Penélope Cruz

Penélope Cruz

Penélope Cruz

28.04.1974 (50 years) (Madrid, Spain)

Penélope Cruz Sánchez (; Spanish: [peˈnelope kɾuθ ˈsantʃeθ]; born 28 April 1974) is a Spanish actress and model. Signed by an agent at the age of 15, she made her acting debut at 16 on television, and her feature film debut the following year in Jamón Jamón (1992). Her subsequent roles in the 1990s and 2000s included Belle Epoque (1992), Open Your Eyes (1997), The Hi-Lo Country (1999), The Girl of Your Dreams (2000) and Woman on Top (2000). Cruz achieved recognition for her lead roles in the 2001 films Vanilla Sky, All the Pretty Horses, Captain Corelli's Mandolin and Blow. She has since appeared in films in a range of genres, including the comedy Waking Up in Reno (2002), the thriller Gothika (2003), the Christmas film Noel (2004), the action-adventure films Sahara (2005) and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011), the romantic comedy To Rome with Love (2012), the crime drama The Counselor (2013) and the mystery film Murder on the Orient Express (2017). She was praised for her roles in Volver (2006) and Nine (2009), receiving Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for each. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2008 for playing volatile painter María Elena in Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona. She is the first Spanish actress to win an Academy Award, as well as the first Spanish actress to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2018, Cruz made her American television debut as Italian fashion designer Donatella Versace in the FX series The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie. Cruz has modelled for Mango, Ralph Lauren, Chanel and L'Oréal, and along with her younger sister Mónica Cruz, has designed clothing for Mango. Cruz 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.

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Cast

Ferrari (2023)

IMDB: 6.7 (2075 votes)
355 (2022)

IMDB: 5.5 (30948 votes)
L'immensità (2022)

IMDB: 6.4 (1316 votes)
Parallel Mothers (2021)

IMDB: 7.1 (30465 votes)
Wasp Network (2019)

IMDB: 5.5 (594 votes)
Pain and Glory (2019)

IMDB: 7.7 (22954 votes)
Loving Pablo (2018)

IMDB: 6.1 (1,073 votes)
Everybody Knows (2018)

IMDB: 7.0 (12052 votes)
Murder On The Orient Express (2017)

IMDB: 6.5 (195642 votes)
The Queen of Spain (2016)

IMDB: 5.1 (1612 votes)
The Brothers Grimsby (2016)

IMDB: 6.2 (91861 votes)
ma ma (2015)

IMDB: 6.4 (3555 votes)
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)

IMDB: 7.1 (1491 votes)
The Counselor (2013)

IMDB: 5.3 (94349 votes)
To Rome With Love (2012)

IMDB: 6.3 (80454 votes)
Nine (2009)

IMDB: 5.8 (41503 votes)
A Matador's Mistress (2008)

IMDB: 5.8 (2733 votes)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)

IMDB: 7.1 (240523 votes)
The Good Night (2007)

IMDB: 5.8 (8121 votes)
Bandidas (2006)

IMDB: 5.7 (31,965 votes)
Live 8 (2005)

IMDB: 7.6 (1249 votes)
Chromophobia (2005)

IMDB: 6.1 (2133 votes)
Gothika (2004)

IMDB: 5.8 (99,252 votes)
Head in the Clouds (2004)

IMDB: 6.6 (14257 votes)
Noel (2004)

IMDB: 6.2 (8766 votes)
Don't Move (2004)

IMDB: 7.1 (7554 votes)
Fan-Fan the Tulip (2003)

IMDB: 5.7 (4871 votes)
Masked and Anonymous (2003)

IMDB: 5.4 (4355 votes)
Vanilla Sky (2002)

IMDB: 6.9 (236,609 votes)
Waking Up in Reno (2002)

IMDB: 5.4 (5539 votes)
Don't Tempt Me (2001)

IMDB: 6.5 (5186 votes)
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)

IMDB: 5.9 (31970 votes)
Blow (2001)

IMDB: 7.6 (231078 votes)
Woman on Top (2000)

IMDB: 5.3 (9735 votes)
All the Pretty Horses (2000)

IMDB: 5.8 (12604 votes)
Volaverunt (1999)

IMDB: 5.7 (961 votes)
All About My Mother (1999)

IMDB: 7.8 (84257 votes)
The Hi-Lo Country (1998)

IMDB: 6.1 (4439 votes)
The Girl of Your Dreams (1998)

IMDB: 6.8 (3588 votes)
Talk of Angels (1998)

IMDB: 6.0 (758 votes)
Don Juan (1998)

IMDB: 4.8 (491 votes)
Twice Upon a Yesterday (1998)

IMDB: 6.2 (2353 votes)
Open Your Eyes (1997)

IMDB: 7.8 (60478 votes)
A Scent of Paradise (1997)

IMDB: 4.9 (177 votes)
Live Flesh (1997)

IMDB: 7.4 (26906 votes)
Not Love, Just Frenzy (1996)

IMDB: 5.5 (650 votes)
Brujas (1996)

IMDB: 5.6 (363 votes)
La Celestina (1996)

IMDB: 5.2 (815 votes)
The Butterfly Effect (1995)

IMDB: 5.6 (417 votes)
Entre rojas (1995)

IMDB: 5.5 (274 votes)
Alegre ma non troppo (1994)

IMDB: 5.6 (356 votes)
Todo es mentira (1994)

IMDB: 6.5 (569 votes)
The Greek Labyrinth (1993)

IMDB: 4.8 (125 votes)
Belle Époque (1992)

IMDB: 7.1 (9224 votes)
Jamon Jamon (1992)

IMDB: 6.4 (12189 votes)

Crew

The Queen of Spain (2016)

IMDB: 5.1 (1612 votes)
ma ma (2015)

IMDB: 6.4 (3555 votes)