Penélope Cruz
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
Actor
as Olga
as Martha Parks
as Myrna
as Self
as Laura Ferrari
as Invitada
as Azucena
as Clara
as Self - Actress
as Self
as Graciela Rivera
as Janis
as Lola Cuevas
as Olga
as Prince Humperdinck / Princess Buttercup
as Self
as Jacinta
as Laura
as Pilar Estravados
as Virginia Vallejo
as Self - Interviewee
as Macarena Granada
as Penélope Cruz
as Self
as Rhonda George
as Valentina Valencia
as Donatella Versace
as Magda
as Water
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Self
as Laura
as Jessica
as Gemma
as Anna
as Self
as Self
as Angelica
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
as Self
as Carmen García Carrión
as Carla
as Juarez the Guinea Pig (voice)
as Lena
as Pina
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Lupe Sino
as María Elena
as Consuela Castillo
as La hija de puta (archive footage)
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Anna / Melodia
as Self
as Gloria
as Raimunda
as Maria Alvarez
as Self
as Dr. Eva Rojas
as Nina Vasquez
as Mia
as Italia
as Chloe Sava
as Pagan Lace
as Adeline La Franchise
as Self
as Self
as Brenda
as Self
as Sofia Serrano
as Carmen Ramos
as Pelagia
as Mirtha Jung
as Alejandra
as Isabella Oliveira
as Pepita Tudó
as Rosa
as Josepha O'Neil
as Louise
as Macarena Granada
as Pilar
as Mathurine
as Sofía
as Isabel Plaza Caballero
as Doña Helena
as Young Diana
as Self
as Laura
as Melibea
as Patricia
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Lucía
as Self - Guest
as Lucía
as Salomé
as Mary
as Enza
as Elisa
as Luz
as Silvia
as Lola Del Moreno
as Actriz
as La bella durmiente (uncredited)
as Daphné / Javotte / Juliette
as Self
as Self
as Self
Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Producer
as Co-Producer
Director
as Director
as Director
Crew
as Thanks
Writer
as Writer