Penélope Cruz
Born: 1974-04-28 in Madrid, Spain
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- The Bride! as Myrna
2025
- Karl as Self
- Pedro x Javis 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
- Penélope Cruz: Diva in the Mirror as Self - Actress
- On the Fringe as Azucena
- Making Parallel Mothers as Self
2021
- Parallel Mothers as Janis
- Official Competition as Lola Cuevas
- La Noche D as Self - Guest
2020
- Wasp Network as Olga
- Home Movie: The Princess Bride as Prince Humperdinck / Princess Buttercup
- Lo de Évole
- Pongamos que hablo de as Self
2019
- Pain and Glory as Jacinta
2018
- Everybody Knows as Laura
- Thy Kingdom Come ... (Thanks)
2017
- Loving Pablo as Virginia Vallejo
- Murder on the Orient Express as Pilar Estravados
- Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez as Self - Interviewee
2016
- American Crime Story as Donatella Versace
- Grimsby as Rhonda George
- The Queen of Spain as Macarena Granada
- Zoolander 2 as Valentina Valencia
- Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas as Self
- Yo soy uno entre cien mil as Penélope Cruz
2015
- ma ma as Magda
- Nature Is Speaking as Water
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
- L'Agent ... (Director)
- I'm So Excited! as Jessica
2012
- To Rome with Love as Anna
- Twice Born as Gemma
- The Making of All About My Mother as Self
- Once Upon a Time… 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
- G-Force as Juarez the Guinea Pig (voice)
- The Jay Leno Show as Self
- Nine as Carla
- Broken Embraces as Lena
- The Cannibalistic Councillor as Pina
2008
- A Matador's Mistress as Lupe Sino
- Elegy as Consuela Castillo
- Vicky Cristina Barcelona as María Elena
2007
- The Graham Norton Show as Self
- Deconstructing Almodóvar as Self
- The Good Night as Anna / Melodia
- Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood as Self
- Viva Pedro: The Life & Times of Pedro Almodóvar as Self
- Directed by Almodóvar as Self
- The Making of Volver as Self
2006
- El hormiguero as Self - Guest
- Bandidas as Maria Alvarez
- Volver as Raimunda
- Chromophobia as Gloria
2004
- Noel as Nina Vasquez
- Don't Move as Italia
- Head in the Clouds as Mia
- On the Set of 'Gothika' as Self
2003
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- Punk'd as Self
- Gothika as Chloe Sava
- Fan-Fan the Tulip as Adeline La Franchise
- Masked and Anonymous as Pagan Lace
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
- Don Juan as Mathurine
- The Girl of Your Dreams as Macarena Granada
- The Hi-Lo Country as Josepha O'Neil
- Talk of Angels as Pilar
- The Man with Rain in His Shoes as Louise
1997
- Leute heute as Self
- Live Flesh as Isabel Plaza Caballero
- Open Your Eyes as Sofía
- A Scent of Paradise as Doña Helena
- Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health as Young Diana
1996
- La Celestina as Melibea
- Brujas as Patricia
- Not Love, Just Frenzy as Laura
1995
- Entre rojas as Lucía
- Lo + plus as Self - Guest
- The Butterfly Effect as Party Guest (uncredited)
1994
- Todo es mentira as Lucía
- Alegre ma non troppo as Salomé
1993
- The Greek Labyrinth as Elisa
- Per amore, solo per amore as Mary
- La ribelle as Enza
1992
- Belle Époque as Luz
- Jamon Jamon as la hija de puta
- Framed as Lola Del Moreno
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