Penélope Cruz
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.
7.6
All About My Mother
1999-04-16
7.5
Volver
2006-03-17
7.0
Live Flesh
1997-10-10
6.1
The Hi-Lo Country
1998-12-30
5.5
Nine
2009-12-03
6.0
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
2001-04-18
6.6
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011-05-15
7.4
Open Your Eyes
1997-12-19
6.8
Vanilla Sky
2001-12-14
6.6
Belle Époque
1992-12-04
6.0
Bandidas
2006-01-18
7.4
Blow
2001-04-04
6.2
Jamon Jamon
1992-09-03
6.1
Gothika
2003-11-21
6.8
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2008-08-15
5.0
Waking Up in Reno
2002-12-13
5.7
All the Pretty Horses
2000-12-11
5.9
Sahara
2005-04-06
5.0
Masked and Anonymous
2003-07-25
7.1
Broken Embraces
2009-03-18
6.3
Elegy
2008-08-08
5.3
The Good Night
2007-01-25
5.9
Noel
2004-11-12
6.1
Woman on Top
2000-09-22
5.4
Fan-Fan the Tulip
2003-06-20
5.8
A Matador's Mistress
2008-09-06
5.5
Don't Tempt Me
2001-11-30
7.0
Don't Move
2004-03-12
5.2
Chromophobia
2006-05-10
6.5
The Girl of Your Dreams
1998-11-13
5.9
Head in the Clouds
2004-04-29
5.7
Volaverunt
1999-10-01
6.8
Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011-11-20
5.5
G-Force
2009-07-24
5.8
To Rome with Love
2012-04-20
4.9
The Man with Rain in His Shoes
1998-11-27
5.4
Talk of Angels
1998-10-30
6.4
Ferrari
2023-12-14
6.9
Penélope Cruz: Diva in the Mirror
2022-07-17
6.3
The Cannibalistic Councillor
2009-02-14
7.3
Twice Born
2012-09-13
5.3
The Counselor
2013-10-25
4.9
Brujas
1996-04-26
5.7
I'm So Excited!
2013-03-08
4.8
Todo es mentira
1994-10-14
4.7
La Celestina
1996-11-08
0.0
The Bride!
2026-03-04
4.4
La ribelle
1993-08-20
4.8
Alegre ma non troppo
1994-05-26
4.1
Entre rojas
1995-04-20
0.0
The Days of Abandonment
4.4
Don Juan
1998-04-28
0.0
Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame
2011-10-15
6.1
Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health
1997-07-01
6.2
ma ma
2015-09-11
6.0
Grimsby
2016-02-24
0.0
This Man, This Woman
6.1
High & Low – John Galliano
2024-03-08
0.0
313
2024-02-20
4.9
Zoolander 2
2016-02-06
7.4
Live 8
2005-11-07
6.1
Sex and the City 2
2010-05-26
6.0
Hitting It Hard
2002-05-21
0.0
The Making of All About My Mother
2012-01-01
0.0
Making Parallel Mothers
2022-03-16
0.0
The Making of Volver
2007-04-03
5.5
Per amore, solo per amore
1993-10-29
6.5
Everybody Knows
2018-05-09
5.2
The Queen of Spain
2016-11-25
5.7
Not Love, Just Frenzy
1996-11-15
1.0
A Scent of Paradise
1997-08-29
6.3
Loving Pablo
2017-10-12
6.7
Murder on the Orient Express
2017-11-03
5.7
Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'
2014-02-11
6.3
The Butterfly Effect
1995-12-20
3.1
The Greek Labyrinth
1993-01-08
6.0
The 355
2022-01-05
7.4
Pain and Glory
2019-03-22
6.0
Wasp Network
2020-01-29
7.5
Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
2016-09-11
8.3
Once Upon a Time… All About My Mother
2012-05-16
6.6
Official Competition
2021-09-04
0.0
Brunes et Blondes
2010-10-06
6.7
On the Fringe
2022-10-07
7.0
Yo soy uno entre cien mil
2016-09-19
6.8
Parallel Mothers
2021-10-08
6.3
L'immensità
2022-09-15
0.0
Day Drinker
0.0
Deconstructing Almodóvar
2007-01-30
0.0
Directed by Almodóvar
2007-01-30
0.0
Viva Pedro: The Life & Times of Pedro Almodóvar
2007-01-30
0.0
The Invite
2026-10-15
0.0
Bunker
0.0
The Black Ball
2026-10-02
0.0
Karl
2025-08-29
0.0
Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood
2007-01-01
0.0
On the Set of 'Gothika'
2004-03-23
0.0
Untitled Nancy Meyers Film
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