Havana Rose Liu

From the New York canvas to mountain suspense

Havana Rose Liu was born in Brooklyn and grew up surrounded by an artistic sensibility that had little to do with the Hollywood spotlight. In 2019, she graduated from New York University with a specialization in visual arts. But fashion crossed her path before film did, and her face began appearing in international brand campaigns looking for a less predictable aesthetic.

Her entry into fiction was not a planned process, nor one she pursued desperately. In 2021, she made her feature film debut in Mayday, and that same year she appeared in the series The Chair. The industry immediately noticed a physical presence capable of carrying a shot without the need for excessive dialogue.

Liu was never a conventional method actress.

In 2022, the project that changed her scale of work arrived. She starred in No Exit, playing a woman trapped in a gas station during a snowstorm. The shoot was a test of endurance that required her to film scenes of intense emotional tension in very cramped spaces (a technical challenge for any first-time actress).

Gross-out comedy and tech horror

After the success of the thriller, she opted for projects that broke away from the seriousness of her early career. In 2023, she joined the cast of Bottoms, where she explored a much looser comedic register. Because Liu understands that genre film is the best laboratory for a performer who is still discovering her own limits.

And the gamble paid off.

The pace of her work remained steady in the following years. In 2024, she joined the cast of The Last Showgirl under the direction of Gia Coppola. The film had a tight budget and was shot entirely on location in Las Vegas.

In late 2024, she premiered Afraid with Blumhouse Productions. In this horror film, she plays a character linked to a home artificial intelligence that turns dangerous. Filming of her main scenes was completed in just six weeks of intensive work.