Early Life and Education
Adria Arjona was born on April 25, 1992 in San Juan, Puerto Rico to Puerto Rican mother Leslie Torres and Guatemalan father Ricardo Arjona, a singer-songwriter who is among the best-selling Latin American artists of all time. She often traveled on tour with her father. Arjona grew up in Mexico City until the age of 12, when her parents divorced. She subsequently moved with her mother to Miami, Florida, where she lived until she was 18. Arjona then moved on her own to New York City, where she worked as a waitress while studying acting at the Lee Strasberg Theatre & Film Institute.
Television Career
Film Career
Arjona had her first major film role in 2016, in the action horror film “The Belko Experiment.” Two years later, she had supporting roles in the science-fiction monster film “Pacific Rim Uprising” and the Melissa McCarthy comedy “Life of the Party.” In 2019, Arjona appeared in two action films: J. C. Chandor’s “Triple Frontier” and Michael Bay’s “6 Underground.” Her next role was in 2021, as the cancer-stricken wife of Jason Momoa’s main character in the action thriller “Sweet Girl.” The year after that, Arjona starred opposite Jared Leto in the Marvel Comics superhero film “Morbius,” playing scientist Dr. Martine Bancroft. The film became an infamous critical and box-office flop. Arjona had better success with her other 2022 film, “Father of the Bride,” a reimagining of the earlier “Father of the Bride” films with a Cuban-American family. Released on HBO Max, it also stars Andy García, Gloria Estefan, and Isabela Merced. In 2023, Arjona was in two films that premiered at festivals: the thriller “The Absence of Eden” and Richard Linklater’s romantic crime comedy “Hit Man.” For her performance opposite Glen Powell in the latter film, she earned widespread praise. Both films were given theatrical releases in 2024. That year, Arjona starred in the Cuba-set drama “Los Frikis” and had a supporting role as a reality television star in the psychological thriller “Blink Twice,” the directorial debut of Zoë Kravitz. She went on to star in Michael Angelo Covino’s comedy “Splitsville,” which premiered at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival. After that, Arjona starred in Adam Wingard’s action horror thriller “Onslaught.” Others in the cast include Dan Stevens, Alex Pereira, Michael Biehn, Rebecca Hall, and Drew Starkey.
Personal Life
In 2019, Arjona married her longtime boyfriend Edgardo Canales, a Puerto Rican lawyer. The couple divorced in 2023, and Arjona subsequently began dating actor Jason Momoa, with whom she had co-starred in the film “Sweet Girl.”
