1974-04-28 Madrid, Spain
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Penélope Cruz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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The Bride! | Myrna | 2026-03-05 |
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Pedro x Javis | 2025-06-19 | |
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313 | 2024-02-20 | |
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High & Low – John Galliano | Self | 2024-03-08 |
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Ferrari | Laura Ferrari | 2023-12-14 |
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Making Parallel Mothers | Self | 2022-03-16 |
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Penélope Cruz : les reflets de la passion | Self - Actress | 2022-07-17 |
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En los márgenes | Azucena | 2022-10-07 |
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L'immensità | Clara | 2022-09-15 |
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The 355 | Graciela Rivera | 2022-01-05 |
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Madres paralelas | Janis | 2021-10-08 |
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Competencia oficial | Lola Cuevas | 2021-09-04 |
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Wasp Network | Olga | 2020-01-29 |
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Dolor y gloria | Jacinta | 2019-03-22 |
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Todos lo saben | Laura | 2018-05-09 |
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Murder on the Orient Express | Pilar Estravados | 2017-11-03 |
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Loving Pablo | Virginia Vallejo | 2017-10-12 |
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Grimsby | Rhonda George | 2016-02-24 |
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La reina de España | Macarena Granada | 2016-11-25 |
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Zoolander 2 | Valentina Valencia | 2016-02-06 |
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Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas | Self | 2016-09-11 |
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Yo soy uno entre cien mil | Penélope Cruz | 2016-09-19 |
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ma ma | Magda | 2015-09-11 |
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Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor' | Self (archive footage) | 2014-02-11 |
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Los amantes pasajeros | Jessica | 2013-03-08 |
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The Counselor | Laura | 2013-10-25 |
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Venuto al mondo | Gemma | 2012-09-13 |
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The Making of All About My Mother | Self | 2012-01-01 |
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Il était une fois… Tout sur ma mère | Self | 2012-05-16 |
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To Rome with Love | Anna | 2012-04-20 |
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Der Weg des Ruhms | Self | 2011-10-15 |
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Woody Allen: A Documentary | Self | 2011-11-20 |
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Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | Angelica | 2011-05-15 |
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Sex and the City 2 | Carmen García Carrión | 2010-05-26 |
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Brunes et Blondes | Self | 2010-10-06 |
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Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer | Self (archive footage) (uncredited) | 2010-11-05 |
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La Concejala Antropófaga | Pina | 2009-02-14 |
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Los abrazos rotos | Lena | 2009-03-18 |
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Nine | Carla | 2009-12-03 |
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G-Force | Juarez the Guinea Pig (voice) | 2009-07-24 |
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Bigas Luna: La Mirada Entomòloga | La hija de puta (archive footage) | 2008-05-28 |
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Elegy | Consuela Castillo | 2008-08-08 |
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Vicky Cristina Barcelona | María Elena | 2008-08-15 |
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Manolete | Lupe Sino | 2008-09-06 |
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Viva Pedro: The Life & Times of Pedro Almodóvar | Self | 2007-01-30 |
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Deconstructing Almodóvar | Self | 2007-01-30 |
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Directed by Almodóvar | Self | 2007-01-30 |
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The Good Night | Anna / Melodia | 2007-01-25 |
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The Making of Volver | Self | 2007-04-03 |
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Chromophobia | Gloria | 2006-05-10 |
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Bandidas | Maria Alvarez | 2006-01-18 |
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Volver | Raimunda | 2006-03-17 |
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Sahara | Dr. Eva Rojas | 2005-04-06 |
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Live 8 | Self | 2005-11-07 |
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Noel | Nina Vasquez | 2004-11-12 |
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Non ti muovere | Italia | 2004-03-12 |
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Head in the Clouds | Mia | 2004-04-29 |
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Gothika | Chloe Sava | 2003-11-21 |
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Fanfan la tulipe | Adeline La Franchise | 2003-06-20 |
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Masked and Anonymous | Pagan Lace | 2003-07-25 |
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Hitting It Hard | Self | 2002-05-21 |
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Waking Up in Reno | Brenda | 2002-12-13 |
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Blow | Mirtha Jung | 2001-04-04 |
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Sin noticias de Dios | Carmen Ramos | 2001-11-30 |
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin | Pelagia | 2001-04-18 |
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Vanilla Sky | Sofia Serrano | 2001-12-14 |
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Woman on Top | Isabella Oliveira | 2000-09-22 |
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All the Pretty Horses | Alejandra | 2000-12-11 |
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Todo sobre mi madre | Rosa | 1999-04-16 |
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Volavérunt | Pepita Tudó | 1999-10-01 |
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The Hi-Lo Country | Josepha O'Neil | 1998-12-30 |
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Talk of Angels | Pilar | 1998-10-30 |
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Don Juan | Mathurine | 1998-04-28 |
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La niña de tus ojos | Macarena Granada | 1998-11-13 |
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The Man with Rain in His Shoes | Louise | 1998-11-27 |
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Carne trémula | Isabel Plaza Caballero | 1997-10-10 |
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Abre los ojos | Sofía | 1997-12-19 |
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El amor perjudica seriamente la salud | Young Diana | 1997-07-01 |
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Et hjørne af paradis | Doña Helena | 1997-08-29 |
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Brujas | Patricia | 1996-04-26 |
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Más que amor, frenesí | Laura | 1996-11-15 |
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La Celestina | Melibea | 1996-11-08 |
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Entre rojas | Lucía | 1995-04-20 |
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El efecto mariposa | Party Guest (uncredited) | 1995-12-20 |
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Todo es mentira | Lucía | 1994-10-14 |
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Alegre ma non troppo | Salomé | 1994-05-26 |
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La ribelle | Enza | 1993-08-20 |
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El laberinto griego | Elisa | 1993-01-08 |
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Per amore, solo per amore | Mary | 1993-10-29 |
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Jamón, jamón | Silvia | 1992-09-03 |
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Belle Époque | Luz | 1992-12-04 |
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La bola negra | ||
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The Invite | ||
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Bunker | ||
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Paris Paramount | ||
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This Man, This Woman | Martha Parks | |
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Day Drinker | ||
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I giorni dell'abbandono | Olga |