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Penélope CruzAdd to My CelebsAge 38 Birthday Apr. 28th, 1974 Born in Madrid, Spain Height 5' 4 1/2 |
Penélope Cruz's Main TV Roles
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Main Movie Roles2011 - Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides2010 - Sex and the City 2 2009 - Nine 2009 - G-Force 2008 - Vicky Cristina Barcelona 2007 - The Good Night 2006 - Bandidas 2005 - Sahara 2005 - Chromophobia 2004 - Noel 2004 - Head in the Clouds 2003 - Gothika 2003 - Fanfan la tulipe 2003 - Masked and Anonymous 2002 - Waking Up in Reno 2001 - Captain Corelli's Mandolin 2001 - Blow 2001 - Vanilla Sky 2000 - All the Pretty Horses 2000 - Woman on Top 2000 - Chicken Run 1998 - The Hi-Lo Country 1997 - Live Flesh 1992 - Belle Époque 1992 - Jamón, jamón |
NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at IMDB
Known outside her native country as the "Spanish enchantress", Pen�lope Cruz S�nchez was born in Madrid to Eduardo (a retailer) and Encarna (a hairdresser). As a toddler, she was already a compulsive performer, re-enacting TV commercials for her family's amusement, but she decided to focus her energies on dance. After studying classical ballet for nine years at Spain's National Conservatory, she continued her training under a series of prominent dancers. At 15, however, she heeded her true calling when she bested more than 300 other girls at a talent agency audition. The resulting contract landed her several roles in Spanish TV shows and music videos, which in turn paved the way for a career on the big screen. Cruz made her movie debut in El laberinto griego (1993) (The Greek Labyrinth), then appeared briefly in the Timothy Dalton thriller "Framed" (1992). Her third film was the Oscar-winning Belle epoque (1992), in which she played one of four sisters vying for the love of a handsome army deserter. The film also garnered several Goyas, the Spanish equivalent of the Academy Awards. Her resume continued to grow by three or four films each year, and soon Cruz was a leading lady of Spanish cinema. Carne tr�mula (1997) (Live Flesh) offered her the chance to work with renowned Spanish director Pedro Almod�var (who would later be her ticket to international fame), and the same year she was the lead actress in the thriller/drama/mystery/sci-fi film Abre los ojos (1997), a huge hit in Spain that earned eight Goyas (though none for Cruz). Her luck finally changed in 1998, when the movie-industry comedy La ni�a de tus ojos (1998) won her a Best Actress Goya. Cruz made a few more forays into English-language film, but her first big international hit was Almod�var's Todo sobre mi madre (1999) (All About My Mother), in which she played an unchaste but well-meaning nun. As the film was showered with awards and accolades, Cruz suddenly found herself in demand on both sides of the Atlantic. Her next big project was Woman on Top (2000), an American comedy about a chef with bewitching culinary skills and a severe case of motion sickness. While in the US, she also signed up to star opposite Johnny Depp in the drug-trafficking drama Blow (2001) and opposite Matt Damon (her rumored paramour) in Billy Bob Thornton's All the Pretty Horses (2000). Cruz says she's wary of being typecast as a beautiful young damsel, but it's hard to imagine disguising her wide-eyed charms and generous nature (she once donated an entire paycheck to Mother Teresa's children's sanctuary). Fortunately, with Cameron Crowe (I)'s Vanilla Sky (2001) (a remake of Abre los ojos (1997)) and a John Madden (I) collaboration looming in her future, Damsel Penelope isn't likely to disappear just yet.
TRIVIA:
- Shares her birthday with 'Jessica Alba' (qv) & 'Jay Leno' (qv)
- Has been in a relationship with 'Javier Bardem' (qv) since they began filming _Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)_ (qv) together.
- Is a fan of Indian cinema and has expressed interest in working with Bollywood actor 'Shahrukh Khan' (qv) someday.
- Was accompanied by 'Matthew McConaughey' (qv) to the Grammy Awards in 2005. The couple met on the set of _Sahara (2005)_ (qv).
- (2001-January 2004) Dated 'Tom Cruise' (qv).
- It was rumored that she donated her entire _The Hi-Lo Country (1998)_ (qv) salary to the 'Mother Teresa' (qv)'s children's sanctuary in Calcutta after spending a week there volunteering. This was later denounced by Cruz, according to a Reuters news article in 2001.
- One of People magazines 50 Most Beautiful People in the world 2005.
- Claims that 'Victoria Abril' (qv)'s powerful performance in 'Pedro Almodóvar' (qv)'s _¡Átame! (1990)_ (qv) ("Tie me up, tie me down!") determined her to become an actress.
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