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Penélope Cruz

Acting 51 years old Madrid, Spain ★ 4.9
Born: April 28, 1974

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

The Bride!
The Bride! Myrna Malloy 2026
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides Angelica 2011
Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express Pilar Estravados 2017
Sahara
Sahara Dr. Eva Rojas 2005
Blow
Blow Mirtha Jung 2001

Jimmy's Seen (2)

Blow
Blow Mirtha Jung 2001
Die Hard
Die Hard Self 1988

Filmography

Acting Credits (127)

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

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