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Penélope Cruz

Penélope Cruz

Acting

April 28, 1974 (52 years old)
Madrid, Spain
Female
105 Movies
29 TV Shows

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.

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

2011 6.6

as Angelica

Age 37 (now 52)
Blow
Blow

Blow

2001 7.4

as Mirtha Jung

Age 26 (now 52)
Volver
Volver

Volver

2006 7.5

as Raimunda

Age 31 (now 52)
Vanilla Sky
Vanilla Sky

Vanilla Sky

2001 6.8

as Sofia Serrano

Age 27 (now 52)
Parallel Mothers
Parallel Mothers

Parallel Mothers

2021 6.8

as Janis

Age 47 (now 52)
Everybody Knows
Everybody Knows

Everybody Knows

2018 6.5

as Laura

Age 44 (now 52)
Bandidas
Bandidas

Bandidas

2006 6.0

as Maria Alvarez

Age 31 (now 52)
Broken Embraces
Broken Embraces

Broken Embraces

2009 7.2

as Lena

Age 34 (now 52)
Open Your Eyes
Open Your Eyes

Open Your Eyes

1997 7.4

as Sofía

Age 23 (now 52)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Vicky Cristina Barcelona

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

2008 6.8

as María Elena

Age 34 (now 52)
Sahara
Sahara

Sahara

2005 5.9

as Dr. Eva Rojas

Age 30 (now 52)
Twice Born
Twice Born

Twice Born

2012 7.3

as Gemma

Age 38 (now 52)
Ferrari
Ferrari

Ferrari

2023 6.4

as Laura Ferrari

Age 49 (now 52)
The Counselor
The Counselor

The Counselor

2013 5.3

as Laura

Age 39 (now 52)
Loving Pablo
Loving Pablo

Loving Pablo

2017 6.3

as Virginia Vallejo

Age 43 (now 52)
To Rome with Love
To Rome with Love

To Rome with Love

2012 5.8

as Anna

Age 37 (now 52)