One of the first times I ever read anything about Ana de Armas, it was her Vanity Fair cover profile in early 2020, before we even knew that she and Ben Affleck were happening. In that profile, she came across as very family-oriented, very driven professionally, very messy romantically and kind of sheltered when it comes to Hollywood. I think she genuinely fell for Ben Affleck and she was probably surprised when it fell apart in a year. Although, reportedly, she was the one who dumped him. I think he prefers it that way – he treats women like sh-t so they’re the ones dumping him. Anyway, before Ben, Ana dated a CAA agent who – at the time – was credited with significantly boosting her career. It really did seem like one day she was everywhere, and I do tend to believe that “dating a powerful agent” was a big part of that, however sexist that may be.
Post-Affleck, Ana has been keeping a much lower profile, but now that the Bennifer revival is dominating headlines, Ana wants people to know that she’s moved on too.
Actress Ana de Armas has moved on from Ben Affleck and is now dating Tinder VP Paul Boukadakis, multiple sources have exclusively confirmed to Page Six. “Knives Out” actress De Armas — who dated Affleck after they met on the set of thriller “Deep Water” in early 2020 through January of this year — has been quietly seeing handsome tech exec Boukadakis for a few months.
A source tells us, “Paul and Ana were introduced through friends. He is based in Austin, but splits his time between Texas and Santa Monica. He has been spending a lot of time with Ana before she left the US to film her new movie.”
The source adds that things have been going well between the new couple, and he has already introduced de Armas to members of his family. Boukadakis was co-founder and CEO at Wheel, which was acquired by Tinder in 2017 to add video collaboration. He became Tinder’s VP of special initiatives and has been working to create content for the site including the platform’s “Swipe Night.”
Meanwhile, Ana flew out to the set of her new Netflix film, “The Gray Man,” in May. She was photographed in Mallorca a month ago in a royal blue one-piece swimsuit. “The Gray Man” also stars Chris Evans, Ryan Gosling, and “Bridgerton” breakout Regé-Jean Page. The movie is based on the 2009 novel which follows a deadly duel between ex-CIA operative Court Gentry (Gosling) who is hunted by Lloyd Hansen (Evans), a former cohort at the CIA.
Wait, she’s working with Chris Evans again? Chris had zero chill when it came to Ana when they worked together on Knives Out. Like, he was really into her and it was so obvious, his fans were either trying to get them together or they were yelling at her to get off their man. My point? Maybe a few months in Mallorca with Chris Evans will change Ana’s romantic status yet again. But if this thing with a Tinder executive is the real deal, then God bless.
Oh God look at her hair these days. The bangs trauma, I can’t.
Photos courtesy of Backgrid, IG.
Good for her. I can’t imagine he’s a worse boyfriend than Ben. Honestly, if I were a super hot, famous actress, I’d probably date someone who’s not in the business. It seems like those relationships are a lot steadier.
Good for her for moving on . . . bad for her for feeling compelled to have Page Six report it. Makes it seem like the Bennifer 2.0 coverage has gotten under her sin a bit. Also, I’m not a fan of the bayang.
wow her face looks really different now – is it new makeup or some kind of procedure? she doesn’t look like herself…maybe its the new hair?
I think it’s the bangs (or hope so) I thought she looked like that girl Camilla Cabello.
I feel bad for saying this but she kinda looks like Dora the Explorer with the haircut. It makes her look younger and not in a good way.
As for the new guy, they haven’t been seen together, which I find it odd that her publicist would go out of their way to page 6 and give these quotes when she’s filming a movie in Europe. She only wants to save face… saying “I’m ok even though Ben’s back with his super-famous ex!”
Just weird. I feel like it shouldn’t have even been said. Should be interesting if all 4 of them show up to the premiere in January for the horrible movie they made together. LOL
Total Dora vibes.
At the time I thought it was a terrible idea for an up and coming actress to have anything to do with BA because of his tabloid-y lifestyle and the fact that she would always be known as ‘Ben Affleck’s former GF’. I hope we stop thinking of her that way. I’m sure she’s better off without him and his mess.
I thought the same thing… either photoshop or she got bit by plastic surgery culture when she was in LA
Canthoplasty?
I cut bangs and am so happy. Some of us like “dumb” hair. My bestie says I have animal hoarder bangs. Call me hipster, but I prefer ironic vs real housewife
I like the bangs!
Me too! I think this is a super cute haircut on her.
Good for her! He’s cute and seems like a better match. She seems a lot happier since dumping Affleck too.
She was in Mallorca to shoot for that diamond brand she’s a spoke person for. It had nothing to do with the movie!
Chris Evans again? Chris had zero chill when it came to Ana when they worked together on Knives Out. Like, he was really into her and it was so obvious.
No. I did not see this at all. She seemed really into him and they seemed friendly. Maybe go back and watch the interviews with them and he flirted more with one of the cute reporters and her unfortunate boots than with Ana.
Anyway. Ana is very talented and so very pretty. I hope that she is happy and enjoying her life.
Look up on YouTube a Knives Out interview with Chris and Ana, Chris was thirsting hard after the interviewer and Ana’s facial expressions were just *chef’s kiss*
I have seen them because of the weird ruckus with the interview he did with the pretty black entertainment reporter and her unfortunate looking boots. He made mention of it, seemingly in a flirtatious way and racist were outraged at the idea of Chris flirting with a black woman. I then fell into a rabbit hole and watched all of the knives out interviews. He what he was doing was considered flirting then he was flirting with Daniel Craig too.
I don’t get the need to mention his name in this article. Stop trying to make fetch happen. There’s obviously nothing there. It reminds me of his weird fans.
