Penélope Cruz
80 movies · 7 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Apr 28, 1974 (age 52)
- Place of birth
- Madrid, Spain
- Also known as
- Penélope Cruz Sánchez
Biography
Penélope Cruz Sánchez (born 28 April 1974) is a Spanish actress. Prolific in Spanish and English-language films, her accolades include an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a David di Donatello and three Goya Awards.
Cruz made her television acting debut 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 collaborated 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).
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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 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 to have received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2007, she won the David di Donatello for the leading role in Don't Move.
Cruz has also modelled for Mango, Ralph Lauren, and L'Oréal, and has 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 now-deceased nun's mission.
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Known for
Penélope Cruz: movies and TV shows
Acting (86)
- Upcoming Bunker
as Sofia
- Upcoming Day Drinker
as Cara Lazaro
- Upcoming
- Upcoming The Days of Abandonment
as Olga
- Upcoming This Man, This Woman
as Martha Parks
- 2026 LA BOLA NEGRA
as Nené Romero
- 2026 The Invite
as Piña
- 2026 The Bride!
as Myrna Malloy
- 2024
- 2023 Ferrari
as Laura Ferrari
- 2022 On the Fringe
as Azucena
- 2022 L'immensità
as Clara
- 2022 The 355
as Graciela Rivera
- 2021 Parallel Mothers
as Janis
- 2021 Official Competition
as Lola Cuevas
- 2020
- 2020 Wasp Network
as Olga
- 2019 Pain and Glory
as Jacinta
- 2018 Everybody Knows
as Laura
- 2017 Loving Pablo
as Virginia Vallejo
- 2017 Murder on the Orient Express
as Pilar Estravados
- 2016 The Queen of Spain
as Macarena Granada
- 2016 Yo soy uno entre cien mil
as Penélope Cruz
- 2016 Grimsby
as Rhonda George
- 2016 Zoolander 2
as Valentina Valencia
- 2016
- 2015 ma ma
as Magda
- 2015
- 2013 The Counselor
as Laura
- 2013 I'm So Excited!
as Jessica
- 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 G-Force
as Juarez the Guinea Pig (voice)
- 2009 Broken Embraces
as Lena
- 2009 The Cannibalistic Councillor
as Pina
- 2008 A Matador's Mistress
as Lupe Sino
- 2008 Vicky Cristina Barcelona
as María Elena
- 2008 Elegy
as Consuela Castillo
- 2007 The Good Night
as Anna / Melodia
- 2006 Chromophobia
as Gloria
- 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
- 2004 Don't Move
as Italia
- 2003 Gothika
as Chloe Sava
- 2003 Masked and Anonymous
as Pagan Lace
- 2003 Fan-Fan the Tulip
as Adeline La Franchise
- 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
- 2000 All the Pretty Horses
as Alejandra
- 2000 Woman on Top
as Isabella Oliveira
- 1999 Volaverunt
as Pepita Tudó "la Maja"
- 1999 All About My Mother
as Rosa
- 1998 The Hi-Lo Country
as Josepha O'Neil
- 1998 The Man with Rain in His Shoes
as Louise
- 1998 The Girl of Your Dreams
as Macarena Granada
- 1998 Talk of Angels
as Pilar
- 1998 Don Juan
as Mathurine
- 1997 Open Your Eyes
as Sofía
- 1997 Live Flesh
as Isabel Plaza Caballero
- 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 The Butterfly Effect
as Party Guest (uncredited)
- 1995 Women in Prison
as Lucía
- 1994 Todo es mentira
as Lucía
- 1994 Alegre ma non troppo
as Salomé
- 1993 Per amore, solo per amore
as Mary
- 1993 La ribelle
as Enza
- 1993 The Greek Labyrinth
as Elisa
- 1992 Belle Époque
as Luz
- 1992
- 1992 Jamon Jamon
as La hija de puta
- 1991
- 1988
- 1986
Behind the camera (8)
- Upcoming The Days of Abandonment
Producer
- 2022 On the Fringe
Producer
- 2021 Official Competition
Executive Producer
- 2018 Thy Kingdom Come
Thanks
- 2016 Yo soy uno entre cien mil
Director
- 2015 ma ma
Producer
- 2012 Twice Born
Co-Producer
- 1998 The Girl of Your Dreams
Songs
Talk shows and appearances (41)
- 2025
- 2025 Pedro x Javis
3 episodes
- 2024
- 2023 Late Xou con Marc Giró
1 episode
- 2022
- 2022
- 2021 La Noche D
1 episode
- 2020 Pongamos que hablo de
3 episodes
- 2020 Lo de Évole
1 episode
- 2019
- 2017 Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
2 episodes
- 2016
- 2015 Hot Ones
1 episode
- 2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
1 episode
- 2014 Late Night with Seth Meyers
1 episode
- 2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2 episodes
- 2014
- 2012
- 2012
- 2011
- 2011
- 2010
- 2009 The Jay Leno Show
1 episode
- 2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
1 episode
- 2007
- 2007 The Graham Norton Show
3 episodes
- 2007
- 2007
- 2007
- 2007
- 2006 El hormiguero
1 episode
- 2005
- 2004
- 2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show
1 episode
- 2003 Punk'd
1 episode
- 2002
- 1997 Leute heute
1 episode
- 1995 Lo + plus
1 episode
- 1968 60 Minutes
1 episode
- 1953 The Oscars
4 episodes
- 1948 Bambi
1 episode