Penélope Cruz

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

125

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

  • Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

    Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

  • The Graham Norton Show

    The Graham Norton Show

  • El hormiguero

    El hormiguero

  • Leute heute

    Leute heute

  • Bambi

    Bambi

  • Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

    Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides

  • 60 Minutes

    60 Minutes

  • The Ellen DeGeneres Show

    The Ellen DeGeneres Show

  • Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

    Variety Studio: Actors on Actors

  • American Crime Story

    American Crime Story

  • Punk'd

    Punk'd

  • Wasp Network

    Wasp Network

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Murder on the Orient Express

    Murder on the Orient Express

  • G-Force

    G-Force

  • Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'

    Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'

  • Blow

    Blow

  • Lo + plus

    Lo + plus

  • The Bride!

    The Bride!

  • Softly from Paris

    Softly from Paris

  • The Jay Leno Show

    The Jay Leno Show

  • The 355

    The 355

  • Noel

    Noel

  • Sahara

    Sahara

  • The Counselor

    The Counselor

  • Grimsby

    Grimsby

  • Sex and the City 2

    Sex and the City 2

  • The Girl of Your Dreams

    The Girl of Your Dreams

  • Bandidas

    Bandidas

  • Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood

    Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood

  • Loving Pablo

    Loving Pablo

  • Vanilla Sky

    Vanilla Sky

  • Volver

    Volver

  • Open Your Eyes

    Open Your Eyes

  • La Celestina

    La Celestina

  • Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez

    Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez

  • Home Movie: The Princess Bride

    Home Movie: The Princess Bride

  • On the Fringe

    On the Fringe

  • Entre rojas

    Entre rojas

  • To Rome with Love

    To Rome with Love

  • Vicky Cristina Barcelona

    Vicky Cristina Barcelona

  • Ferrari

    Ferrari

  • Belle Époque

    Belle Époque

  • Brujas

    Brujas

  • Volaverunt

    Volaverunt

  • Per amore, solo per amore

    Per amore, solo per amore

  • Gothika

    Gothika

  • Karl

    Karl

  • Penélope Cruz: Diva in the Mirror

    Penélope Cruz: Diva in the Mirror

  • Live Flesh

    Live Flesh

  • L'immensità

    L'immensità

  • Parallel Mothers

    Parallel Mothers

  • All About My Mother

    All About My Mother

  • A Matador's Mistress

    A Matador's Mistress

  • Captain Corelli's Mandolin

    Captain Corelli's Mandolin

  • Official Competition

    Official Competition

  • Jamon Jamon

    Jamon Jamon

  • Pain and Glory

    Pain and Glory

  • The Invite

    The Invite

  • Elegy

    Elegy

  • The Man with Rain in His Shoes

    The Man with Rain in His Shoes

  • Making Parallel Mothers

    Making Parallel Mothers

  • Zoolander 2

    Zoolander 2

  • The Queen of Spain

    The Queen of Spain

  • Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame

    Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame

  • Don Juan

    Don Juan

  • ma ma

    ma ma

  • Live 8

    Live 8

  • Once Upon a Time… All About My Mother

    Once Upon a Time… All About My Mother

  • All the Pretty Horses

    All the Pretty Horses

  • Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas

    Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas

  • Waking Up in Reno

    Waking Up in Reno

  • Nine

    Nine

  • Lo de Évole

    Lo de Évole

  • Don't Tempt Me

    Don't Tempt Me

  • The Black Ball

    The Black Ball

  • Head in the Clouds

    Head in the Clouds

  • Don't Move

    Don't Move

  • Late Xou con Marc Giró

    Late Xou con Marc Giró

  • Chromophobia

    Chromophobia

  • La Noche D

    La Noche D

  • Woody Allen: A Documentary

    Woody Allen: A Documentary

  • Everybody Knows

    Everybody Knows

  • Broken Embraces

    Broken Embraces

  • Twice Born

    Twice Born

  • The Making of All About My Mother

    The Making of All About My Mother

  • The Good Night

    The Good Night

  • Woman on Top

    Woman on Top

  • Fan-Fan the Tulip

    Fan-Fan the Tulip

  • Bunker

    Bunker

  • Crónicas urbanas

    Crónicas urbanas

  • Deconstructing Almodóvar

    Deconstructing Almodóvar

  • I'm So Excited!

    I'm So Excited!

  • Masked and Anonymous

    Masked and Anonymous

  • Nature Is Speaking

    Nature Is Speaking

  • The Butterfly Effect

    The Butterfly Effect

  • High & Low – John Galliano

    High & Low – John Galliano

  • The Hi-Lo Country

    The Hi-Lo Country

  • Viva Pedro: The Life & Times of Pedro Almodóvar

    Viva Pedro: The Life & Times of Pedro Almodóvar

  • Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health

    Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health

  • Talk of Angels

    Talk of Angels

  • A Scent of Paradise

    A Scent of Paradise

  • Todo es mentira

    Todo es mentira

  • The Cannibalistic Councillor

    The Cannibalistic Councillor

  • Pedro x Javis

    Pedro x Javis

  • 313

    313

  • Framed

    Framed

  • On the Set of 'Gothika'

    On the Set of 'Gothika'

  • Not Love, Just Frenzy

    Not Love, Just Frenzy

  • This Man, This Woman

    This Man, This Woman

  • Directed by Almodóvar

    Directed by Almodóvar

  • Day Drinker

    Day Drinker

  • Hitting It Hard

    Hitting It Hard

  • La ribelle

    La ribelle

  • The Greek Labyrinth

    The Greek Labyrinth

  • Pongamos que hablo de

    Pongamos que hablo de

  • Alegre ma non troppo

    Alegre ma non troppo

  • Los mundos de Yupi

    Los mundos de Yupi

  • Yo soy uno entre cien mil

    Yo soy uno entre cien mil

  • Brunes et Blondes

    Brunes et Blondes

  • The Making of Volver

    The Making of Volver

  • The Days of Abandonment

    The Days of Abandonment