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Penélope Cruz
Actor, ProducerBorn April 28, 1974 (51 years)
Penélope Cruz Sánchez 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.
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.
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Filmography
| 2026 | The Bride · as Myrna |
| 2023 | Ferrari · as Laura Ferrari |
| 2022 | On the Fringe · as Azucena |
| 2022 | L'immensità · as Clara |
| 2022 | The 355 · as Graciela Rivera |
| 2021 | Parallel Mothers · as Janis |
| 2021 | Official Competition · as Lola Cuevas |
| 2020 | Home Movie: The Princess Bride (TV Series) · as Prince Humperdinck / Princess Buttercup |
| 2020 | Lo de Évole (TV Series) |
| 2019 | Wasp Network · as Olga |
| 2019 | Pain and Glory · as Jacinta |
| 2018 | Everybody Knows · as Laura |
| 2017 | Murder on the Orient Express · as Pilar Estravados |
| 2017 | Loving Pablo · as Virginia Vallejo |
| 2016 | The Queen of Spain · as Macarena Granada |
| 2016 | The Brothers Grimsby · as Rhonda George |
| 2016 | Zoolander 2 · as Valentina Valencia |
| 2016 | American Crime Story (TV Series) · as Donatella Versace |
| 2016 | The Making of Grimsby · as Cast |
| 2015 | |
| 2014 | Nature Is Speaking (TV Series) · as Water |
| 2013 | The Counselor · as Laura |
| 2013 | I'm So Excited! · as Jessica |
| 2012 | Twice Born · as Gemma |
| 2012 | To Rome with Love · as Anna |
| 2011 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides · as Angelica |
| 2011 | The 83rd Annual Academy Awards · as Audience Member |
| 2010 | Sex and the City 2 · as Carmen García Carrión |
| 2009 | |
| 2009 | G-Force · as Juarez The Guinea Pig (voice) |
| 2009 | Broken Embraces · as Lena |
| 2009 | The Cannibalistic Councillor · as Pina |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | A Matador's Mistress · as Lupe Sino |
| 2008 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona · as María Elena |
| 2008 | |
| 2008 | Oscar, que empiece el espectáculo · as Silvia |
| 2007 | The Good Night · as Anna / Melodia |
| 2007 | Sexo en el plató · as Silvia |
| 2006 | Volver · as Raimunda |
| 2006 | XX premios Goya · as Cast |
| 2006 | Bandidas · as Maria Alvarez |
| 2005 | Sahara · as Dr. Eva Rojas |
| 2005 | Chromophobia · as Gloria |
| 2004 | |
| 2004 | Head in the Clouds · as Mia |
| 2004 | Don't Move · as Italia |
| 2003 | Gothika · as Chloe Sava |
| 2003 | Masked and Anonymous · as Pagan Lace |
| 2003 | Fanfan · as Adeline La Franchise |
| 2002 | Waking Up in Reno · as Brenda |
| 2001 | Vanilla Sky · as Sofia Serrano |
| 2001 | No News from God · as Carmen Ramos |
| 2001 | Captain Corelli's Mandolin · as Pelagia |
| 2001 | Blow · as Mirtha Jung |
| 2000 | All the Pretty Horses · as Alejandra |
| 2000 | Woman on Top · as Isabella Oliveira |
| 1999 | Volaverunt · as Pepita Tudó |
| 1999 | All About My Mother · as Rosa |
| 1998 | The Hi-Lo Country · as Josepha O'neil |
| 1998 | Twice Upon a Yesterday · as Louise |
| 1998 | The Girl of Your Dreams · as Macarena Granada |
| 1998 | Talk of Angels · as Pilar |
| 1998 | Don Juan · as Mathurine |
| 1997 | Open Your Eyes · as Sofía |
| 1997 | Live Flesh · as Isabel Plaza Caballero |
| 1997 | A Corner of Paradise · as Doña Helena |
| 1996 | Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health · as Young Diana |
| 1996 | Not Love, Just Frenzy · as Laura |
| 1996 | La Celestina · as Melibea |
| 1996 | Brujas · as Patricia |
| 1995 | The Butterfly Effect · as Party Guest (uncredited) |
| 1995 | Entre rojas · as Lucía |
| 1994 | Todo es mentira · as Lucía |
| 1994 | Alegre ma non troppo · as Salomé |
| 1993 | Per amore, solo per amore · as Mary |
| 1993 | The Rebel · as Enza |
| 1993 | The Greek Labyrinth · as Elisa |
| 1992 | Belle Epoque · as Luz |
| 1992 | Framed (TV Series) · as Lola Del Moreno |
| 1992 | Jamón, Jamón · as Silvia |
| 1992 | HBO First Look (TV Series) · as Laura |
| 1988 | Los mundos de Yupi (TV Series) · as La Bella Durmiente (uncredited) |
| 1986 | Softly from Paris (TV Series) · as Daphné / Javotte / Juliette |
| 1969 | Sesame Street (TV Series) · as Companion |