Penélope Cruz 1974 51
Penélope Cruz 1974 51
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.
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2026 The Bride! as Myrna
2025 This Man, This Woman as Martha Parks
2025 Paris Paramount
2025 Bunker
2025 The Days of Abandonment as Olga Producer
2025 Day Drinker
2025 The Invite
2025 The Black Ball
2025 Pedro x Javis
2024 High & Low – John Galliano as Self
2024 313
2023 Ferrari as Laura Ferrari
2022 On the Fringe as Azucena Producer
2022 L'immensità as Clara
2022 Penélope Cruz: Diva in the Mirror as Self - Actress
2022 Making Parallel Mothers as Self
2022 The 355 as Graciela Rivera
2021 Parallel Mothers as Janis
2021 Official Competition as Lola Cuevas
2020 Wasp Network as Olga
2019 Pain and Glory as Jacinta
2018 Everybody Knows as Laura
2018 Thy Kingdom Come Thanks
2017 Murder on the Orient Express as Pilar Estravados
2017 Loving Pablo as Virginia Vallejo
2016 The Queen of Spain as Macarena Granada Producer
2016 Yo soy uno entre cien mil as Penélope Cruz Director
2016 Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas as Self
2016 Grimsby as Rhonda George
2016 Zoolander 2 as Valentina Valencia
2015 ma ma as Magda Producer
2014 Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor' as Self (archive footage)
2013 The Counselor as Laura
2013 I'm So Excited! as Jessica
2013 L'Agent Director, Writer
2012 Twice Born as Gemma Co-Producer
2012 Once Upon a Time… All About My Mother as Self
2012 To Rome with Love as Anna
2012 The Making of All About My Mother as Self
2011 Woody Allen: A Documentary as Self
2011 Der Weg des Ruhms as Self
2011 Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides as Angelica
2010 Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
2010 Brunes et Blondes as Self
2010 Sex and the City 2 as Carmen García Carrión
2009 Nine as Carla
2009 G-Force as Juarez the Guinea Pig (voice)
2009 Broken Embraces as Lena
2009 The Cannibalistic Councillor as Pina
2008 A Matador's Mistress as Lupe Sino
2008 Vicky Cristina Barcelona as María Elena
2008 Elegy as Consuela Castillo
2008 Bigas Luna: The entomologist gaze as La hija de puta (archive footage)
2007 The Making of Volver as Self
2007 Directed by Almodóvar as Self
2007 Viva Pedro: The Life & Times of Pedro Almodóvar as Self
2007 Deconstructing Almodóvar as Self
2007 The Good Night as Anna / Melodia
2006 Chromophobia as Gloria
2006 Volver as Raimunda
2006 Bandidas as Maria Alvarez
2005 Live 8 as Self
2005 Sahara as Dr. Eva Rojas
2004 Noel as Nina Vasquez
2004 Head in the Clouds as Mia
2004 Don't Move as Italia
2003 Gothika as Chloe Sava
2003 Masked and Anonymous as Pagan Lace
2003 Fan-Fan the Tulip as Adeline La Franchise
2002 Waking Up in Reno as Brenda
2002 Hitting It Hard as Self
2001 Vanilla Sky as Sofia Serrano
2001 Don't Tempt Me as Carmen Ramos
2001 Captain Corelli's Mandolin as Pelagia
2001 Blow as Mirtha Jung
2000 All the Pretty Horses as Alejandra
2000 Woman on Top as Isabella Oliveira
1999 Volaverunt as Pepita Tudó
1999 All About My Mother as Rosa
1998 The Hi-Lo Country as Josepha O'Neil
1998 The Man with Rain in His Shoes as Louise
1998 The Girl of Your Dreams as Macarena Granada
1998 Talk of Angels as Pilar
1998 Don Juan as Mathurine
1997 Open Your Eyes as Sofía
1997 Live Flesh as Isabel Plaza Caballero
1997 A Scent of Paradise as Doña Helena
1997 Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health as Young Diana
1996 Not Love, Just Frenzy as Laura
1996 La Celestina as Melibea
1996 Brujas as Patricia
1995 The Butterfly Effect as Party Guest (uncredited)
1995 Entre rojas as Lucía
1994 Todo es mentira as Lucía
1994 Alegre ma non troppo as Salomé
1993 Per amore, solo per amore as Mary
1993 La ribelle as Enza
1993 The Greek Labyrinth as Elisa
1992 Belle Époque as Luz
1992 Jamon Jamon as Silvia