Penélope Cruz

Penélope Cruz

  • Birthday: 1974-04-28
  • Place of birth: Madrid, Spain
  • Also know as: Penélope Cruz Sánchez

Biography

Penélope Cruz Sánchez (born 28 April 1974) is a Spanish actress. Known for her roles in films of several genres, particularly those in the Spanish language, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award, in addition to nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award, four Golden Globe Awards, and five Screen Actors Guild Awards. Signed by an agent at the age of 15, Cruz made her acting debut on television at 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), as well as for her work with director Woody Allen in Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) and To Rome with Love (2012). For her role in the romantic comedy-drama Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Cruz received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other Oscar-nominated roles include Volver (2006), Nine (2009), and Parallel Mothers (2021). Other notable films include All the Pretty Horses (2000), Vanilla Sky (2001), Blow (2001), Elegy (2008), Sahara (2005), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011), The Counselor (2013), Murder on the Orient Express (2017), Everybody Knows (2018), and Official Competition (2022). For her role as Donatella Versace in the FX series The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (2018), she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie. Since 2010, Cruz has been married to Spanish actor Javier Bardem. She has done modelling work for Mango, Ralph Lauren, and L'Oréal, and along with her younger sister Mónica Cruz, also designed clothing for Mango. She has been a house ambassador for Chanel since 2018. She has volunteered in Uganda and India, where she spent one week working with Mother Teresa; she donated her salary from The Hi-Lo Country to help fund the late nun's mission.

Filmography

Volver

2006

As Raimunda

Bandidas

2006

As Maria Alvarez

Elegy

2008

As Consuela Castillo

Broken Embraces

2009

As Lena

Woman on Top

2000

As Isabella Oliveira

Fan-Fan the Tulip

2003

As Adeline La Franchise

Don't Tempt Me

2001

As Carmen Ramos

The Girl of Your Dreams

1998

As Macarena Granada

Twice Born

2012

As Gemma

Brujas

1996

As Patricia

Todo es mentira

1994

As Lucía

La Celestina

1996

As Melibea

La Ribelle

1993

As Enza

Entre rojas

1995

As Lucía

Alegre ma non troppo

1994

As Salomé

This Man, This Woman

0000

As Martha Parks

ma ma

2015

As Magda

Everybody Knows

2018

As Laura

The Queen of Spain

2016

As Macarena Granada

The Greek Labyrinth

1993

As Elisa

Wasp Network

2020

As Olga

Yo soy uno entre cien mil

2016

As Penélope Cruz

On the Fringe

2022

As Azucena

Parallel Mothers

2021

As Janis

L'immensità

2022

As Clara

Penélope Cruz: Diva in the Mirror

2022

As Self - Actress

313

2024

As

Vanilla Sky

2001

As Sofia Serrano

Open Your Eyes

1997

As Sofía

Belle Époque

1992

As Luz

Blow

2001

As Mirtha Jung

Jamon Jamon

1992

As Silvia

Sahara

2005

As Dr. Eva Rojas

A Matador's Mistress

2008

As Lupe Sino

Chromophobia

2006

As Gloria

Head in the Clouds

2004

As Mia

Volaverunt

1999

As Pepita Tudó

The Counselor

2013

As Laura

I'm So Excited!

2013

As Jessica

Loving Pablo

2017

As Virginia Vallejo

Official Competition

2021

As Lola Cuevas

Ferrari

2023

As Laura Ferrari

The Hi-Lo Country

1998

As Josepha O'Neil

Nine

2009

As Carla

Masked and Anonymous

2003

As Pagan Lace

The Good Night

2007

As Anna / Melodia

Noel

2004

As Nina Vasquez

Don't Move

2004

As Italia

To Rome with Love

2012

As Anna

Twice Upon a Yesterday

1998

As Louise

The 355

2022

As Graciela Rivera

The Bride!

2025

As

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

2008

As María Elena

All the Pretty Horses

2000

As Alejandra

G-Force

2009

As Juarez the Guinea Pig (voice)

Don Juan

1998

As Mathurine

Zoolander 2

2016

As Valentina Valencia

Grimsby

2016

As Kate

All About My Mother

1999

As Rosa

A Scent of Paradise

1997

As Doña Helena

Live Flesh

1997

As Isabel Plaza Caballero

Gothika

2003

As Chloe Sava

Waking Up in Reno

2002

As Brenda

Talk of Angels

1998

As Pilar

Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'

2014

As Self (archive footage)

Pain and Glory

2019

As Jacinta

Der Weg des Ruhms

2011

As Self

Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer

2010

As Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

We Are Cinema

2021

As Self (archive footage)

The Butterfly Effect

1995

As Party Guest (uncredited)

Killers Kill, Dead Men Die

2007

As The Songbird

Brunes et Blondes

2010

As Self

Murder on the Orient Express

2017

As Pilar Estravados

Not Love, Just Frenzy

1996

As Laura

Sex and the City 2

2010

As Carmen García Carrión

Live 8

2005

As Self

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

As Self (archive footage)

Production

Thy Kingdom Come

2018

As Thanks

Yo soy uno entre cien mil

2016

As Director

L'Agent

2013

As Director

ma ma

2015

As Producer

The Queen of Spain

2016

As Producer

On the Fringe

2022

As Producer

Twice Born

2012

As Co-Producer

L'Agent

2013

As Writer

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