Penélope Cruz
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 28, 1974 (age 52)
- Birthplace
- Madrid, Spain
Biography
Penélope Cruz Sánchez (born 28 April 1974) is a Spanish actress. Prolific in Spanish and English-language films, her accolades include an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a David di Donatello and three Goya Awards. Cruz made her television acting debut 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 collaborated 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 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 to have received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2007, she won the David di Donatello for the leading role in Don't Move. Cruz has also modelled for Mango, Ralph Lauren, and L'Oréal, and has 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 now-deceased nun's mission. Description above from the Wikipedia article Penélope Cruz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
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Filmography
The Days of Abandonment
Movie · as Olga
This Man, This Woman
Movie · as Martha Parks
Festival de Cine de San Sebastián
TV · as Self - Presenter · 1 ep
Day Drinker
Movie · as Cara Lazaro
Paris Paramount
Movie
The Bride!
Movie · as Myrna Malloy
The Invite
Movie · as Piña
Bunker
Movie · as Sofia
La Bola Negra
Movie · as Nené Romero
Karl
Movie · as Self
Pedro x Javis
TV · as Self · 3 eps
High & Low – John Galliano
Movie · as Self
313
Movie
Ferrari
Movie · as Laura Ferrari
Late Xou con Marc Giró
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Penélope Cruz: Diva in the Mirror
Movie · as Self - Actress
Making Parallel Mothers
Movie · as Self
The 355
Movie · as Graciela Rivera
On the Fringe
Movie · as Azucena
L'immensità
Movie · as Clara
Official Competition
Movie · as Lola Cuevas
Parallel Mothers
Movie · as Janis
La Noche D
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Wasp Network
Movie · as Olga
Pongamos que hablo de
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
TV · as Prince Humperdinck / Princess Buttercup · 1 ep
Lo de Évole
TV · 1 ep
Pain and Glory
Movie · as Jacinta
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
Everybody Knows
Movie · as Laura
Loving Pablo
Movie · as Virginia Vallejo
Murder on the Orient Express
Movie · as Pilar Estravados
Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
TV · as Self - Interviewee · 2 eps
Grimsby
Movie · as Rhonda George
Zoolander 2
Movie · as Valentina Valencia
The Queen of Spain
Movie · as Macarena Granada
Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
Movie · as Self
Yo soy uno entre cien mil
Movie · as Penélope Cruz
American Crime Story
TV · as Donatella Versace · 9 eps
ma ma
Movie · as Magda
Nature Is Speaking
TV · as Water · 1 ep
Hot Ones
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV · as Self, Self - Guest · 2 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Counselor
Movie · as Laura
I'm So Excited!
Movie · as Jessica
To Rome with Love
Movie · as Anna
Twice Born
Movie · as Gemma
The Making of All About My Mother
Movie · as Self
Once Upon a Time… All About My Mother
Movie · as Self
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Movie · as Angelica
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Movie · as Self
Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Sex and the City 2
Movie · as Carmen García Carrión
Brunes et Blondes
Movie · as Self
Nine
Movie · as Carla
Broken Embraces
Movie · as Lena
G-Force
Movie · as Juarez the Guinea Pig (voice)
The Cannibalistic Councillor
Movie · as Pina
The Jay Leno Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Movie · as María Elena
Elegy
Movie · as Consuela Castillo
A Matador's Mistress
Movie · as Lupe Sino
The Good Night
Movie · as Anna / Melodia
The Making of Volver
Movie · as Self
Deconstructing Almodóvar
Movie · as Self
Directed by Almodóvar
Movie · as Self
Viva Pedro: The Life & Times of Pedro Almodóvar
Movie · as Self
Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood
Movie · as Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Volver
Movie · as Raimunda
Bandidas
Movie · as Maria Alvarez
Chromophobia
Movie · as Gloria
El hormiguero
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Sahara
Movie · as Dr. Eva Rojas
Live 8
Movie · as Self
Noel
Movie · as Nina Vasquez
Don't Move
Movie · as Italia
Head in the Clouds
Movie · as Mia
On the Set of 'Gothika'
Movie · as Self
Gothika
Movie · as Chloe Sava
Masked and Anonymous
Movie · as Pagan Lace
Fan-Fan the Tulip
Movie · as Adeline La Franchise
Punk'd
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Waking Up in Reno
Movie · as Brenda
Hitting It Hard
Movie · as Self
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Movie · as Pelagia
Vanilla Sky
Movie · as Sofia Serrano
Blow
Movie · as Mirtha Jung
Don't Tempt Me
Movie · as Carmen Ramos
All the Pretty Horses
Movie · as Alejandra
Woman on Top
Movie · as Isabella Oliveira
All About My Mother
Movie · as Rosa
Volaverunt
Movie · as Pepita Tudó "la Maja"
The Hi-Lo Country
Movie · as Josepha O'Neil
The Girl of Your Dreams
Movie · as Macarena Granada
The Man with Rain in His Shoes
Movie · as Louise
Talk of Angels
Movie · as Pilar
Don Juan
Movie · as Mathurine
Live Flesh
Movie · as Isabel Plaza Caballero
Open Your Eyes
Movie · as Sofía
Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health
Movie · as Young Diana
A Scent of Paradise
Movie · as Doña Helena
Leute heute
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Brujas
Movie · as Patricia
La Celestina
Movie · as Melibea
Not Love, Just Frenzy
Movie · as Laura
Women in Prison
Movie · as Lucía
The Butterfly Effect
Movie · as Party Guest (uncredited)
Lo + plus
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Todo es mentira
Movie · as Lucía
Alegre ma non troppo
Movie · as Salomé
La ribelle
Movie · as Enza
Per amore, solo per amore
Movie · as Mary
The Greek Labyrinth
Movie · as Elisa
Belle Époque
Movie · as Luz
Jamon Jamon
Movie · as La hija de puta
Framed
TV · as Lola Del Moreno · 3 eps
Crónicas urbanas
TV · as Actriz · 1 ep
Los mundos de Yupi
TV · as La bella durmiente (uncredited) · 1 ep
Softly from Paris
TV · as Daphné / Javotte / Juliette · 1 ep
60 Minutes
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Oscars
TV · as Self, Self - Presenter · 3 eps
Bambi
TV · as Self · 1 ep