Penélope Cruz
Acting
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.
Known for
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movieLa Bola Negra
2026
Nené Romero
movieThe Bride!
2026
Myrna Malloy
movieFerrari
2023
Laura Ferrari
tvLate Xou con Marc Giró
2023
Self - Guest
movieOn the Fringe
2022
Azucena
movieL'immensità
2022
Clara
moviePenélope Cruz: Diva in the Mirror
2022
Self - Actress
movieThe 355
2022
Graciela Rivera
movieOfficial Competition
2021
Lola Cuevas
tvLa Noche D
2021
Self - Guest
tvHome Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
Prince Humperdinck / Princess Buttercup
moviePain and Glory
2019
Jacinta
tvLa gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
2019
Self (archive footage)
movieLoving Pablo
2017
Virginia Vallejo
movieMurder on the Orient Express
2017
Pilar Estravados
tvDani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
2017
Self - Interviewee
movieThe Queen of Spain
2016
Macarena Granada
movieYo soy uno entre cien mil
2016
Penélope Cruz
movieGrimsby
2016
Rhonda George
movieZoolander 2
2016
Valentina Valencia
tvAmerican Crime Story
2016
Donatella Versace
moviema ma
2015
Magda
tvHot Ones
2015
Self
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014
Self - Guest
Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'
2014
Self (archive footage)
movieI'm So Excited!
2013
Jessica
movieTwice Born
2012
Gemma
Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame
2011
Self (archive footage)
movieSex and the City 2
2010
Carmen García Carrión
movieNine
2009
Carla
movieG-Force
2009
Juarez the Guinea Pig (voice)
tvWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
Self - Guest
movieA Matador's Mistress
2008
Lupe Sino
movieVicky Cristina Barcelona
2008
María Elena
movieElegy
2008
Consuela Castillo
movieThe Good Night
2007
Anna / Melodia
tvEl hormiguero
2006
Self - Guest
movieChromophobia
2006
Gloria
movieVolver
2006
Raimunda
movieBandidas
2006
Maria Alvarez
movieLive 8
2005
Self
movieSahara
2005
Dr. Eva Rojas
movieNoel
2004
Nina Vasquez
movieDon't Move
2004
Italia
movieGothika
2003
Chloe Sava
movieMasked and Anonymous
2003
Pagan Lace
movieFan-Fan the Tulip
2003
Adeline La Franchise
tvPunk'd
2003
Self
movieVanilla Sky
2001
Sofia Serrano
movieDon't Tempt Me
2001
Carmen Ramos
movieBlow
2001
Mirtha Jung
movieAll the Pretty Horses
2000
Alejandra
movieWoman on Top
2000
Isabella Oliveira
movieVolaverunt
1999
Pepita Tudó "la Maja"
movieThe Hi-Lo Country
1998
Josepha O'Neil
movieThe Girl of Your Dreams
1998
Macarena Granada
movieDon Juan
1998
Mathurine
movieLive Flesh
1997
Isabel Plaza Caballero
movieA Scent of Paradise
1997
Doña Helena
movieLa Celestina
1996
Melibea
movieBrujas
1996
Patricia
movieThe Butterfly Effect
1995
Party Guest (uncredited)
tvLo + plus
1995
Self - Guest
tvFramed
1992
Lola Del Moreno
movieJamon Jamon
1992
La hija de puta
tvLos mundos de Yupi
1988
La bella durmiente (uncredited)
tvSoftly from Paris
1986
Daphné / Javotte / Juliette
tv60 Minutes
1968
Self
tvThe Oscars
1953
Self / Self - Presenter
tvBambi
1948
Self
This Man, This Woman
Martha Parks
