
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