Acting
Penélope Cruz
EN, FR, ES, IT cinema · 99 credits
Born
28 April 1974 (age 52)
Birthplace
Madrid, Spain
Also known as Penélope Cruz Sánchez
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
Filmography
I giorni dell'abbandono
The Days of Abandonment
as Olga, Producer
This Man, This Woman
This Man, This Woman
as Martha Parks
Day Drinker
as Cara Lazaro
The Bride!
as Myrna Malloy
The Invite
as Piña
Bunker
as Sofia
LA BOLA NEGRA
as Nené Romero
Karl
as Self
Ferrari
as Laura Ferrari
Penélope Cruz: Diva in the Mirror
as Self - Actress
The 355
as Graciela Rivera
On the Fringe
as Azucena, Producer
L'immensità
as Clara
Official Competition
as Lola Cuevas, Executive Producer
Parallel Mothers
as Janis
Wasp Network
as Olga
Pain and Glory
as Jacinta
Everybody Knows
as Laura
Loving Pablo
as Virginia Vallejo
Murder on the Orient Express
as Pilar Estravados
Grimsby
as Rhonda George
Zoolander 2
as Valentina Valencia
The Queen of Spain
as Macarena Granada
Yo soy uno entre cien mil
as Penélope Cruz, Director
ma ma
as Magda, Producer
Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'
2014
Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'
as Self (archive footage)
The Counselor
as Laura
I'm So Excited!
as Jessica
Twice Born
as Gemma, Co-Producer
Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame
2011
Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame
as Self (archive footage)
Sex and the City 2
as Carmen García Carrión
Nine
as Carla
Broken Embraces
as Lena
G-Force
as Juarez the Guinea Pig (voice)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
as María Elena
Elegy
as Consuela Castillo
A Matador's Mistress
as Lupe Sino
The Good Night
as Anna / Melodia
Volver
as Raimunda
Bandidas
as Maria Alvarez
Chromophobia
as Gloria
Sahara
as Dr. Eva Rojas
Live 8
as Self
Noel
as Nina Vasquez
Don't Move
as Italia
Gothika
as Chloe Sava
Masked and Anonymous
as Pagan Lace
Fan-Fan the Tulip
as Adeline La Franchise
Waking Up in Reno
as Brenda
Hitting It Hard
as Self
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
as Pelagia
Vanilla Sky
as Sofia Serrano
Blow
as Mirtha Jung
Don't Tempt Me
as Carmen Ramos
All the Pretty Horses
as Alejandra
Woman on Top
as Isabella Oliveira
Volaverunt
as Pepita Tudó "la Maja"
The Hi-Lo Country
as Josepha O'Neil
The Girl of Your Dreams
as Macarena Granada, Songs
Talk of Angels
as Pilar
Don Juan
as Mathurine
Live Flesh
as Isabel Plaza Caballero
Open Your Eyes
as Sofía
Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health
as Young Diana
A Scent of Paradise
as Doña Helena
Brujas
as Patricia
La Celestina
as Melibea
Women in Prison
as Lucía
The Butterfly Effect
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Todo es mentira
as Lucía
Alegre ma non troppo
as Salomé
La ribelle
as Enza
The Greek Labyrinth
as Elisa
Belle Époque
as Luz
Jamon Jamon
as La hija de puta