When she became a cinephile at ten or eleven, her father bought a Betamax machine, which was then quite rare in her neighborhood.
She said that ballet instilled discipline that proved important in her acting career. She took three years of Spanish ballet training and four years of theatre at Cristina Rota's school. Initially, Cruz focused on dance: she studied classical ballet for nine years at Spain's National Conservatory. I would think of a character and pretend to be someone else." Cruz remembers "playing with some friends and being aware that I was acting as I was playing with them. Cruz grew up in Alcobendas, and spent long hours at her grandmother's apartment.
She also has a paternal half-sister, Salma. She has two siblings, Mónica, also an actress, and Eduardo, a singer. 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.Ĭruz was born on 28 April 1974 in the town of Alcobendas, province of Madrid, Spain, to Encarna Sánchez, an Andalusian hairdresser and personal manager, and Eduardo Cruz, an Extremaduran retailer and car mechanic. She has been a house ambassador for Chanel since 2018. 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. Since 2010, Cruz has been married to Spanish actor Javier Bardem.
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For her role as Donatella Versace in the FX series The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (2018), she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. 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). Her other Oscar-nominated roles include Volver (2006), Nine (2009), and Parallel Mothers (2021).
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).įor her role in the romantic comedy-drama Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Cruz received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. 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). 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). She is the only Spanish actress to have won an Academy Award, as well as the only one to have received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. 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 BAFTA Award, in addition to nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award, four Golden Globe Awards, and five Screen Actors Guild Awards. Penélope Cruz Sánchez ( / k r uː θ/ KROOTH, Spanish: born 28 April 1974) is a Spanish actress.
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