Cast
Penélope Cruz
Acting
Cast
Penélope Cruz
Known for
Acting
Born
1974-04-28
From
Madrid, Spain
Also known as Penélope Cruz Sánchez
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.
The Bride!
as Myrna Malloy
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
as Angelica
Murder on the Orient Express
as Pilar Estravados
Sex and the City 2
as Carmen García Carrión
Vanilla Sky
as Sofia Serrano
Blow
as Mirtha Jung
Sahara
as Dr. Eva Rojas
The Invite
as Piña
The 355
as Graciela Rivera
Grimsby
as Rhonda George
Ferrari
as Laura Ferrari
Zoolander 2
as Valentina Valencia
Gothika
as Chloe Sava
The Counselor
as Laura
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
as María Elena
G-Force
as Juarez the Guinea Pig (voice)
The Black Ball
as Nené Romero
Jamon Jamon
as La hija de puta
Bandidas
as Maria Alvarez
Elegy
as Consuela Castillo
Everybody Knows
as Laura
All About My Mother
as Rosa
Volver
as Raimunda
Noel
as Nina Vasquez
Live Flesh
as Isabel Plaza Caballero
Parallel Mothers
as Janis
Wasp Network
as Olga
Nine
as Carla
All the Pretty Horses
as Alejandra
Open Your Eyes
as Sofía
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
as Pelagia
Broken Embraces
as Lena
Pain and Glory
as Jacinta
Chromophobia
as Gloria
Loving Pablo
as Virginia Vallejo
A Matador's Mistress
as Lupe Sino
Official Competition
as Lola Cuevas
Head in the Clouds
as Mia
To Rome with Love
as Anna
Don't Move
as Italia
Masked and Anonymous
as Pagan Lace
Woody Allen: A Documentary
as Self
L'immensità
as Clara
Twice Born
as Gemma
Volaverunt
as Pepita Tudó "la Maja"
Waking Up in Reno
as Brenda
Live 8
as Self
Untitled Nancy Meyers Film
The Queen of Spain
as Macarena Granada
Fan-Fan the Tulip
as Adeline La Franchise
Woman on Top
as Isabella Oliveira
Belle Époque
as Luz
The Hi-Lo Country
as Josepha O'Neil
Don't Tempt Me
as Carmen Ramos
Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health
as Young Diana
Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'
as Self (archive footage)
The Good Night
as Anna / Melodia
High & Low – John Galliano
as Self
I'm So Excited!
as Jessica
Day Drinker
La Celestina
as Melibea
The Girl of Your Dreams
as Macarena Granada
La ribelle
as Enza
ma ma
as Magda
The Butterfly Effect
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Todo es mentira
as Lucía
On the Fringe
as Azucena
The Man with Rain in His Shoes
as Louise
The Cannibalistic Councillor
as Pina
Bunker
Brujas
as Patricia
The Greek Labyrinth
as Elisa
Directed by Almodóvar
as Self
A Scent of Paradise
as Doña Helena
Don Juan
as Mathurine
Per amore, solo per amore
as Mary
Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
as Self
Talk of Angels
as Pilar
Hitting It Hard
as Self
Women in Prison
as Lucía
Yo soy uno entre cien mil
as Penélope Cruz
Karl
as Self
Alegre ma non troppo
as Salomé
313
Deconstructing Almodóvar
as Self
Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood
as Self
Brunes et Blondes
as Self
This Man, This Woman
as Martha Parks
Penélope Cruz: Diva in the Mirror
as Self - Actress
The Making of Volver
as Self
Once Upon a Time… All About My Mother
as Self
Not Love, Just Frenzy
as Laura
The Days of Abandonment
as Olga
On the Set of 'Gothika'
as Self
The Making of All About My Mother
as Self
Making Parallel Mothers
as Self
Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame
as Self (archive footage)
Viva Pedro: The Life & Times of Pedro Almodóvar
as Self