Penélope Cruz
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1974-04-28 (51 years old)
Place of Birth
Madrid, Spain
Penélope Cruz
Biography
Penélope Cruz Sánchez (born 28 April 1974) is a Spanish actress. Prolific in Spanish and English-language films, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award and three Goya Awards.
Cruz made her acting debut on television 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 is known for her frequent collaborations 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 notable 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 received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Cruz has also modelled for Mango, Ralph Lauren and L'Oréal and 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 late nun's mission.
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Known For
Acting
This Man, This Woman
as Martha Parks
The Days of Abandonment
as Olga
(2026)
The Bride!
as Myrna
(2024)
High & Low – John Galliano
as Self
(2024)
(2023)
Ferrari
as Laura Ferrari
(2022)
The 355
as Graciela Rivera
(2022)
L'immensità
as Clara
(2022)
On the Fringe
as Azucena
(2022)
Making Parallel Mothers
as Self
(2022)
Penélope Cruz: Diva in the Mirror
as Self - Actress
(2021)
Parallel Mothers
as Janis
(2021)
Official Competition
as Lola Cuevas
(2020)
Wasp Network
as Olga
(2019)
Pain and Glory
as Jacinta
(2018)
Everybody Knows
as Laura
(2017)
Murder on the Orient Express
as Pilar Estravados
(2017)
Loving Pablo
as Virginia Vallejo
(2016)
Grimsby
as Rhonda George
(2016)
Zoolander 2
as Valentina Valencia
(2016)
The Queen of Spain
as Macarena Granada
(2016)
Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
as Self
(2016)
Yo soy uno entre cien mil
as Penélope Cruz
(2015)
ma ma
as Magda
(2014)
Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'
as Self (archive footage)
(2013)
The Counselor
as Laura
(2013)
I'm So Excited!
as Jessica
(2012)
To Rome with Love
as Anna
(2012)
Twice Born
as Gemma
(2012)
(2012)
(2011)
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
as Angelica
(2011)
Woody Allen: A Documentary
as Self
(2011)
Der Weg des Ruhms
as Self
(2010)
Sex and the City 2
as Carmen García Carrión
(2010)
Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2010)
Brunes et Blondes
as Self
(2009)
G-Force
as Juarez the Guinea Pig (voice)
(2009)
Nine
as Carla
(2009)
Broken Embraces
as Lena
(2009)
The Cannibalistic Councillor
as Pina
(2008)
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
as María Elena
(2008)
A Matador's Mistress
as Lupe Sino
(2008)
Elegy
as Consuela Castillo
(2008)
Bigas Luna: The entomologist gaze
as La hija de puta (archive footage)
(2007)
The Good Night
as Anna / Melodia
(2007)
The Making of Volver
as Self
(2007)
Directed by Almodóvar
as Self
(2007)
Deconstructing Almodóvar
as Self
(2007)
(2006)
Bandidas
as Maria Alvarez
(2006)
Volver
as Raimunda
(2006)
Chromophobia
as Gloria
(2005)
Sahara
as Dr. Eva Rojas
(2005)
Live 8
as Self
(2004)
Noel
as Nina Vasquez
(2004)
Head in the Clouds
as Mia
(2004)
Don't Move
as Italia
(2003)
Gothika
as Chloe Sava
(2003)
Masked and Anonymous
as Pagan Lace
(2003)
Fan-Fan the Tulip
as Adeline La Franchise
(2002)
Waking Up in Reno
as Brenda
(2002)
Hitting It Hard
as Self
(2001)
Blow
as Mirtha Jung
(2001)
Vanilla Sky
as Sofia Serrano
(2001)
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
as Pelagia
(2001)
Don't Tempt Me
as Carmen Ramos
(2000)
Woman on Top
as Isabella Oliveira
(2000)
All the Pretty Horses
as Alejandra
(1999)
All About My Mother
as Rosa
(1999)
Volaverunt
as Pepita Tudó
(1998)
The Hi-Lo Country
as Josepha O'Neil
(1998)
The Girl of Your Dreams
as Macarena Granada
(1998)
The Man with Rain in His Shoes
as Louise
(1998)
Talk of Angels
as Pilar
(1998)
Don Juan
as Mathurine
(1997)
Open Your Eyes
as Sofía
(1997)
Live Flesh
as Isabel Plaza Caballero
(1997)
Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health
as Young Diana
(1997)
A Scent of Paradise
as Doña Helena
(1996)
Not Love, Just Frenzy
as Laura
(1996)
La Celestina
as Melibea
(1996)
Brujas
as Patricia
(1995)
The Butterfly Effect
as Party Guest (uncredited)
(1995)
Entre rojas
as Lucía
(1994)
Todo es mentira
as Lucía
(1994)
Alegre ma non troppo
as Salomé
(1993)
Per amore, solo per amore
as Mary
(1993)
La ribelle
as Enza
(1993)
The Greek Labyrinth
as Elisa
(1992)
Jamon Jamon
as Silvia
(1992)
Belle Époque
as Luz
Crew
The Days of Abandonment
Producer
(2022)
On the Fringe
Producer
(2018)
Thy Kingdom Come
Thanks
(2016)
The Queen of Spain
Producer
(2016)
Yo soy uno entre cien mil
Director
(2015)
ma ma
Producer
(2013)
L'Agent
Director, Writer
(2012)
Twice Born
Co-Producer