
Penélope Cruz
Born: 1974-04-28
Place of Birth: Madrid, Spain
Biography
Penélope Cruz Sánchez (born April 28, 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.
Known For

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

The Bride!

Murder on the Orient Express

Blow

Sahara

Vanilla Sky

Live Flesh

Volver

Grimsby

L'immensità

Loving Pablo

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

The Counselor

La Celestina

Sex and the City 2

The 355

Noel

Ferrari

ma ma

To Rome with Love

The Invite

Elegy

G-Force

Belle Époque

Chromophobia

Don Juan

Brujas

Official Competition

Volaverunt

Live 8

A Matador's Mistress

Zoolander 2

Jamon Jamon

The Black Ball

The Making of All About My Mother

Gothika

Deconstructing Almodóvar

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

Head in the Clouds

All About My Mother

Bandidas

Wasp Network

Pain and Glory

Open Your Eyes

Nine

Everybody Knows

Twice Born

Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health

Woman on Top

Brunes et Blondes

Parallel Mothers

Broken Embraces

All the Pretty Horses

Don't Move

Masked and Anonymous

Fan-Fan the Tulip

The Hi-Lo Country

I'm So Excited!

Woody Allen: A Documentary

The Girl of Your Dreams

The Cannibalistic Councillor

The Good Night

Talk of Angels

Don't Tempt Me

Waking Up in Reno

The Man with Rain in His Shoes

The Queen of Spain

The Butterfly Effect

High & Low – John Galliano

On the Fringe

Yo soy uno entre cien mil

A Scent of Paradise

The Making of Volver

Per amore, solo per amore

Hitting It Hard

La ribelle

Directed by Almodóvar

Entre rojas

Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood

The Greek Labyrinth

Todo es mentira

Alegre ma non troppo

313

Once Upon a Time… All About My Mother

Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas

Penélope Cruz: Diva in the Mirror

Not Love, Just Frenzy

Making Parallel Mothers
