Adria Arjona to Receive 2026 WIF Max Mara Face of the Future Award
MILAN — Actress and producer Adria Arjona will be the 21st recipient of the annual WIF Max Mara Face of the Future Award.
Arjona will attend the Max Mara spring 2027 show in Milan on Thursday morning.
The award, which recognizes a rising artist’s excellence, will be bestowed on the American talent of Puerto Rican and Guatemalan heritage during the 2026 WIF Honors on Nov. 5.
“We are thrilled to name Adria Arjona the 2026 WIF Max Mara Face of the Future. Adria truly embodies the spirit of Max Mara with her commanding talent, effortless style and fearless choices on screen,” said Maria Giulia Prezioso Maramotti, granddaughter of founder Achille Maramotti and a Max Mara Fashion Group board member.
“With an exciting run of projects ahead and her extensive philanthropic dedication, her future has never looked brighter. It is always a privilege to partner with Women in Film to celebrate extraordinary female talent, and we couldn’t be happier to welcome Adria into the Max Mara family,” she added.
One of the leading up-and-coming actresses in Hollywood, Arjona has most recently starred in the A24-produced thriller “Onslaught” directed by Adam Wingard and is poised to play the lead role opposite Michael B. Jordan in the upcoming Amazon MGM movie “The Thomas Crown Affair,” to hit theaters in March.
Her breakthrough role in 2017 as Dorothy Gale in “Emerald City,” the dark-tinged TV adaptation of “The Wizard of Oz,” catapulted her to international fame. She then built momentum starring in Zoe Kravitz’s directorial debut “Blink Twice,” as well as in the 2025 “Splitsville” alongside Dakota Johnson, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. She has earned acclaim for playing Bix Caleen in Disney+’s Star Wars prequel series “Andor.”
“Over the last two decades, the WIF Max Mara Face of the Future Award has cast a light on the industry’s brightest rising stars, not only for their remarkable talent but for their spirit in creating opportunities for all women. We are honored to continue the legacy with Adria Arjona,” said Kirsten Schaffer, chief executive officer of WIF.
“With her groundbreaking performance in ‘Andor’ that had us all in awe of her raw talent, to her highly anticipated appearance in ‘The Thomas Crown Affair’ and now serving as an executive producer for projects such as ‘Los Frikis’, ‘Splitsville’ and ‘Onslaught’, Adria is taking full creative control of her career and bringing other women along with her,” she said.
In receiving the award, Arjona joins a rich roster of talents, including actress Maude Apatow who was bestowed with the accolade last year. Other past recipients include Joey King, Yara Shahidi, Lili Reinhart, Zazie Beetz, Gemma Chan, Elizabeth Debicki, Alexandra Shipp, Zoey Deutch, Natalie Dormer, Kate Mara, Rose Byrne, Hailee Steinfeld, Chloë Grace Moretz, Katie Holmes, Zoë Saldana, Elizabeth Banks, Ginnifer Goodwin, Emily Blunt and Maria Bello.
Founded in 1973 as Women in Film, Los Angeles, WIF advocates for and advances the careers of women working in the screen industries, to achieve parity and transform culture.
