Hit Man star Adria Arjona may look familiar to viewers because she’s been in a lot more films and TV shows than you might think.
In Hit Man, Arjona plays Madison Figueroa Masters, aka Maddy, a New Orleans housewife who meets with Gary Johnson (Glen Powell) to arrange a hit on her controlling husband who dictates her every move.
The problem is, Maddy doesn’t realize that Gary is an undercover fake hit man who is working for the New Orleans Police Department.
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Thanks to his charm and clever disguises, Gary has a great track record for getting would-be criminals to hand over an envelope of cash to complete the undercover sting operations—but in this case, he tells Maddy to use the money instead to leave her husband and start her life over.
After Maddy gets divorced, she contacts Gary again and a romance quickly develops. Since Gary can’t tell Maddy who he really is, the relationship is constantly on the brink and soon things get dangerous for both of them.
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Born April 25, 1992, in Puerto Rico and raised in Mexico City, Arjona kicked off her screen career in 2014. Since then she’s appeared in more than two dozen films or TV shows. Here’s a look at some of the Hit Man star’s previous screen roles.
‘Andor’ (2022)
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away—or two years in showbiz time—Adria Arjona starred in the Star Wars spinoff series Andor, which examines the origin story of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story hero Cassian Andor (Diego Luna).
In Andor, Arjona stars as Bix Caleen, a junk dealer and mechanic who is Cassian’s most trusted ally and goes to great lengths to protect her longtime friend. Arjona is expected to star in the second season of Andor when it returns to Disney+.
‘Father of the Bride’ (2022)
Adria Arjona stars in a key role in Father of the Bride, a reimagining of the original Father of the Bride from 1950 starring Spencer Tracy, Joan Bennett and Elizabeth Taylor and its 1991 remake starring Steve Martin, Diane Keaton and Kimberly Williams.
Andy Garcia and Gloria Estefan star as Billy and Ingrid Herrera in the then-HBO Max 2022 version of Father of the Bride, a married couple headed for divorce.
Billy and Ingrid put off their plans of telling their daughters of the split, however, when one of them, Sofia (Arjona), makes a sudden announcement that she’s engaged to and is set to be married in a month. The romantic comedy also stars Diego Boneta as Sofia’s fiancé Adan Castillo.
‘Morbius’ (2022)
Morbius marked the first of two of Adria Arjona’s films in 2022. An adaption of the Marvel comic book of the same name, Morbius stars Jared Leto as Dr. Michael Morbius, who suffers from a deadly blood disease.
In order to survive, Morbius splices the genes of vampire bats as part of his treatment—but it also turns him into a vampire. Arjona stars as Morbius’ scientist colleague Dr. Martine Bancroft.
Morbius became notorious, unfortunately, when it was lambasted by Rotten Tomatoes critics with a 15% “rotten” rating based on 284 reviews. Viewers embraced Morbius, however, rewarding it with a “fresh” Audience Score of 71% on RT based on 5,000-plus verified user ratings.
‘6 Underground’ (2019)
Five years before the release of Hit Man, Adria Arjona starred in another Netflix original movie, 6 Underground. The high-stakes action thriller is directed by Michael Bay and also stars Ryan Reynolds, Corey Hawkins, Mélanie Laurent, Ben Hardy and Dave Franco.
In 6 Underground, Arjona stars as Five, aka The Doctor, one of six people who have faked their deaths to join an expertly skilled vigilante team that goes on a mission to take out a brutal dictator. Reynolds stars the team’s leader, One, aka The Billionaire.
‘Triple Frontier’ (2019)
Triple Frontier marked the first of two Netflix original films in 2019 that Adria Arjona starred in.
Like 6 Underground, Triple Frontier is an action thriller, where a group of former U.S. Army Delta Force operatives reunite to pull off an elaborate heist in South America by stealing from a notorious drug lord.
Ben Affleck, Oscar Isaac, Pedro Pascal, Charlie Hunnam and Garret Hedlund star as the mercenaries in Triple Frontier, while Arjona plays Yovanna—an informant for the group who reveals the location of the drug lord. In return, the mercenaries must smuggle Yovanna’s brother out of the country.
‘Pacific Rim: Uprising’ (2018)
A sequel to the director Guillermo del Toro’s 2013 monster movie hit Pacific Rim, Pacific Rim: Uprising stars John Boyega as Jake Pentecost, the son of the original film’s hero Stacker Pentecost (Idris Elba).
Jake takes up his mantle of father by piloting a Jaeger, a giant, robot-like defense system that battles Godzilla-sized kaiju as they emerge from the ocean.
Arjona stars in a supporting role in Pacific Rim: Uprising as Julia Reyes, an officer of the Pan-Pacific Defense Corps, a group of countries around the globe that spearheaded the Jaeger Program. Pacific Rim: Uprising also stars Scott Eastwood, Cailee Spaeny and original Pacific Rim stars Charlie Day and Rinko Kikuchi.
‘Emerald City’ (2017)
Adria Arjona starred in the iconic role of Dorothy Gale in Emerald City, an NBC series inspired by the Oz book series by L. Frank Baum. The 10-episode series—which ran for only one season in 2017—is a darker reimagining of the classic Wizard of Oz tale as Dorothy tries to find her way to the Emerald City.
Arjona’s co-stars in Emerald City include Jolie Richardson as Glinda—the former Good Witch of the North, Ana Ularu as West—the former Wicked Witch of the West and Vincent D’Onofrio as Frank Morgan, aka the Wizard of Oz.
In addition to Arjona’s notable projects listed above, she starred in the recurring role of Anathema Device in the Prime Video comedy series Good Omens in 2019, as well as the recurring role of Emily in HBO’s True Detective Season 2 in 2015.
Hit Man is streaming exclusively on Netflix.
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