Theatre production Francesco: The Life and Times of the Cencis at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club in the East Village of Manhattan. The production was written and directed by Manuel Martin, Jr., with music by Enrique Ubieta. Magaly Alabau, who co-founded Duo Theatre with Martin, also appeared in the production. He was awarded best actor at the 24FPS International Short Film Festival in 2013. Also in 2013, he received the Ozz Electric Award for best actor at the Vaughan Film Festival in Toronto for the film Caged Dreams.

Known for: The Mask, Tainted, Wild Wild West

Joey Diaz(61)

Actor | Havana (CU)

Jose Antonio "Joey" "CoCo" Diaz (born February 19, 1963) is a Cuban-American standup comedian, actor and podcast host. Born in Cuba and raised in North Bergen, New Jersey, Diaz began his stand-up career in 1991. He had roles in the television series My Name is Earl and the films The Longest Yard and Taxi. Since 2012, Diaz has hosted the podcast, The Church of What's Happening Now, is a regular guest on The Joe Rogan Experience, and produced an autobiographical documentary.

Known for: The Many Saints of Newark, Grudge Match, The Longest Yard, This Is Not Happening

Daisy Fuentes(57)

Actress | Havana (CU)

Daisy Fuentes (born November 17, 1966) is a Cuban-American actress, comedian, model, television host and former weather presenter. Fuentes became MTV's first Latina VJ (signed to MTV and MTV Latin America simultaneously) and Revlon's first Latina spokesperson to be signed to a worldwide contract.

Known for: Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child : Robinita Hood, Curdled, Baywatch, Loving

Roberto 'Sanz' Sanchez(59)

Actor | Havana (CU)

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Known for: 2 Fast 2 Furious, BMF, Palm Royale, Queen of the South

Mario Cimarro(52)

Actor | Havana (CU)

Mario Antonio Cimarro Paz (born June 1, 1971) is a Cuban actor.

Known for: Romeo + Juliet, Pasión de Gavilanes, Second chance, Vuelve temprano

Carlos Leon(57)

Actor | Cuba (CU)

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Known for: The Big Lebowski, The Replacement Killers, The Woodsman, Tricks of Love

Victor Rivers(68)

Actor | Sancti Spíritus (CU)

Victor Rivers (born Victor Rivasin Sancti Spíritus, Cuba) is an actor, known forThe Mask of Zorro(1998),Blood In, Blood Out(1993) andHulk(2003). He has been married to Mim Eichler Rivas since 1988. They have one child.

Known for: The Mask of Zorro, The Air I Breathe, Hulk, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

Vida Guerra(50)

Actress | La Habana (CU)

Vida Guerra (born March 19, 1974) is a Cuban-born American glamour model and actress. Her first notable appearance was in the U.S. edition of FHM magazine in December 2002; since then, she has modeled for many other men's magazines.

Known for: CHiPS

Yul Vazquez(59)

Actor | Havana (CU)

Yul Vázquez was born in Cuba. He is an actor and he is married to Linda Larkin. He has appeared as “Bob” in the Seinfeld episodes “The Soup Nazi”, “The Sponge” and “The Puerto Rican Day”.YUL VÁZQUEZ has appeared in over thirty films including “The A-Team” (2010) with Liam Neeson, John Sayles' Amigo, Steven Soderbergh’s two-part epic “Che” (2008), “The Take” (2008), “American Gangster” (2007- SAG Award nomination, Outstanding Cast), “Music Within” (2007), "War of the Worlds" (2005), “Bad Boys 2” (2003), "Traffic" (2000- Winner, SAG Award, Outstanding Cast), and "Runaway Bride" (1999). An original member of LAByrinth Theater Company, Vazquez has appeared in countless LAB productions, including Stephen Adly Guirgis’ “The Last Days of Judas Iscariot”, directed by Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Other theater includes Terrence McNally’s “The Stendhal Syndrome” at Primary Stages With Isabella Rossellini, and Eduardo Machado’s “The Floating Island Plays” at Mark Taper Forum. Upcoming feature films include “Fugly!” with John Leguizamo, “Salvation Boulevard” with Pierce Brosnan and "The Missing Person", which premiered at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. Vazquez will be returning to the stage in the Broadway premiere of "Motherf**ker With The Hat" which also boasts the talents of Bobby Cannavale, Annabella Sciorra and comic Chris Rock (previews March 22, 2011).Yul Vázquez currently serves as co-Artistic Director of LAByrinth Theater Company with Stephen Adly Guirgis & Mimi O'Donnell in New York City. In 2010 Yul Vazquez founded mechanizedmules. A film production company with Ed Vassallo, Rick Rodgers and Robert Leaver. Their first short film F--K premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in spring of 2010. They are currently in production for their first feature film which is shot in Sugar Hill section of New York City - surrounding the last active graveyard in Manhattan. Trinity Cemetery between 152nd and 155th street on the west side of Manhattan.

Known for: Captain Phillips, Severance, The Outsider, Russian Doll, Godfather of Harlem

Luis Ávalos(† 67)

Actor | Havana (CU)

Luis Ávalos (September 2, 1946 – January 22, 2014) was a Cuban character actor. He made numerous film and television appearances, most notably in the 1971–1977 children's television show The Electric Company.

Known for: The Ringer, Hollywood Homicide, Hot Stuff, Resurrection Blvd.

Jacqueline Arenal(56)

Actress | Havana / La Habana (CU)

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Known for: A Paradise Under the Stars, The Marked Heart, Los Reyes, Le Retour d'Arsène Lupin

Carmen Villalobos(40)

Actress | Barranquilla (CO)

Carmen Villalobos (born Yorley del Carmen Villalobos Barrios on July 13, 1983) is a Colombian actress and model.

Known for: Without Breasts There Is No Paradise, The Scent of Passion, El Señor de los Cielos, My Heart Beats for Lola Volcán
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