Penélope Cruz

Acting

Born: 1974-04-28
From: Madrid, Spain
Gender: Female
Height: 1.68 m
Popularity: 4.5

Also Known As

Penélope Cruz Sánchez

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.

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Awards & Nominations20 won · 17 nominated

Nominated

Premio Feroz for Best Main Actress

Parallel Mothers

2022
Nominated

European Film Award for Best Actress

Parallel Mothers

2022
Nominated

Goya Award for Best Actress

Parallel Mothers

2022
Nominated

Forqué Award for the best female performance

Parallel Mothers

2022
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Actress

Parallel Mothers

2022
🏆 Won

Volpi Cup for Best Actress

Parallel Mothers

2021
Nominated

Medal of the Circle of Cinematographic Writers for the best actress

Parallel Mothers

2021
🏆 Won

Donostia Award

2019
Nominated

European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film

Pain and Glory

2019
🏆 Won

Honorary César

2018
🏆 Won

César Award

2018
🏆 Won

Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts

2018
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

Nine

2010
🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

2009
🏆 Won

BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

2009
🏆 Won

Gaudí a la millor actriu secundària

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

2009
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

2009
Nominated

European Film Award for Best Actress

Broken Embraces

2009
🏆 Won

Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

2008
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Actress

Volver

2007
🏆 Won

Goya Award for Best Actress

Volver

2006
🏆 Won

Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres

2006
🏆 Won

European Film Award for Best Actress

Volver

2006
🏆 Won

Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress

Volver

2006
Nominated

European Film Award for Best Actress

Volver

2006
🏆 Won

Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress

Don't Move

2004
Nominated

European Film Award for Best Actress

Don't Move

2004
Nominated

Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress

Don't Move

2004
Nominated

Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress

Fanfan la Tulipe

2003
Nominated

Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress

Captain Corelli's Mandolin

2001
🏆 Won

Goya Awards

1999
Nominated

European Film Award for Best Actress

The Girl of Your Dreams

1999
🏆 Won

Goya Award for Best Actress

The Girl of Your Dreams

1998
🏆 Won

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

🏆 Won

British Academy of Film and Television Arts

🏆 Won

David di Donatello for Best Actress

🏆 Won

Ordre des Arts et des Lettres

Acting118 titles

Directing1 title

Production3 titles

Sound1 title

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