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.
Known For
Rosa
Todo sobre mi madre
Raimunda
Volver
Isabel Plaza Caballero
Carne trémula
Josepha O'Neil
The Hi-Lo Country
Carla
Nine
Pelagia
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Angelica
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Sofía
Abre los ojos
Sofia Serrano
Vanilla Sky
Luz
Belle Époque
Maria Alvarez
Bandidas
Mirtha Jung
Blow
Silvia
Jamón, jamón
Chloe Sava
Gothika
María Elena
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Brenda
Waking Up in Reno
Alejandra
All the Pretty Horses
Dr. Eva Rojas
Sahara
Pagan Lace
Masked and Anonymous
Lena
Los abrazos rotos
Consuela Castillo
Elegy
Paris Paramount
Anna / Melodia
The Good Night
Nina Vasquez
Noel
Isabella Oliveira
Woman on Top
Adeline La Franchise
Fanfan la tulipe
Lupe Sino
Manolete
Carmen Ramos
Sin noticias de Dios
Italia
Non ti muovere
Gloria
Chromophobia
Macarena Granada
La niña de tus ojos
Mia
Head in the Clouds
Pepita Tudó
Volavérunt
Self
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Juarez the Guinea Pig (voice)
G-Force
Anna
To Rome with Love
Louise
The Man with Rain in His Shoes
Pilar
Talk of Angels
Laura Ferrari
Ferrari
Self - Actress
Penélope Cruz : les reflets de la passion
Pina
La Concejala Antropófaga
La hija de puta (archive footage)
Bigas Luna: La Mirada Entomòloga
Gemma
Venuto al mondo
Laura
The Counselor
Patricia
Brujas
Jessica
Los amantes pasajeros
Lucía
Todo es mentira
Melibea
La Celestina
Myrna
The Bride!
Enza
La ribelle
Salomé
Alegre ma non troppo
Lucía
Entre rojas
Olga
I giorni dell'abbandono
Mathurine
Don Juan
Self
Der Weg des Ruhms
Young Diana
El amor perjudica seriamente la salud
Magda
ma ma
Rhonda George
Grimsby
Martha Parks
This Man, This Woman
Self
High & Low – John Galliano
313
Valentina Valencia
Zoolander 2
Self
Live 8
Carmen García Carrión
Sex and the City 2
Self
Hitting It Hard
Self
The Making of All About My Mother
Self
The Making of Volver
Self
Making Parallel Mothers
Mary
Per amore, solo per amore
Laura
Todos lo saben
Macarena Granada
La reina de España
Laura
Más que amor, frenesí
Doña Helena
Et hjørne af paradis
Virginia Vallejo
Loving Pablo
Pilar Estravados
Murder on the Orient Express
Self (archive footage)
Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'
Party Guest (uncredited)
El efecto mariposa
Elisa
El laberinto griego
Graciela Rivera
The 355
Jacinta
Dolor y gloria
Olga
Wasp Network
Self
Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
Self
Il était une fois… Tout sur ma mère
Lola Cuevas
Competencia oficial
Self
Brunes et Blondes
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
Azucena
En los márgenes
Penélope Cruz
Yo soy uno entre cien mil
Janis
Madres paralelas
Clara
L'immensità
Day Drinker
Self
Deconstructing Almodóvar
Self
Directed by Almodóvar
Self
Viva Pedro: The Life & Times of Pedro Almodóvar
The Invite
Bunker
La bola negra
Pedro x Javis
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
98
Gender
Female
Birthday
1974-04-28
Place of Birth
Madrid, Spain
Also Known As
Penélope Cruz Sánchez