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.
★7.8
MOVIE2026
The Invite
as Pina
★6.6
MOVIE2011
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
as Angelica
★6.1
MOVIE2026
The Bride!
as Myrna Malloy
★6.7
MOVIE2017
Murder on the Orient Express
as Pilar Estravados
★5.3
MOVIE2013
The Counselor
as Laura
★6.8
MOVIE2001
Vanilla Sky
as Sofia Serrano
★6.0
MOVIE2016
Grimsby
as Rhonda George
★6.8
MOVIE2008
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
as María Elena
★6.0
MOVIE2010
Sex and the City 2
as Carmen García Carrión
★7.4
MOVIE2001
Blow
as Mirtha Jung
MOVIE2027
Paris Paramount
★6.1
MOVIE2003
Gothika
as Chloe Sava
MOVIE2026
La Bola Negra
as Nené Romero
★6.3
MOVIE2017
Loving Pablo
as Virginia Vallejo
★6.8
MOVIE2021
Parallel Mothers
as Janis
★6.0
MOVIE2022
The 355
as Graciela Rivera
★6.6
MOVIE2021
Official Competition
as Lola Cuevas
★6.0
MOVIE2001
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
as Pelagia
★5.9
MOVIE2005
Sahara
as Dr. Eva Rojas
★6.4
MOVIE2023
Ferrari
as Laura Ferrari
★6.2
MOVIE1992
Jamon Jamon
as La hija de puta
★4.9
MOVIE2016
Zoolander 2
as Valentina Valencia
★7.6
MOVIE1999
All About My Mother
as Rosa
★6.0
MOVIE2006
Bandidas
as Maria Alvarez
★6.7
MOVIE1992
Belle Époque
as Luz
★7.4
MOVIE1997
Open Your Eyes
as Sofía
★5.5
MOVIE2009
G-Force
as Juarez the Guinea Pig (voice)
MOVIETBA
Bunker
★7.5
MOVIE2006
Volver
as Raimunda
★4.5
MOVIE1997
A Scent of Paradise
as Doña Helena
★5.8
MOVIE2012
To Rome with Love
as Anna
★7.0
MOVIE1997
Live Flesh
as Isabel Plaza Caballero
★6.5
MOVIE2018
Everybody Knows
as Laura
★6.3
MOVIE2008
Elegy
as Consuela Castillo
★7.4
MOVIE2019
Pain and Glory
as Jacinta
★6.1
MOVIE2020
Wasp Network
as Olga
★6.9
MOVIE2011
Woody Allen: A Documentary
as Self
★5.7
MOVIE2000
All the Pretty Horses
as Alejandra
★5.9
MOVIE2004
Head in the Clouds
as Mia
★7.0
MOVIE2004
Don't Move
as Italia
★5.7
MOVIE2013
I'm So Excited!
as Jessica
★7.3
MOVIE2012
Twice Born
as Gemma
★5.5
MOVIE2009
Nine
as Carla
★6.1
MOVIE2000
Woman on Top
as Isabella Oliveira
★4.9
MOVIE1998
The Man with Rain in His Shoes
as Louise
★5.2
MOVIE2003
Masked and Anonymous
as Pagan Lace
★5.0
MOVIE1994
Todo es mentira
as Lucía
★5.9
MOVIE1999
Volaverunt
as Pepita Tudó "la Maja"
★7.0
MOVIE2016
Yo soy uno entre cien mil
as Penélope Cruz
★7.4
MOVIE2005
Live 8
as Self
★6.6
MOVIE2022
On the Fringe
as Azucena
MOVIE2010
Brunes et Blondes
as Self
★5.2
MOVIE2006
Chromophobia
as Gloria
★5.5
MOVIE2003
Fan-Fan the Tulip
as Adeline La Franchise
★5.1
MOVIE2002
Waking Up in Reno
as Brenda
★5.8
MOVIE2004
Noel
as Nina Vasquez
★5.2
MOVIE2016
The Queen of Spain
as Macarena Granada
★4.5
MOVIE1998
Don Juan
as Mathurine
★6.5
MOVIE1998
The Girl of Your Dreams
as Macarena Granada
★6.1
MOVIE1997
Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health
as Young Diana
★5.8
MOVIE1993
Per amore, solo per amore
as Mary
★3.8
MOVIE1993
The Greek Labyrinth
as Elisa
★5.6
MOVIE2001
Don't Tempt Me
as Carmen Ramos
★6.2
MOVIE2009
The Cannibalistic Councillor
as Pina
★6.2
MOVIE2024
High & Low – John Galliano
as Self
★5.1
MOVIE1994
Alegre ma non troppo
as Salomé
★5.3
MOVIE2007
The Good Night
as Anna / Melodia
MOVIE2027
Day Drinker
MOVIE2007
The Making of Volver
as Self
★7.2
MOVIE2009
Broken Embraces
as Lena
★6.0
MOVIE1998
The Hi-Lo Country
as Josepha O'Neil
★6.2
MOVIE2015
ma ma
as Magda
★6.3
MOVIE2022
L'immensità
as Clara
★7.0
MOVIE2002
Hitting It Hard
as Self
MOVIETBA
This Man, This Woman
as Martha Parks
★4.8
MOVIE1996
La Celestina
as Melibea
★5.8
MOVIE2008
A Matador's Mistress
as Lupe Sino
MOVIE2007
Directed by Almodóvar
as Self
MOVIE2004
On the Set of 'Gothika'
as Self
★6.5
MOVIE1995
The Butterfly Effect
as Party Guest (uncredited)
★4.8
MOVIE1996
Brujas
as Patricia
★7.5
MOVIE2016
Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
as Self
★5.5
MOVIE1998
Talk of Angels
as Pilar
MOVIETBA
The Days of Abandonment
as Olga
MOVIE2022
Making Parallel Mothers
as Self
★5.7
MOVIE2014
Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'
as Self (archive footage)
★4.8
MOVIE1993
La ribelle
as Enza
★4.8
MOVIE1995
Women in Prison
as Lucía
MOVIE2025
Karl
as Self
★5.8
MOVIE1996
Not Love, Just Frenzy
as Laura
MOVIE2007
Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood
as Self
MOVIE2011
Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame
as Self (archive footage)
★8.3
MOVIE2012
Once Upon a Time… All About My Mother
as Self
MOVIE2007
Deconstructing Almodóvar
as Self
MOVIE2012
The Making of All About My Mother
as Self
MOVIE2024
313
MOVIE2007
Viva Pedro: The Life & Times of Pedro Almodóvar
as Self
★6.5
MOVIE2022
Penélope Cruz: Diva in the Mirror
as Self - Actress