--- title: Adria Arjona is on the TIME100 Next 2024 List description: Find out how Adria Arjona is shaping the future and defining the next generation of leadership. canonical: https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2024/7023638/adria-arjona/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2024-10-02T11:22:55.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-07-28T06:29:04.668Z article:section: World og:title: 2024 TIME100 Next: Adria Arjona og:description: Find out why Adria Arjona is on this year’s TIME100 Next list og:url: https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2024/7023638/adria-arjona/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt19b76c9a187bd219/698a5b8de6e84a1d032b3750/time100-next-2024-adria-arjona-crop.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 2400 og:image:height: 1350 og:image:alt: 2024 TIME100 Next: Adria Arjona og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: 2024 TIME100 Next: Adria Arjona twitter:description: Find out why Adria Arjona is on this year’s TIME100 Next list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt19b76c9a187bd219/698a5b8de6e84a1d032b3750/time100-next-2024-adria-arjona-crop.jpg?branch=production --- Oct 02, 2024 # Adria Arjona by Richard Linklater  Adria Arjona Adria ArjonaKayla James—The New York Times/Redux A movie star is someone you can’t take your eyes off of. Their beauty and presence pull you in right away, but it’s the sense of mystery behind their eyes that keeps you there. That’s Adria Arjona. When she shows up, it’s like, holy sh-t. She’s sweet and confident, but there’s a depth to her that just ­totally hooks you. When we were trying to cast someone to play Madison in the 2024 film _Hit Man_, Adria ended up being the first and only actor I interviewed. I knew it had to be her right away. Her energy, her intelligence, her charisma—it all immediately came to the fore in the first minute of our Zoom call. And when it came time to actually make the movie, she was a great creative partner. Adria works hard, but she also has such a good spirit and is just fun to be around. She’s such a force. I think she can do anything. _Linklater is an Oscar-­nominated director, writer, and producer_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2024/7023638/adria-arjona/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2024/7023638/adria-arjona/"},"headline":"Adria Arjona","datePublished":"2024-10-02T11:22:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-28T06:29:04.668Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2024/7023638/adria-arjona/","keywords":["list","franchise","Magazine","TIME 100 Next","sponsorshipblock"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt19b76c9a187bd219/698a5b8de6e84a1d032b3750/time100-next-2024-adria-arjona-crop.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt19b76c9a187bd219/698a5b8de6e84a1d032b3750/time100-next-2024-adria-arjona-crop.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/time100-next-2024/7023638/adria-arjona/","name":"Adria Arjona"}}]}] ```