Penélope Cruz
birthday: 1974-04-28
Place of birth: Madrid, Spain

Penélope Cruz

Biography

Penélope Cruz Sánchez (born 28 April 1974) is a Spanish actress. Prolific in Spanish and English-language films, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award and three Goya Awards. Cruz made her acting debut on television at age 16 and her feature film debut the following year in Jamón Jamón (1992). Her subsequent roles included Belle Époque (1992), Open Your Eyes (1997), Don Juan (1998), The Hi-Lo Country (1999), The Girl of Your Dreams (2000) and Woman on Top (2000). She is known for her frequent collaborations with Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar in Live Flesh (1997), All About My Mother (1999), Volver (2006), Broken Embraces (2009), I'm So Excited! (2013), Pain and Glory (2019) and Parallel Mothers (2021). For her role in Woody Allen's romantic drama Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), Cruz won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other Oscar-nominated roles are in Volver (2006), Nine (2009) and Parallel Mothers (2021). Other notable films include Vanilla Sky (2001), Blow (2001), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011), The Counselor (2013), Murder on the Orient Express (2017), Everybody Knows (2018), Official Competition (2022), L'immensità (2022) and Ferrari (2023). For her role as Donatella Versace in the miniseries The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (2018), she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. She is the only Spanish actress to have won an Academy Award and received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Cruz has also modelled for Mango, Ralph Lauren and L'Oréal and designed clothing for Mango with her younger sister, Mónica Cruz. She has been a house ambassador for Chanel since 2018. She volunteered in Uganda and India, where she spent one week working with Mother Teresa, and donated her salary from The Hi-Lo Country to help fund the late nun's mission. Description above from the Wikipedia article Penélope Cruz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Volver

Volver

2006 . movie

Live Flesh

Live Flesh

1997 . movie

Nine

Nine

2009 . movie

Vanilla Sky

Vanilla Sky

2001 . movie

Bandidas

Bandidas

2006 . movie

Blow

Blow

2001 . movie

Jamon Jamon

Jamon Jamon

1992 . movie

Gothika

Gothika

2003 . movie

Sahara

Sahara

2005 . movie

Elegy

Elegy

2008 . movie

Paris Paramount

Paris Paramount

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Noel

Noel

2004 . movie

Woman on Top

Woman on Top

2000 . movie

Don't Move

Don't Move

2004 . movie

Chromophobia

Chromophobia

2006 . movie

Volaverunt

Volaverunt

1999 . movie

G-Force

G-Force

2009 . movie

Ferrari

Ferrari

2023 . movie

Twice Born

Twice Born

2012 . movie

Brujas

Brujas

1996 . movie

La Celestina

La Celestina

1996 . movie

The Bride!

The Bride!

2026 . movie

La ribelle

La ribelle

1993 . movie

Entre rojas

Entre rojas

1995 . movie

Don Juan

Don Juan

1998 . movie

ma ma

ma ma

2015 . movie

Grimsby

Grimsby

2016 . movie

313

313

2024 . movie

Zoolander 2

Zoolander 2

2016 . movie

Live 8

Live 8

2005 . movie

Loving Pablo

Loving Pablo

2017 . movie

The 355

The 355

2022 . movie

Wasp Network

Wasp Network

2020 . movie

L'immensità

L'immensità

2022 . movie

Day Drinker

Day Drinker

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The Invite

The Invite

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Bunker

Bunker

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The Black Ball

The Black Ball

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60 Minutes

60 Minutes

1968 . tv

Framed

Framed

1992 . tv

Punk'd

Punk'd

2003 . tv

Leute heute

Leute heute

1997 . tv

Lo de Évole

Lo de Évole

2020 . tv

The Oscars

The Oscars

1953 . tv

Lo + plus

Lo + plus

1995 . tv

The Oscars

The Oscars

1953 . tv

El hormiguero

El hormiguero

2006 . tv

La Noche D

La Noche D

2021 . tv