
Penélope Cruz
Known for Acting · 126 credits
- Born
- 1974-04-28 (age 52)
- Place of birth
- Madrid, Spain
- 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.
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Known For
TV Shows (28)

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009
as Self - Guest

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
as Self

Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self

The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self

El hormiguero
2006
as Self - Guest

Leute heute
1997
as Self

60 Minutes
1968
as Self

The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self

American Crime Story
2016
as Donatella Versace

Bambi
1948
as Self

Punk'd
2003
as Self

The Oscars
1953
as Self / Self - Presenter

The Jay Leno Show
2009
as Self

Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
2017
as Self - Interviewee

Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
as Prince Humperdinck / Princess Buttercup

Lo + plus
1995
as Self - Guest

Softly from Paris
1986
as Daphné / Javotte / Juliette

Late Xou con Marc Giró
2023
as Self - Guest

La Noche D
2021
as Self - Guest

Lo de Évole
2020

Nature Is Speaking
2015
as Water
Crónicas urbanas
1991
as Actriz

Framed
1992
as Lola Del Moreno

Pedro x Javis
2025
as Self

La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
2019
as Self (archive footage)

Pongamos que hablo de
2020
as Self

Los mundos de Yupi
1988
as La bella durmiente (uncredited)
Movies (98)

The Bride!
2026
as Myrna Malloy

Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011
as Angelica

Murder on the Orient Express
2017
as Pilar Estravados

Sex and the City 2
2010
as Carmen García Carrión

Blow
2001
as Mirtha Jung

Ferrari
2023
as Laura Ferrari

Vanilla Sky
2001
as Sofia Serrano

Grimsby
2016
as Rhonda George

The Counselor
2013
as Laura

Sahara
2005
as Dr. Eva Rojas

G-Force
2009
as Juarez the Guinea Pig (voice)

The 355
2022
as Graciela Rivera

The Black Ball
2026
as Nené Romero

Zoolander 2
2016
as Valentina Valencia

Jamon Jamon
1992
as La hija de puta

Gothika
2003
as Chloe Sava

Bandidas
2006
as Maria Alvarez

All About My Mother
1999
as Rosa

Volver
2006
as Raimunda

Parallel Mothers
2021
as Janis

Noel
2004
as Nina Vasquez

Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2008
as María Elena

Broken Embraces
2009
as Lena

Everybody Knows
2018
as Laura

The Invite
2026
as Pina

Live Flesh
1997
as Isabel Plaza Caballero

Captain Corelli's Mandolin
2001
as Pelagia

Open Your Eyes
1997
as Sofía

Pain and Glory
2019
as Jacinta

Nine
2009
as Carla

Loving Pablo
2017
as Virginia Vallejo

Elegy
2008
as Consuela Castillo

Wasp Network
2020
as Olga

All the Pretty Horses
2000
as Alejandra

To Rome with Love
2012
as Anna

Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011
as Self

A Matador's Mistress
2008
as Lupe Sino

Head in the Clouds
2004
as Mia

The Hi-Lo Country
1998
as Josepha O'Neil

Twice Born
2012
as Gemma

Official Competition
2021
as Lola Cuevas

Masked and Anonymous
2003
as Pagan Lace

Woman on Top
2000
as Isabella Oliveira

The Queen of Spain
2016
as Macarena Granada

Fan-Fan the Tulip
2003
as Adeline La Franchise

Don't Move
2004
as Italia

L'immensità
2022
as Clara

I'm So Excited!
2013
as Jessica

Don't Tempt Me
2001
as Carmen Ramos

Chromophobia
2006
as Gloria

Live 8
2005
as Self

Belle Époque
1992
as Luz

Waking Up in Reno
2002
as Brenda
Untitled Nancy Meyers Film
2027

The Good Night
2007
as Anna / Melodia

High & Low – John Galliano
2024
as Self

Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health
1997
as Young Diana

Day Drinker
2027

ma ma
2015
as Magda

La Celestina
1996
as Melibea

Volaverunt
1999
as Pepita Tudó "la Maja"

The Butterfly Effect
1995
as Party Guest (uncredited)

On the Fringe
2022
as Azucena

The Girl of Your Dreams
1998
as Macarena Granada
Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'
2014
as Self (archive footage)

The Man with Rain in His Shoes
1998
as Louise
Bunker

Per amore, solo per amore
1993
as Mary

Don Juan
1998
as Mathurine

Hitting It Hard
2002
as Self

Brujas
1996
as Patricia

La ribelle
1993
as Enza

Alegre ma non troppo
1994
as Salomé

The Greek Labyrinth
1993
as Elisa

Women in Prison
1995
as Lucía

Talk of Angels
1998
as Pilar

The Cannibalistic Councillor
2009
as Pina

Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
2016
as Self

Todo es mentira
1994
as Lucía
This Man, This Woman
as Martha Parks

A Scent of Paradise
1997
as Doña Helena

Directed by Almodóvar
2007
as Self
Karl
2025
as Self

Brunes et Blondes
2010
as Self

The Making of All About My Mother
2012
as Self
The Days of Abandonment
as Olga

Once Upon a Time… All About My Mother
2012
as Self

Yo soy uno entre cien mil
2016
as Penélope Cruz

313
2024

Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood
2007
as Self

On the Set of 'Gothika'
2004
as Self

Not Love, Just Frenzy
1996
as Laura
Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame
2011
as Self (archive footage)

Making Parallel Mothers
2022
as Self

Deconstructing Almodóvar
2007
as Self

The Making of Volver
2007
as Self

Penélope Cruz: Diva in the Mirror
2022
as Self - Actress

Viva Pedro: The Life & Times of Pedro Almodóvar
2007
as Self
About Penélope Cruz
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 A… With 126 credits spanning from 1948 to 2027, Penélope Cruz has appeared in 98 films and 28 TV shows.
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- The Bride! (2026) — as Myrna Malloy
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) — as Angelica
- Murder on the Orient Express (2017) — as Pilar Estravados
- Sex and the City 2 (2010) — as Carmen García Carrión
- Blow (2001) — as Mirtha Jung
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