Penélope Cruz
Penélope Cruz Sánchez (born 28 April 1974) is a Spanish actress. Known for her roles in films of several genres, particularly those in the Spanish language, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award, in addition to nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award, four Golden Globe Awards, and five Screen Actors Guild Awards. Signed by an agent at the age of 15, Cruz made her acting debut on television at 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), as well as for her work with director Woody Allen in Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) and To Rome with Love (2012). For her role in the romantic comedy-drama Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Cruz received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other Oscar-nominated roles include Volver (2006), Nine (2009), and Parallel Mothers (2021). Other notable films include All the Pretty Horses (2000), Vanilla Sky (2001), Blow (2001), Elegy (2008), Sahara (2005), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011), The Counselor (2013), Murder on the Orient Express (2017), Everybody Knows (2018), and Official Competition (2022). For her role as Donatella Versace in the FX series The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (2018), she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie. Since 2010, Cruz has been married to Spanish actor Javier Bardem. She has done modelling work for Mango, Ralph Lauren, and L'Oréal, and along with her younger sister Mónica Cruz, also designed clothing for Mango. She has been a house ambassador for Chanel since 2018. She has volunteered in Uganda and India, where she spent one week working with Mother Teresa; she donated her salary from The Hi-Lo Country to help fund the late nun's mission.
Known For
Credits
- 2025 · The Bride! as Myrna
- 2024 · High & Low – John Galliano as Self
- 2024 · 313 as
- 2023 · Ferrari as Laura Ferrari
- 2022 · On the Fringe as Azucena
- 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 · Home Movie: The Princess Bride as Prince Humperdinck / Princess Buttercup
- 2020 · Pongamos que hablo de as Self
- 2020 · Lo de Évole as
- 2020 · Wasp Network as Olga
- 2019 · Pain and Glory as Jacinta
- 2018 · Everybody Knows as Laura
- 2017 · Murder on the Orient Express as Pilar Estravados
- 2017 · Loving Pablo as Virginia Vallejo
- 2017 · Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez as Self - Interviewee
- 2016 · The Queen of Spain as Macarena Granada
- 2016 · Yo soy uno entre cien mil as Penélope Cruz
- 2016 · Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas as Self
- 2016 · Grimsby as Rhonda George
- 2016 · Zoolander 2 as Valentina Valencia
- 2016 · American Crime Story as Donatella Versace
- 2015 · ma ma as Magda
- 2015 · Nature Is Speaking as Water
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2014 · Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor' as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · The Counselor as Laura
- 2013 · I'm So Excited! as Jessica
- 2012 · Twice Born as Gemma
- 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 · The Jay Leno Show as Self
- 2009 · G-Force as Juarez the Guinea Pig (voice)
- 2009 · Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- 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 · The Graham Norton Show 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 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · Masked and Anonymous as Pagan Lace
- 2003 · Fan-Fan the Tulip as Adeline La Franchise
- 2003 · Punk'd as Self
- 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 · Twice Upon a Yesterday 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 · Leute heute as Self
- 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
- 1995 · Lo + plus as Self - Guest
- 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 · Framed as Lola Del Moreno
- 1992 · Jamon Jamon as Silvia
- 1991 · Crónicas urbanas as Actriz
- 1988 · Los mundos de Yupi as La bella durmiente (uncredited)
- 1986 · Softly from Paris as Daphné / Javotte / Juliette
- 1968 · 60 Minutes as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1948 · Bambi Awards as Self
- 2024 · Paris Paramount as
- 2024 · The Days of Abandonment as Olga
- 2024 · This Man, This Woman as Martha Parks