Penélope Cruz

Acting · Born 1974-04-28 in Madrid, Spain

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…

Filmography

• All About My Mother as Rosa
• Volver as Raimunda
• Live Flesh as Isabel Plaza Caballero
• Open Your Eyes as Sofía
• Blow as Mirtha Jung
• Broken Embraces as Lena
• Don't Move as Italia
• Twice Born as Gemma
• The Bride! as Myrna Malloy
• Pain and Glory as Jacinta

TV

• 60 Minutes as Self
• The Jay Leno Show as Self
• Framed as Lola Del Moreno
• Los mundos de Yupi as La bella durmiente (uncredited)
• Punk'd as Self
• The Graham Norton Show as Self
• The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
• Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
• Home Movie: The Princess Bride as Prince Humperdinck / Princess Buttercup
• American Crime Story as Donatella Versace