Penélope Cruz
Known for Acting · 127 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 (29)
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 - Guest
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
El hormiguero
2006
as Self - Guest
Leute heute
1997
as Self
60 Minutes
1968
as Self
Hot Ones
2015
as Self
American Crime Story
2016
as Donatella Versace
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
as Self
Punk'd
2003
as Self
The Oscars
1953
as Self / Self - Presenter
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014
as Self
Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
2017
as Self - Interviewee
Bambi
1948
as Self
The Jay Leno Show
2009
as Self
Lo + plus
1995
as Self - Guest
Softly from Paris
1986
as Daphné / Javotte / Juliette
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
2020
as Prince Humperdinck / Princess Buttercup
Late Xou con Marc Giró
2023
as Self - Guest
Crónicas urbanas
1991
as Actriz
Lo de Évole
2020
La Noche D
2021
as Self - Guest
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Nature Is Speaking
2015
as Water
Pedro x Javis
2025
as Self
Framed
1992
as Lola Del Moreno
Pongamos que hablo de
2020
as Self
Los mundos de Yupi
1988
as La bella durmiente (uncredited)
Movies (98)
The Invite
2026
as Pina
The Counselor
2013
as Laura
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011
as Angelica
Murder on the Orient Express
2017
as Pilar Estravados
The Bride!
2026
as Myrna Malloy
Grimsby
2016
as Rhonda George
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2008
as María Elena
Gothika
2003
as Chloe Sava
Loving Pablo
2017
as Virginia Vallejo
Vanilla Sky
2001
as Sofia Serrano
Sex and the City 2
2010
as Carmen García Carrión
Official Competition
2021
as Lola Cuevas
Blow
2001
as Mirtha Jung
The Man with Rain in His Shoes
1998
as Louise
The 355
2022
as Graciela Rivera
To Rome with Love
2012
as Anna
All About My Mother
1999
as Rosa
Sahara
2005
as Dr. Eva Rojas
A Scent of Paradise
1997
as Doña Helena
Ferrari
2023
as Laura Ferrari
Wasp Network
2020
as Olga
Open Your Eyes
1997
as Sofía
Zoolander 2
2016
as Valentina Valencia
Jamon Jamon
1992
as La hija de puta
Paris Paramount
2027
Everybody Knows
2018
as Laura
Bandidas
2006
as Maria Alvarez
La Bola Negra
2026
as Nené Romero
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
2001
as Pelagia
Belle Époque
1992
as Luz
Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011
as Self
G-Force
2009
as Juarez the Guinea Pig (voice)
Bunker
Todo es mentira
1994
as Lucía
Yo soy uno entre cien mil
2016
as Penélope Cruz
Brunes et Blondes
2010
as Self
Twice Born
2012
as Gemma
Broken Embraces
2009
as Lena
Live Flesh
1997
as Isabel Plaza Caballero
Volver
2006
as Raimunda
Parallel Mothers
2021
as Janis
Volaverunt
1999
as Pepita Tudó "la Maja"
On the Fringe
2022
as Azucena
Pain and Glory
2019
as Jacinta
All the Pretty Horses
2000
as Alejandra
The Girl of Your Dreams
1998
as Macarena Granada
Don't Move
2004
as Italia
Elegy
2008
as Consuela Castillo
Nine
2009
as Carla
Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health
1997
as Young Diana
I'm So Excited!
2013
as Jessica
The Greek Labyrinth
1993
as Elisa
Head in the Clouds
2004
as Mia
Live 8
2005
as Self
Day Drinker
2027
The Queen of Spain
2016
as Macarena Granada
Waking Up in Reno
2002
as Brenda
The Cannibalistic Councillor
2009
as Pina
Hitting It Hard
2002
as Self
Woman on Top
2000
as Isabella Oliveira
Alegre ma non troppo
1994
as Salomé
Chromophobia
2006
as Gloria
Masked and Anonymous
2003
as Pagan Lace
Noel
2004
as Nina Vasquez
Per amore, solo per amore
1993
as Mary
La Celestina
1996
as Melibea
Don Juan
1998
as Mathurine
The Butterfly Effect
1995
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Talk of Angels
1998
as Pilar
La ribelle
1993
as Enza
Don't Tempt Me
2001
as Carmen Ramos
ma ma
2015
as Magda
Fan-Fan the Tulip
2003
as Adeline La Franchise
L'immensità
2022
as Clara
This Man, This Woman
as Martha Parks
Women in Prison
1995
as Lucía
The Good Night
2007
as Anna / Melodia
The Hi-Lo Country
1998
as Josepha O'Neil
Once Upon a Time… All About My Mother
2012
as Self
Not Love, Just Frenzy
1996
as Laura
The Making of Volver
2007
as Self
Brujas
1996
as Patricia
On the Set of 'Gothika'
2004
as Self
A Matador's Mistress
2008
as Lupe Sino
Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
2016
as Self
Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'
2014
as Self (archive footage)
High & Low – John Galliano
2024
as Self
The Days of Abandonment
as Olga
Directed by Almodóvar
2007
as Self
The Making of All About My Mother
2012
as Self
Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood
2007
as Self
Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame
2011
as Self (archive footage)
Deconstructing Almodóvar
2007
as Self
Karl
2025
as Self
Making Parallel Mothers
2022
as Self
Penélope Cruz: Diva in the Mirror
2022
as Self - Actress
Viva Pedro: The Life & Times of Pedro Almodóvar
2007
as Self
313
2024
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 127 credits spanning from 1948 to 2027, Penélope Cruz has appeared in 98 films and 29 TV shows.
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- The Invite (2026) — as Pina
- The Counselor (2013) — as Laura
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) — as Angelica
- Murder on the Orient Express (2017) — as Pilar Estravados
- The Bride! (2026) — as Myrna Malloy
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