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The actress

, winner of the Oscar for best supporting actress in 2009 for 'Vicky Cristina Barcelona', has praised the work of the Spanish-Cuban actress

, where she plays the role of

.

"I have loved her work, I think she

and I think it is very difficult to play Marilyn Monroe and she has embroidered it", assured the Madrid actress, in statements to Europa Press, after presenting her latest film in Madrid, 'On the Margins, directed by Juan Diego Botto.

The role of Ana de Armas in

has managed to position her as one of the

at the next Academy Awards, which will be held on Sunday, March 12, 2023.

So far, in the 94 editions of the Oscars, only two Spanish actors have managed to win the statuette, Javier Bardem (2007) and Penélope Cruz, who has not hesitated to praise Ana de Armas for the possibility of becoming the second Spanish with a statuette.

"I love her and

. We know each other a little bit and I think she has a lot of talent," he said.

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