Penélope Cruz
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.
Known For
Credits
- 2024 · High & Low – John Galliano as Self
- 2024 · 313 as
- 2023 · Ferrari as Laura Ferrari
- 2022 · The 355 as Graciela Rivera
- 2021 · Parallel Mothers as Janis
- 2020 · Home Movie: The Princess Bride as Prince Humperdinck / Princess Buttercup
- 2020 · Wasp Network as Olga
- 2019 · Pain and Glory as Jacinta
- 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 · Grimsby as Rhonda George
- 2016 · Zoolander 2 as Valentina Valencia
- 2016 · American Crime Story as Donatella Versace
- 2014 · Variety Studio: Actors on Actors as Self
- 2014 · Late Night with Seth Meyers as Self
- 2014 · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon as Self
- 2013 · The Counselor as Laura
- 2012 · Twice Born as Gemma
- 2012 · To Rome with Love as Anna
- 2011 · Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides as Angelica
- 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
- 2008 · A Matador's Mistress as Lupe Sino
- 2008 · Vicky Cristina Barcelona as María Elena
- 2007 · The Graham Norton Show as Self
- 2007 · Viva Pedro: The Life & Times of Pedro Almodóvar as Self
- 2007 · Directed by Almodóvar as Self
- 2007 · Deconstructing Almodóvar as Self
- 2006 · El hormiguero as Self - Guest
- 2006 · Volver as Raimunda
- 2006 · Bandidas as Maria Alvarez
- 2005 · Sahara as Dr. Eva Rojas
- 2004 · Noel as Nina Vasquez
- 2004 · Head in the Clouds as Mia
- 2003 · Gothika as Chloe Sava
- 2003 · The Ellen DeGeneres Show as Self
- 2003 · Masked and Anonymous as Pagan Lace
- 2003 · Punk'd as Self
- 2002 · Waking Up in Reno as Brenda
- 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
- 1999 · All About My Mother as Rosa
- 1997 · Open Your Eyes as Sofía
- 1997 · Live Flesh as Isabel Plaza Caballero
- 1997 · Leute heute as Self
- 1995 · The Butterfly Effect as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1995 · Lo + plus as Self - Guest
- 1992 · Framed as Lola Del Moreno
- 1992 · Jamon Jamon as Silvia
- 1986 · Softly from Paris as Daphné / Javotte / Juliette
- 1968 · 60 Minutes as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self
- 1953 · The Oscars as Self - Presenter
- 1948 · Bambi as Self
- Future · Day Drinker as
- 2026 · The Bride! as Myrna
- 2025 · Karl as Self
- 2025 · Pedro x Javis as
- 2023 · Late Xou con Marc Giró as Self - Guest
- 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
- 2021 · Official Competition as Lola Cuevas
- 2021 · La Noche D as Self - Guest
- 2020 · Pongamos que hablo de as Self
- 2020 · Lo de Évole as
- 2018 · Everybody Knows as Laura
- 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
- 2015 · ma ma as Magda
- 2015 · Nature Is Speaking as Water
- 2014 · Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor' as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 · I'm So Excited! as Jessica
- 2012 · Once Upon a Time… All About My Mother as Self
- 2012 · The Making of All About My Mother as Self
- 2011 · Woody Allen: A Documentary as Self
- 2011 · Der Weg des Ruhms as Self
- 2010 · Brunes et Blondes as Self
- 2009 · The Cannibalistic Councillor as Pina
- 2008 · Elegy as Consuela Castillo
- 2007 · The Making of Volver as Self
- 2007 · The Good Night as Anna / Melodia
- 2006 · Chromophobia as Gloria
- 2005 · Live 8 as Self
- 2004 · Don't Move as Italia
- 2003 · Fan-Fan the Tulip as Adeline La Franchise
- 2002 · Hitting It Hard as Self
- 2000 · All the Pretty Horses as Alejandra
- 2000 · Woman on Top as Isabella Oliveira
- 1999 · Volaverunt as Pepita Tudó
- 1998 · The Hi-Lo Country as Josepha O'Neil
- 1998 · The Man with Rain in His Shoes as Louise
- 1998 · Don Juan as Mathurine
- Future · The Invite as
- 1998 · The Girl of Your Dreams as Macarena Granada
- 1998 · Talk of Angels as Pilar
- 1997 · A Scent of Paradise as Doña Helena
- 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 · Entre rojas as Lucía
- 1994 · Todo es mentira as Lucía
- 1994 · Alegre ma non troppo as Salomé
- 1992 · Belle Époque as Luz
- Future · The Days of Abandonment as Olga
- 1993 · Per amore, solo per amore as Mary
- 1993 · La ribelle as Enza
- 1991 · Crónicas urbanas as Actriz
- Future · Paris Paramount as
- Future · The Black Ball as
- 1993 · The Greek Labyrinth as Elisa
- 1988 · Los mundos de Yupi as La bella durmiente (uncredited)
- Future · Bunker as
- Future · This Man, This Woman as Martha Parks