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| Birth name: Penelope Cruz Sánchez |
| Birth date: 28.04.1978 |
Known outside her native country as the "Spanish enchantress", Penélope Cruz Sánchez was born in Madrid to Eduardo (a retailer) and Encarna (a hairdresser). As a toddler, she was already a compulsive performer, re-enacting TV commercials for her family's amusement, but she decided to focus her energies on dance. After studying classical ballet for nine years at Spain's National Conservatory, she continued her training under a series of prominent dancers. At 15, however, she heeded her true calling when she bested more than 300 other girls at a talent agency audition. The resulting contract landed her several roles in Spanish TV shows and music videos, which in turn paved the way for a career on the big screen. Cruz made her movie debut in Laberinto griego, El (1993) (The Greek Labyrinth), then appeared briefly in the Timothy Dalton thriller Framed (1992) (TV). Her third film was the Oscar-winning Belle epoque (1992), in which she played one of four sisters vying for the love of a handsome army deserter. The film also garnered several Goyas, the Spanish equivalent of the Academy Awards. Her resume continued to grow by three or four films each year, and soon Cruz was a leading lady of Spanish cinema. Carne trémula (1997) (Live Flesh) offered her the chance to work with renowned Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar (who would later be her ticket to international fame), and the same year she was the lead actress in the thriller/drama/mystery/sci-fi film Abre los ojos (1997), a huge hit in Spain that earned eight Goyas (though none for Cruz). Her luck finally changed in 1998, when the movie-industry comedy Niña de tus ojos, La (1998) won her a Best Actress Goya. Cruz made a few more forays into English-language film, but her first big international hit was Almodóvar's Todo sobre mi madre (1999) (All About My Mother), in which she played an unchaste but well-meaning nun. As the film was showered with awards and accolades, Cruz suddenly found herself in demand on both sides of the Atlantic. Her next big project was Woman on Top (2000), an American comedy about a chef with bewitching culinary skills and a severe case of motion sickness. While in the US, she also signed up to star opposite Johnny Depp in the drug-trafficking drama Blow (2001) and opposite Matt Damon (her rumored paramour) in Billy Bob Thornton's All the Pretty Horses (2000). Cruz says she's wary of being typecast as a beautiful young damsel, but it's hard to imagine disguising her wide-eyed charms and generous nature (she once donated an entire paycheck to Mother Teresa's children's sanctuary). Fortunately, with Cameron Crowe's Vanilla Sky (2001) (a remake of Abre los ojos (1997)) and a John Madden collaboration looming in her future, Damsel Penelope isn't likely to disappear just yet. |
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Filmography |
# Woody Allen Spanish Project (2008)
# Manolete (2007) .... Antoñita "Lupe" Sino
# The Good Night (2007) .... Anna
# Volver (2006/I) .... Raimunda
... aka To Return (USA: literal English title)
# Bandidas (2006) .... Maria
# Chromophobia (2005) .... Gloria
# Sahara (2005) .... Eva Rojas
... aka Sahara - Abenteuer in der Wüste (Germany)
# Noel (2004) .... Nina Vasquez
# Head in the Clouds (2004) .... Mia
... aka Juegos de mujer (Spain)
# Non ti muovere (2004) .... Italia
... aka Don't Move (USA)
... aka No te muevas (Spain)
# Gothika (2003) .... Chloe Sava
# Fanfan la tulipe (2003) .... Adeline La Franchise
# Masked and Anonymous (2003) .... Pagan Lace
# Waking Up in Reno (2002) .... Brenda the Call Girl
# Vanilla Sky (2001) .... Sofia Serrano
# Sin noticias de Dios (2001) .... Carmen Ramos
... aka Bendito infierno (Mexico) (Spain)
... aka Don't Tempt Me (USA)
... aka Nessuna notizia da Dio (Italy)
... aka No News from God (USA)
... aka Sans nouvelles de Dieu (France)
... aka Without News of God (USA)
# Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001) .... Pelagia
... aka Capitaine Corelli (France)
# Blow (2001) .... Mirtha Jung
# All the Pretty Horses (2000) .... Luisa
# Woman on Top (2000) .... Isabella Oliveira
# Volavérunt (1999) .... Pepita Tudó
... aka Volavérunt (France)
... aka Volavérunt: La maja desnuda (Spain)
... aka Volaverunt (Australia: TV title)
# Todo sobre mi madre (1999) .... Sister María Rosa Sanz
... aka All About My Mother (Europe: English title) (USA)
... aka Tout sur ma mère (France)
# The Hi-Lo Country (1998) .... Josepha O'Neil
... aka Hi-Lo Country - Im Land der letzten Cowboys (Germany: TV title)
# Niña de tus ojos, La (1998) .... Macarena Granada
... aka The Girl of Your Dreams
# Talk of Angels (1998) .... Pilar
# The Man with Rain in His Shoes (1998) .... Louise
... aka If Only... (Australia) (France) (UK)
... aka Lieber gestern als nie (Germany)
... aka Lluvia en los zapatos (Spain)
... aka Twice Upon a Yesterday (USA)
# Don Juan (1998) .... Mathurine
... aka Don Juan (Spain)
# Abre los ojos (1997) .... Sofía
... aka Apri gli occhi (Italy)
... aka Open Your Eyes (USA)
... aka Ouvre les yeux (France)
... aka Permanent Midnight (USA)
# Carne trémula (1997) (as Penelope Cruz) .... Isabel Plaza Caballero
... aka En chair et en os (France)
... aka Live Flesh (USA)
# Hjørne af paradis, Et (1997) .... Doña Helena
... aka A Corner of Paradise (USA)
... aka Doft av paradiset, En (Sweden)
... aka Rincón en el paraíso, Un (Costa Rica)
# Amor perjudica seriamente la salud, El (1996) .... Diana (30 años más joven)/Invitada a la Cena
... aka Amour nuit gravement à la santé, L' (France)
... aka Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health
... aka Love Causes Serious Harm to Your Health
# Más que amor, frenesí (1996)
... aka Not Love, Just Frenzy
# Celestina, La (1996) .... Melibea
# Brujas (1996) .... Patricia
# Efecto mariposa, El (1995) (uncredited) .... Party guest
... aka Effet papillon, L' (France)
... aka The Butterfly Effect
# Entre rojas (1995) .... Lucía
# Todo es mentira (1994) .... Lucía
... aka It's All Lies
... aka Life's a Bitch
# Alegre ma non troppo (1994) .... Salomé
# Ribelle, La (1993) .... Enza
... aka The Rebel
# Laberinto griego, El (1993) .... Elise
... aka The Greek Labyrinth
# Per amore, solo per amore (1993) .... Mary
... aka For Love, Only for Love
# Belle epoque (1992) .... Luz
... aka Belle époque (France)
... aka The Age of Beauty
# Framed (1992) (TV) (as Penelope Cruz Sánchez) .... Lola Del Moreno
# Jamón, jamón (1992) .... La hija de puta
... aka A Tale of Ham and Passion (USA: video title)
... aka Ham Ham
... aka Salami, Salami
# Mecano - Los vídeos (1992) (V) (uncredited) .... video - 'La fuerza del destino'
# "Série rose" .... Daphné / ... (1 episode, 1991)
... aka Erotisches zur Nacht
... aka Softly from Paris (USA: video title)
- Elle et lui (1991) TV Episode .... Daphné/Javotte/Juliette |
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