Ricardo Arjona He is one of the most renowned singers in Latin America. Author of songs such as “The Problem”, “It Was You” and “The History of a Taxi”, The 57-year-old composer takes to a stage where you either love him or hate him.
Although the Guatemalan is discreet when it comes to his private life, it is known that he is the father of three children: Ricardo Jr., 25 years, Little Nicholas 11 years and Adria, who is 28 years old and has slowly made his way young hollywood star. Then we tell you all about the actress.
Who is Adria Arjona?
Adria Arjona Torres was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on April 25, 1992, the result of the first marriage of the singer with the Puerto Rican model Leslie Torres. His first years of life were spent in Mexico City with his family.
However, at the age of 12 he moved to Miami and six years later moved to New York to study at Lee Strasberg Institute of Theater and Film. In order to become independent and not depend on his father, he decided to adjust his schedules learning drama in acting school and working as a waitress at the same time.
She always knew she wanted to be an actress
“I remember my father telling me to try to act because I needed a creative outlet.. I was very shy and I still am, but on the first day of acting, I suddenly talked and got up and fell in love “, he mentioned for the magazine Vanity Fair in 2019.
“All I knew was that I had to study actingHe had that little worm in him and he still lives today. Of course my father helped me; However, the best gift he gave me didn’t give me everything. That taught me to fight, to be a worker, “she said in an interview Vogue, also in 2019.
At just 20, he starred in his first short film: He loses a short film (2012), but her first professionally accredited work as an actress was when in 2014 he appeared in an episode of the crime series Unforgettable. He also appeared in two chapters of the fourth season of Person of interest.
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A year later he got his first major role on the big screen, in comedy Little Galicia. There’s his meteoric rise, because in the same year his participation became recurrent in the second season of the series Real detective.
His first major role, but on the small screen, came thanks Emerald City, the fantasy drama series in which he appeared in every episode of the single season. The following year he recorded the comedy tape The soul of the partystarring comedian Melissa McCarthy; in addition to the science fiction film Pacific Titans: Insurrection, with John Boyega and Scott Eastwood.
In 2019, Adria Arjona reappeared on the big screen with Triple border, playing Yovanna, a woman who is forced into the world of drug trafficking. In this production he acted alongside Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac and Pedro Pascal, who recently played Din Djarin in the hit Disney Plus series, The Mandalorian.
In September of that year and after two years of meetings, actress and lawyer Edgardo Canales got married in Antigua, Guatemala, where Guatemalan singer-songwriter and guitarist Gaby Moreno sang in a private ceremony with the couple’s family and friends.
In the same year he joined the original project of Netflix, Team 6, directed by Michael Bay and in which he shared credits Ryan Reynolds, Mélanie Laurent, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo, Ben Hardy, Dave Franco and Corey Hawkins.
What’s next for Adria Arjona
It is known that the following projects of the young star are two very important productions. The first is the Marvel movie: Morbid, in which he will share credits with Jared Leto. The second is Andorra, a series of prequels for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (2016), with the Mexican Diego Luna.
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