Penélope Cruz
Acting
Born: April 28, 1974 (age 52) · Madrid, Spain
Highest Rated
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.
Known for
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011
Murder on the Orient Express
2017
Vanilla Sky
2001
Blow
2001
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2008
Gothika
2003
Grimsby
2016
Zoolander 2
2016
To Rome with Love
2012
All About My Mother
1999
G-Force
2009
The Counselor
2013
Photos (16)
Movies (73)
The Invite
Piña
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Angelica
The Bride!
Myrna Malloy
Murder on the Orient Express
Pilar Estravados
The Counselor
Laura
Vanilla Sky
Sofia Serrano
The 355
Graciela Rivera
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
María Elena
Grimsby
Rhonda George
Ferrari
Laura Ferrari
Blow
Mirtha Jung
Zoolander 2
Valentina Valencia
G-Force
Juarez the Guinea Pig (voice)
Sahara
Dr. Eva Rojas
Sex and the City 2
Carmen García Carrión
Parallel Mothers
Janis
Loving Pablo
Virginia Vallejo
Gothika
Chloe Sava
Volver
Raimunda
All About My Mother
Rosa
Jamon Jamon
La hija de puta
Pain and Glory
Jacinta
Official Competition
Lola Cuevas
All the Pretty Horses
Alejandra
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Pelagia
Everybody Knows
Laura
Open Your Eyes
Sofía
Wasp Network
Olga
Nine
Carla
Live Flesh
Isabel Plaza Caballero
Belle Époque
Luz
To Rome with Love
Anna
Head in the Clouds
Mia
Woman on Top
Isabella Oliveira
Broken Embraces
Lena
Elegy
Consuela Castillo
Bandidas
Maria Alvarez
L'immensità
Clara
I'm So Excited!
Jessica
Noel
Nina Vasquez
Don't Move
Italia
Twice Born
Gemma
Waking Up in Reno
Brenda
Masked and Anonymous
Pagan Lace
ma ma
Magda
Volaverunt
Pepita Tudó "la Maja"
The Hi-Lo Country
Josepha O'Neil
Fan-Fan the Tulip
Adeline La Franchise
The Queen of Spain
Macarena Granada
Chromophobia
Gloria
Don't Tempt Me
Carmen Ramos
The Girl of Your Dreams
Macarena Granada
On the Fringe
Azucena
The Good Night
Anna / Melodia
A Matador's Mistress
Lupe Sino
Don Juan
Mathurine
A Scent of Paradise
Doña Helena
Women in Prison
Lucía
Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health
Young Diana
The Man with Rain in His Shoes
Louise
Talk of Angels
Pilar
Alegre ma non troppo
Salomé
The Butterfly Effect
Party Guest (uncredited)
La Celestina
Melibea
Per amore, solo per amore
Mary
The Greek Labyrinth
Elisa
Todo es mentira
Lucía
La ribelle
Enza
Yo soy uno entre cien mil
Penélope Cruz
The Cannibalistic Councillor
Pina
Brujas
Patricia
313
2024
Not Love, Just Frenzy
Laura
TV Shows (7)
American Crime Story
Donatella Versace · 9 eps
Softly from Paris
Daphné / Javotte / Juliette · 1 eps
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Prince Humperdinck / Princess Buttercup · 1 eps
Lo de Évole
1 eps
Nature Is Speaking
Water · 1 eps
Los mundos de Yupi
La bella durmiente (uncredited) · 1 eps
Framed
Lola Del Moreno · 3 eps
Self / Appearances (38)
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self · 2 eps
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest · 1 eps
The Graham Norton Show
Self · 2 eps
El hormiguero
Self - Guest · 1 eps
60 Minutes
Self · 1 eps
Hot Ones
Self · 1 eps
Punk'd
Self · 1 eps
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self · 1 eps
Leute heute
Self · 1 eps
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self · 1 eps
The Oscars
Self · 3 eps
The Oscars
Self - Presenter · 1 eps
Bambi
Self · 1 eps
Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
Self - Interviewee · 2 eps
The Jay Leno Show
Self · 1 eps
Lo + plus
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Late Xou con Marc Giró
Self - Guest · 1 eps
La Noche D
Self - Guest · 1 eps
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Self
High & Low – John Galliano
Self
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
Self (archive footage) · 1 eps
Pedro x Javis
Self · 3 eps
Live 8
Self
Pongamos que hablo de
Self · 3 eps
Brunes et Blondes
Self
On the Set of 'Gothika'
Self
Viva Pedro: The Life & Times of Pedro Almodóvar
Self
Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
Self
Hitting It Hard
Self
Once Upon a Time… All About My Mother
Self
Penélope Cruz: Diva in the Mirror
Self - Actress
The Making of All About My Mother
Self
Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood
Self
Deconstructing Almodóvar
Self
The Making of Volver
Self
Directed by Almodóvar
Self
Making Parallel Mothers
Self