And I don’t think a woman who likes to travel a lot and wants to explore the world is the type of someone who always seems to be in MA
Yeah, it was an odd flex to mention him in this story. But I know many, many women who live in MA and in the New England area who are well traveled and love to see the world.
I mean that Evans doesn’t seem like he travels a lot and sees much of the world except for those Marvel promo tours and rather stays in MA. They both just don’t seems each other’s type. He’s the guy who wants to stay home in the States and she wants to travel the world.
I gotcha. Makes sense.
If I were her, when anyone mentioned Ben Affleck, my response would be “I don’t know him.”
And he’s totally the type to send an accidental “Had a great time last night” type message and then say “Sorry. That wasn’t for you.”
He’s a mess but those pap walks kept her in the news and she was more than happy to indulge.
Yes, there was definitely a mutual benefit. People always say JLo is extra. Dude, I think he is. Like we pretty much know about everyone he’s boned, so imo, he lacks discretion. And by the time you’re 50, if you can’t manage an adult breakup, you are a really stunted human being.
Ben is 100% extra and seems to get a pass for it while the women in his life end up getting blamed. No, my dude. This is on you too.
@enormous coat: some on the other thread say that Ben’s matured (since 2003) and then I think of how he threw out the cutout of Ana in full view of the paps when they split and I go ….WHAT?
Sure, Jan.
I was wondering about her working with Chris Evans again too! I did get the impression he was into her (I mean, as much as you can from a 100% outsider perspective) but I wonder if how public and over the top she was with Ben if that would be a turn off for him as he seems like a pretty private guy.
Nothing says “I’m over my ex” like rushing to publicize a relationship that’s supposedly been goin on for months as soon as the ex has someone new.
Lmao. she probably doesn’t give a f*ck about Ben, but probably misses the attention she had while she was with Affleck. Her pap pics from the last months only showed up in DailyMail and the only big coverage she got was when she started the “are they back together again” rumor by posting that necklace photo.
Agree lol.
She seemed over Been a long time ago. Agree it’s the attention she misses.
I like the bangs, she used to have them way back when. She looks good and I hope she finds someone who has similar values and it works out!
Has she been keeping a lower profile or do people just not really care about her without Ben? Especially with the bennifer resurgence. How convenient that her people decided to drop this story the day after the jenjamin making out in front of her family and kids pictures. Kind of like how Ana did the clearly arranged pap dog walk with that other guy back in April in an attempt to squash the reconciliation rumors she more or less started herself
“Jenjamin”:D:D I’m crying. It’s so fits them perfectly! It’s even dumber than “Benana”!
I think most simply don’t care about her without Ben. She’s been in the business for over a decade and in Hollywood for years, she’s no upcoming actress like some call her. Her relationship with Ben finally put her in the spotlight, people talked about more Evans’s stupid sweater than her performance in Knives Out.
It’s great and so fitting for them, right?! I wish I could take credit for it but I’ve seen it floating around other places. Agreed, she’s another Hollywood dubbed It Girl whose 15 minutes already expired.
I get the sense Ana gets bored easily. You look at her dating history and it’s full of year long relationships going back quite awhile. I wasn’t surprised when she and Ben split at the year mark.
At one point I thought Ana might pull the Evans card, the only rebound she could have one-upped Ben with. I mean, that was pre-Bennifer the sequel. I’m not saying they would upstage them now. But it looks like there’s no interest there on one or both of their parts, and I have no idea which. It would have been glorious though! lol Just to see Ben’s face.
“It really did seem like one day she was everywhere”
But that’s only what it *seems* like. Remember, with movies and how they are filmed and edited, she was putting in the work years before we saw the product come out. She filmed Blade Runner 2049 in the US in 2016 and has worked consistently since then…so she’s been doing the work for a long time. Sometimes projects just end up getting released all around the same time, even if they weren’t created at the same time.
I sorta think she broke up with Ben to get him crawling back to her and when he didn’t it effed up her plan.
I see it differently, but then we’ll never know the real story. My newest theory is: She broke up with Ben (who knows the real reason), and he’s used to women in love with him coming back to him when he makes an effort to woo them back, but she didn’t fall for it. Thus the set-up pap photo of throwing cardboard Ana out.
That’s quite a stretch.
Didn’t Benana make a movie together? Are they going to do press together? Will J-Lo be at the premier?
Yes and because of Covid it keeps getting postponed. They were supposedly fighting according to a deuxmoi witness during reshoots last November although they looked loved up the moment they saw lenses (which shows how much BS celebrity (or just Ben’s) relationships are). I don’t think it’s coming out until next year so odds aren’t great all three will be at a premiere but it will be fun if they are.
It got postponed originally because of Covid, now it’s because the studio knows it’s a flaming hot pile of garbage, someone saw a screener and more or less confirmed this. They shipped it off to where theatrical releases go to die. I remember that fighting story, and that Ana requested her own suite at the hotel where they were staying while doing reshoots.
I don’t see the big deal about AdA.
She seems interchangeable with other young stars.
I watched Knives Out and she did not own the screen, i.e. a young Bette Davis.
But, the old school stars had better movies, with plots sometimes. lol
Ben A is an over grown man child. There, I feel better for saying that out loud.
Totally agree. She’s very pretty and her wide eyes are intriguing but her talent is above subpar. But hey…if ScarJo can get an Oscar nod and be the highest paid actress, anything can happen.
I think it’s a wig. Full stop.
It legit looks like a wig from Party City.
Question for Kaiser, are there anyone’s bangs you DO like? Serious question, just wondering if there’s any kind of bangs that looks good to you.
I don’t remember thinking Evans seemed that into her in press junkets. Friendly from both sides sure but he seemed to brush off her touchiness. Likely in an effort to avoid gossip especially his after his Jenny fiasco.