
Penélope Cruz
Acteur, Producer, Regisseur, Schrijver
28 april 1974 (51 years)
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.
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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.
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Known For
Cinematografie
| 2027 | |
| 2026 | |
| 2026 | The Invite · as Pina |
| 2026 | The Bride! · as Myrna Malloy |
| 2023 | Ferrari · as Laura Ferrari |
| 2022 | On the Fringe · as Azucena |
| 2022 | L'immensità · as ClaraOp Plex |
| 2022 | The 355 · as Graciela Rivera |
| 2021 | Parallel Mothers · as Janis |
| 2021 | Official Competition · as Lola Cuevas |
| 2020 | Home Movie: The Princess Bride · as Prince Humperdinck / Princess Buttercup |
| 2020 | |
| 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 GranadaOp Plex |
| 2016 | The Brothers Grimsby · as Rhonda George |
| 2016 | Zoolander 2 · as Valentina Valencia |
| 2016 | American Crime Story · as Donatella Versace |
| 2016 | The Making of Grimsby · as Cast |
| 2015 | Ma ma · as MagdaOp Plex |
| 2014 | Nature Is Speaking · 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 | Nine · as CarlaOp Plex |
| 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 ElenaOp Plex |
| 2008 | Elegy · as Consuela CastilloOp Plex |
| 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 | Noel · as Nina VasquezOp Plex |
| 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 "la Maja" |
| 1999 | All About My Mother · as Rosa |
| 1998 | The Hi-Lo Country · as Josepha O'neil |
| 1998 | Twice Upon a Yesterday · as LouiseOp Plex |
| 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 |
| 1992 | Mecano - Los vídeos · as Video 'la Fuerza Del Destino' |
| 1992 | The Greek Labyrinth · as Elisa |
| 1992 | Belle Epoque · as Luz |
| 1992 | Framed · as Lola Del Moreno |
| 1992 | Jamon Jamon · as La Hija De Puta |
| 1992 | HBO First Look · as Laura |
| 1991 | Crónicas Urbanas · as Actriz |
| 1988 | Los mundos de Yupi · as La Bella Durmiente (uncredited) |
| 1986 | Softly from Paris · as Daphné / Javotte / Juliette |
| 1969 | Sesame Street · as Companion |
| 2022 | |
| 2021 | Official Competition · as Executive Producer |
| 2016 | The Queen of SpainOp Plex |
| 2015 | Ma maOp Plex |
| 2012 | Twice Born · as Co-Producer |
| 1998 | The Girl of Your Dreams · as Songs |

























