Penélope Cruz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Penélope Cruz

Spanish actress

Date of Birth: 28-Apr-1974

Place of Birth: Alcobendas, Community of Madrid, Spain

Profession: actor, television presenter, film actor

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

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About Penélope Cruz

  • Penélope Cruz Sánchez (; Spanish: [pe'nelope k?u? 'sant?e?]; born 28 April 1974) is a Spanish actress and model.
  • Signed by an agent at the age of 15, she made her acting debut at 16 on television, and her feature film debut the following year in Jamón Jamón (1992).
  • Her subsequent roles in the 1990s and 2000s included Belle Epoque (1992), Open Your Eyes (1997), The Hi-Lo Country (1999), The Girl of Your Dreams (2000), and Woman on Top (2000).
  • Cruz achieved recognition for her lead roles in the 2001 films Vanilla Sky, All the Pretty Horses, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, and Blow.
  • She has three Academy Award nominations, and one win. She has since appeared in a wide variety of films, including the comedy Waking Up in Reno (2002), the thriller Gothika (2003), the Christmas film Noel (2004), the action-adventure films Sahara (2005) and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011), the romantic comedy To Rome with Love (2012), the crime drama The Counselor (2013), and the mystery film Murder on the Orient Express (2017).
  • She was praised for her roles in Volver (2006) and Nine (2009), receiving Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for each.
  • She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress in 2008 for playing volatile painter María Elena in Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona.
  • She is the first Spanish actress to win an Academy Award, as well as the first Spanish actress to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
  • In 2018, Cruz made her American television debut as Italian fashion designer Donatella Versace in the FX series The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, for which she was nominated for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie. Cruz has modelled for Mango, Ralph Lauren, Chanel, Nescafé and L'Oréal, and along with her younger sister Mónica Cruz, has designed clothing for Mango.
  • Cruz 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.

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