Penélope Cruz
Born: 1974-04-28 in Madrid, Spain
Known For: Acting
Biography
Penélope Cruz Sánchez (born 28 April 1974) is a Spanish actress. Prolific in Spanish and English-language films, her accolades include an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a David di Donatello and three Goya Awards. Cruz made her television acting debut 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 collaborated 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 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 to have received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2007, she won the David di Donatello for the leading role in Don't Move. Cruz has also modelled for Mango, Ralph Lauren, and L'Oréal, and has 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 now-deceased nun's mission. Description above from the Wikipedia article Penélope Cruz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
2026
- The Bride! as Myrna Malloy
- The Invite as Pina
- The Black Ball as Nené
2025
- Pedro x Javis as Self
- Karl as Self
2024
- High & Low – John Galliano as Self
- 313
2023
- Ferrari as Laura Ferrari
- Late Xou con Marc Giró as Self - Guest
2022
- The 355 as Graciela Rivera
- L'immensità as Clara
- On the Fringe as Azucena
- Penélope Cruz: Diva in the Mirror as Self - Actress
- Making Parallel Mothers as Self
2021
- La Noche D as Self - Guest
- Parallel Mothers as Janis
- Official Competition as Lola Cuevas
2020
- Home Movie: The Princess Bride as Prince Humperdinck / Princess Buttercup
- Lo de Évole
- Wasp Network as Olga
- Pongamos que hablo de as Self
2019
- Pain and Glory as Jacinta
- La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català as Self (archive footage)
2018
- Everybody Knows as Laura
- Thy Kingdom Come ... (Thanks)
2017
- Murder on the Orient Express as Pilar Estravados
- Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez as Self - Interviewee
- Loving Pablo as Virginia Vallejo
2016
- American Crime Story as Donatella Versace
- Grimsby as Rhonda George
- Zoolander 2 as Valentina Valencia
- The Queen of Spain as Macarena Granada
- Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas as Self
- Yo soy uno entre cien mil as Penélope Cruz
2015
- Nature Is Speaking as Water
- ma ma as Magda
2014
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor' as Self (archive footage)
2013
- The Counselor as Laura
- I'm So Excited! as Jessica
2012
- To Rome with Love as Anna
- Twice Born as Gemma
- Once Upon a Time… All About My Mother as Self
- The Making of All About My Mother as Self
2011
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides as Angelica
- Woody Allen: A Documentary as Self
- Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame as Self (archive footage)
2010
- Sex and the City 2 as Carmen García Carrión
- Brunes et Blondes as Self
2009
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen as Self - Guest
- The Jay Leno Show as Self
- G-Force as Juarez the Guinea Pig (voice)
- Broken Embraces as Lena
- Nine as Carla
- The Cannibalistic Councillor as Pina
2008
- Vicky Cristina Barcelona as María Elena
- Elegy as Consuela Castillo
- A Matador's Mistress as Lupe Sino
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- The Good Night as Anna / Melodia
- Directed by Almodóvar as Self
- Deconstructing Almodóvar as Self
- Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood as Self
- Viva Pedro: The Life & Times of Pedro Almodóvar as Self
- The Making of Volver as Self
2006
- El hormiguero as Self - Guest
- Volver as Raimunda
- Bandidas as Maria Alvarez
- Chromophobia as Gloria
2004
- Noel as Nina Vasquez
- Head in the Clouds as Mia
- Don't Move as Italia
- On the Set of 'Gothika' as Self
2003
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Punk'd as Self
- Gothika as Chloe Sava
- Masked and Anonymous as Pagan Lace
- Fan-Fan the Tulip as Adeline La Franchise
2002
- Waking Up in Reno as Brenda
- Hitting It Hard as Self
2001
- Blow as Mirtha Jung
- Vanilla Sky as Sofia Serrano
- Captain Corelli's Mandolin as Pelagia
- Don't Tempt Me as Carmen Ramos
2000
- All the Pretty Horses as Alejandra
- Woman on Top as Isabella Oliveira
1999
- All About My Mother as Rosa
- Volaverunt as Pepita Tudó "la Maja"
1998
- The Hi-Lo Country as Josepha O'Neil
- The Girl of Your Dreams as Macarena Granada
- Talk of Angels as Pilar
- The Man with Rain in His Shoes as Louise
- Don Juan as Mathurine
1997
- Leute heute as Self
- Open Your Eyes as Sofía
- Live Flesh as Isabel Plaza Caballero
- Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health as Young Diana
- A Scent of Paradise as Doña Helena
1996
- La Celestina as Melibea
- Brujas as Patricia
- Not Love, Just Frenzy as Laura
1995
- Lo + plus as Self - Guest
- The Butterfly Effect as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Entre rojas as Lucía
1994
- Todo es mentira as Lucía
- Alegre ma non troppo as Salomé
1993
- Per amore, solo per amore as Mary
- La ribelle as Enza
- The Greek Labyrinth as Elisa
1992
- Jamon Jamon as La hija de puta
- Framed as Lola Del Moreno
- Belle Époque as Luz
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 as Self