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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
April 28, 1974
Place of Birth
Madrid, Spain
Also Known As
- Penélope Cruz Sánchez
- بينيلوب كروز
- 페넬로페 크루즈
- پنه لوپه کروز
- 페넬루페 크루즈
Penélope Cruz
3.6 Popularity
Biography
Penélope Cruz Sánchez (born April 28, 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.
Known For
Credits
The Invite
2026
0.0
The Black Ball
2026
0.0
The Bride!
as Myrna
2026
0.0
🎬
Karl
as Self
2025
0.0
Pedro x Javis
as Self
2025
0.0
High & Low – John Galliano
as Self
2024
6.1
313
2024
0.0
Ferrari
as Laura Ferrari
2023
6.4
Late Xou con Marc Giró
as Self - Guest
2023
0.0
On the Fringe
as Azucena
2022
6.7
L'immensità
as Clara
2022
6.3
Penélope Cruz: Diva in the Mirror
as Self - Actress
2022
6.9
Making Parallel Mothers
as Self
2022
0.0
The 355
as Graciela Rivera
2022
6.0
Parallel Mothers
as Janis
2021
6.8
Official Competition
as Lola Cuevas
2021
6.6
La Noche D
as Self - Guest
2021
3.3
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
as Prince Humperdinck / Princess Buttercup
2020
7.5
Pongamos que hablo de
as Self
2020
0.0
Lo de Évole
2020
7.7
Wasp Network
as Olga
2020
6.0
Pain and Glory
as Jacinta
2019
7.4
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
as Self (archive footage)
2019
0.0
Everybody Knows
as Laura
2018
6.5
Murder on the Orient Express
as Pilar Estravados
2017
6.7
Loving Pablo
as Virginia Vallejo
2017
6.3
Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
as Self - Interviewee
2017
0.0
The Queen of Spain
as Macarena Granada
2016
5.2
Yo soy uno entre cien mil
as Penélope Cruz
2016
7.0
Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
as Self
2016
7.5
Grimsby
as Rhonda George
2016
5.9
Zoolander 2
as Valentina Valencia
2016
4.9
American Crime Story
as Donatella Versace
2016
7.6
ma ma
as Magda
2015
6.2
Nature Is Speaking
as Water
2015
8.5
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
2014
4.6
Late Night with Seth Meyers
as Self
2014
5.3
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
as Self
2014
5.9
🎬
Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'
as Self (archive footage)
2014
5.7
The Counselor
as Laura
2013
5.3
I'm So Excited!
as Jessica
2013
5.7
Twice Born
as Gemma
2012
7.3
Once Upon a Time… All About My Mother
as Self
2012
8.3
To Rome with Love
as Anna
2012
5.8
The Making of All About My Mother
as Self
2012
0.0
Woody Allen: A Documentary
as Self
2011
6.8
🎬
Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame
as Self (archive footage)
2011
0.0
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
as Angelica
2011
6.6
Brunes et Blondes
as Self
2010
0.0
Sex and the City 2
as Carmen García Carrión
2010
6.1
Nine
as Carla
2009
5.5
The Jay Leno Show
as Self
2009
3.5
G-Force
as Juarez the Guinea Pig (voice)
2009
5.5
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
as Self - Guest
2009
5.1
Broken Embraces
as Lena
2009
7.1
The Cannibalistic Councillor
as Pina
2009
6.3
A Matador's Mistress
as Lupe Sino
2008
5.8
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
as María Elena
2008
6.8
Elegy
as Consuela Castillo
2008
6.3
The Making of Volver
as Self
2007
0.0
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
2007
7.2
Deconstructing Almodóvar
as Self
2007
0.0
Directed by Almodóvar
as Self
2007
0.0
Viva Pedro: The Life & Times of Pedro Almodóvar
as Self
2007
0.0
The Good Night
as Anna / Melodia
2007
5.3
Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood
as Self
2007
0.0
El hormiguero
as Self - Guest
2006
4.8
Chromophobia
as Gloria
2006
5.2
Volver
as Raimunda
2006
7.5
Bandidas
as Maria Alvarez
2006
6.0
Live 8
as Self
2005
7.4
Sahara
as Dr. Eva Rojas
2005
5.9
Noel
as Nina Vasquez
2004
5.8
Head in the Clouds
as Mia
2004
5.9
🎬
On the Set of 'Gothika'
as Self
2004
0.0
Don't Move
as Italia
2004
7.0
Gothika
as Chloe Sava
2003
6.1
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
as Self
2003
5.6
Masked and Anonymous
as Pagan Lace
2003
5.0
Fan-Fan the Tulip
as Adeline La Franchise
2003
5.4
Punk'd
as Self
2003
5.1
Waking Up in Reno
as Brenda
2002
5.0
Hitting It Hard
as Self
2002
6.0
Vanilla Sky
as Sofia Serrano
2001
6.8
Don't Tempt Me
as Carmen Ramos
2001
5.5
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
as Pelagia
2001
6.0
Blow
as Mirtha Jung
2001
7.4
All the Pretty Horses
as Alejandra
2000
5.7
Woman on Top
as Isabella Oliveira
2000
6.1
Volaverunt
as Pepita Tudó "la Maja"
1999
5.7
All About My Mother
as Rosa
1999
7.6
The Hi-Lo Country
as Josepha O'Neil
1998
6.1
The Man with Rain in His Shoes
as Louise
1998
4.9
The Girl of Your Dreams
as Macarena Granada
1998
6.5
Talk of Angels
as Pilar
1998
5.4
Don Juan
as Mathurine
1998
4.4
Open Your Eyes
as Sofía
1997
7.4
Live Flesh
as Isabel Plaza Caballero
1997
7.0
A Scent of Paradise
as Doña Helena
1997
1.0
🎬
Leute heute
as Self
1997
4.8
Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health
as Young Diana
1997
6.1
Not Love, Just Frenzy
as Laura
1996
5.7
La Celestina
as Melibea
1996
4.7
Brujas
as Patricia
1996
4.9
The Butterfly Effect
as Party Guest (uncredited)
1995
6.3
Entre rojas
as Lucía
1995
4.1
Lo + plus
as Self - Guest
1995
0.0
Todo es mentira
as Lucía
1994
4.8
Alegre ma non troppo
as Salomé
1994
4.8
Per amore, solo per amore
as Mary
1993
5.5
La ribelle
as Enza
1993
4.4
The Greek Labyrinth
as Elisa
1993
3.1
Belle Époque
as Luz
1992
6.6
Framed
as Lola Del Moreno
1992
6.6
Jamon Jamon
as la hija de puta
1992
6.2
🎬
Crónicas urbanas
as Actriz
1991
0.0
Los mundos de Yupi
as La bella durmiente (uncredited)
1988
5.0
Softly from Paris
as Daphné / Javotte / Juliette
1986
5.1
60 Minutes
as Self
1968
6.6
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
The Oscars
as Self - Presenter
1953
7.0
Bambi
as Self
1948
9.0
🎬
This Man, This Woman
as Martha Parks
N/A
0.0
🎬
The Days of Abandonment
as Olga
N/A
0.0
🎬
Bunker
N/A
0.0
🎬
Day Drinker
N/A
0.0