Penélope Cruz

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

126

Gender

Female

Birthday

1974-04-28 (51 years old)

Place of Birth

Madrid, Spain

Penélope Cruz

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

  • The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

    The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

  • Late Night with Seth Meyers

    Late Night with Seth Meyers

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • Leute heute

    Leute heute

  • El hormiguero

    El hormiguero

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez

    Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez

  • 60 Minutes

    60 Minutes

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

    Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

  • Bambi

    Bambi

  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  • American Crime Story

    American Crime Story

  • Punk'd

    Punk'd

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Jay Leno Show

    The Jay Leno Show

  • Home Movie: The Princess Bride

    Home Movie: The Princess Bride

  • Lo + plus

    Lo + plus

  • The Bride!

    The Bride!

  • Captain Corelli's Mandolin

    Captain Corelli's Mandolin

  • The Butterfly Effect

    The Butterfly Effect

  • Gothika

    Gothika

  • Murder on the Orient Express

    Murder on the Orient Express

  • Jamon Jamon

    Jamon Jamon

  • The 355

    The 355

  • Vanilla Sky

    Vanilla Sky

  • Blow

    Blow

  • Live Flesh

    Live Flesh

  • Everybody Knows

    Everybody Knows

  • Grimsby

    Grimsby

  • Sahara

    Sahara

  • Sex and the City 2

    Sex and the City 2

  • Wasp Network

    Wasp Network

  • Loving Pablo

    Loving Pablo

  • Softly from Paris

    Softly from Paris

  • The Counselor

    The Counselor

  • G-Force

    G-Force

  • The Black Ball

    The Black Ball

  • Directed by Almodóvar

    Directed by Almodóvar

  • Ferrari

    Ferrari

  • To Rome with Love

    To Rome with Love

  • Vicky Cristina Barcelona

    Vicky Cristina Barcelona

  • A Matador's Mistress

    A Matador's Mistress

  • Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'

    Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'

  • La Noche D

    La Noche D

  • Woody Allen: A Documentary

    Woody Allen: A Documentary

  • The Making of All About My Mother

    The Making of All About My Mother

  • 313

    313

  • Head in the Clouds

    Head in the Clouds

  • Open Your Eyes

    Open Your Eyes

  • Viva Pedro: The Life & Times of Pedro Almodóvar

    Viva Pedro: The Life & Times of Pedro Almodóvar

  • All About My Mother

    All About My Mother

  • Day Drinker

    Day Drinker

  • Volver

    Volver

  • Nine

    Nine

  • Zoolander 2

    Zoolander 2

  • Noel

    Noel

  • Lo de Évole

    Lo de Évole

  • Twice Born

    Twice Born

  • Belle Époque

    Belle Époque

  • Late Xou con Marc Giró

    Late Xou con Marc Giró

  • Elegy

    Elegy

  • Bandidas

    Bandidas

  • La Celestina

    La Celestina

  • The Girl of Your Dreams

    The Girl of Your Dreams

  • I'm So Excited!

    I'm So Excited!

  • The Hi-Lo Country

    The Hi-Lo Country

  • Fan-Fan the Tulip

    Fan-Fan the Tulip

  • Pain and Glory

    Pain and Glory

  • Broken Embraces

    Broken Embraces

  • Nature Is Speaking

    Nature Is Speaking

  • Crónicas urbanas

    Crónicas urbanas

  • Official Competition

    Official Competition

  • Karl

    Karl

  • Deconstructing Almodóvar

    Deconstructing Almodóvar

  • Der Weg des Ruhms

    Der Weg des Ruhms

  • All the Pretty Horses

    All the Pretty Horses

  • The Good Night

    The Good Night

  • Parallel Mothers

    Parallel Mothers

  • Live 8

    Live 8

  • Todo es mentira

    Todo es mentira

  • ma ma

    ma ma

  • The Invite

    The Invite

  • Waking Up in Reno

    Waking Up in Reno

  • Talk of Angels

    Talk of Angels

  • Pongamos que hablo de

    Pongamos que hablo de

  • Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas

    Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas

  • Brujas

    Brujas

  • The Queen of Spain

    The Queen of Spain

  • La ribelle

    La ribelle

  • Volaverunt

    Volaverunt

  • Don't Move

    Don't Move

  • Don't Tempt Me

    Don't Tempt Me

  • Don Juan

    Don Juan

  • Entre rojas

    Entre rojas

  • Penélope Cruz: Diva in the Mirror

    Penélope Cruz: Diva in the Mirror

  • Woman on Top

    Woman on Top

  • L'immensità

    L'immensità

  • Framed

    Framed

  • The Cannibalistic Councillor

    The Cannibalistic Councillor

  • Masked and Anonymous

    Masked and Anonymous

  • A Scent of Paradise

    A Scent of Paradise

  • On the Set of 'Gothika'

    On the Set of 'Gothika'

  • High & Low – John Galliano

    High & Low – John Galliano

  • Chromophobia

    Chromophobia

  • Hitting It Hard

    Hitting It Hard

  • Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood

    Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood

  • Paris Paramount

    Paris Paramount

  • Los mundos de Yupi

    Los mundos de Yupi

  • Bunker

    Bunker

  • Pedro x Javis

    Pedro x Javis

  • Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health

    Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health

  • Alegre ma non troppo

    Alegre ma non troppo

  • Not Love, Just Frenzy

    Not Love, Just Frenzy

  • The Man with Rain in His Shoes

    The Man with Rain in His Shoes

  • On the Fringe

    On the Fringe

  • Once Upon a Time… All About My Mother

    Once Upon a Time… All About My Mother

  • The Days of Abandonment

    The Days of Abandonment

  • Making Parallel Mothers

    Making Parallel Mothers

  • Brunes et Blondes

    Brunes et Blondes

  • This Man, This Woman

    This Man, This Woman

  • Per amore, solo per amore

    Per amore, solo per amore

  • The Making of Volver

    The Making of Volver

  • The Greek Labyrinth

    The Greek Labyrinth

  • Yo soy uno entre cien mil

    Yo soy uno entre cien mil