Penélope Cruz
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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). 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Penélope Cruz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Credits
La bola negra (2026)
as Nené Romero
The Invite (2026)
as Piña
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011)
as Angelica
The Counselor (2013)
as Laura
The Bride! (2026)
as Myrna Malloy
Murder on the Orient Express (2017)
as Pilar Estravados
Parallel Mothers (2021)
as Janis
The 355 (2022)
as Graciela Rivera
Official Competition (2021)
as Lola Cuevas
Blow (2001)
as Mirtha Jung
Vanilla Sky (2001)
as Sofia Serrano
All About My Mother (1999)
as Rosa
Zoolander 2 (2016)
as Valentina Valencia
G-Force (2009)
as Juarez the Guinea Pig (voice)
Grimsby (2016)
as Rhonda George
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008)
as María Elena
Ferrari (2023)
as Laura Ferrari
Sex and the City 2 (2010)
as Carmen García Carrión
Sahara (2005)
as Dr. Eva Rojas
Bunker (2026)
as Sofia
To Rome with Love (2012)
as Anna
Nine (2009)
as Carla
Pain and Glory (2019)
as Jacinta
Broken Embraces (2009)
as Lena
Loving Pablo (2017)
as Virginia Vallejo
Chromophobia (2006)
as Gloria
Gothika (2003)
as Chloe Sava
On the Fringe (2022)
as Azucena
Volver (2006)
as Raimunda
Belle Époque (1992)
as Luz
Paris Paramount (2027)
Actor
Open Your Eyes (1997)
as Sofía
Elegy (2008)
as Consuela Castillo
Noel (2004)
as Nina Vasquez
Don't Move (2004)
as Italia
Live 8 (2005)
as Self
Live Flesh (1997)
as Isabel Plaza Caballero
All the Pretty Horses (2000)
as Alejandra
I'm So Excited! (2013)
as Jessica
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)
as Pelagia
Head in the Clouds (2004)
as Mia
Everybody Knows (2018)
as Laura
Bandidas (2006)
as Maria Alvarez
Jamon Jamon (1992)
as La hija de puta
Volaverunt (1999)
as Pepita Tudó "la Maja"
Fan-Fan the Tulip (2003)
as Adeline La Franchise
Woman on Top (2000)
as Isabella Oliveira
A Scent of Paradise (1997)
as Doña Helena
Masked and Anonymous (2003)
as Pagan Lace
Day Drinker (2027)
as Cara Lazaro
L'immensità (2022)
as Clara
The Queen of Spain (2016)
as Macarena Granada
Wasp Network (2020)
as Olga
Waking Up in Reno (2002)
as Brenda
On the Set of 'Gothika' (2004)
as Self
Twice Born (2012)
as Gemma
Don't Tempt Me (2001)
as Carmen Ramos
The Hi-Lo Country (1998)
as Josepha O'Neil
Todo es mentira (1994)
as Lucía
Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011)
as Self
Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health (1997)
as Young Diana
High & Low – John Galliano (2024)
as Self
The Greek Labyrinth (1993)
as Elisa
The Girl of Your Dreams (1998)
as Macarena Granada
A Matador's Mistress (2008)
as Lupe Sino
Yo soy uno entre cien mil (2016)
as Penélope Cruz
Hitting It Hard (2002)
as Self
ma ma (2015)
as Magda
The Man with Rain in His Shoes (1998)
as Louise
This Man, This Woman (—)
as Martha Parks
The Good Night (2007)
as Anna / Melodia
Brunes et Blondes (2010)
as Self
The Days of Abandonment (—)
as Olga
The Making of Volver (2007)
as Self
Alegre ma non troppo (1994)
as Salomé
Talk of Angels (1998)
as Pilar
The Making of All About My Mother (2012)
as Self
La ribelle (1993)
as Enza
Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas (2016)
as Self
Per amore, solo per amore (1993)
as Mary
Once Upon a Time… All About My Mother (2012)
as Self
Karl (2025)
as Self
La Celestina (1996)
as Melibea
Penélope Cruz: Diva in the Mirror (2022)
as Self - Actress
Women in Prison (1995)
as Lucía
Don Juan (1998)
as Mathurine
Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood (2007)
as Self
The Butterfly Effect (1995)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Cannibalistic Councillor (2009)
as Pina
Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor' (2014)
as Self (archive footage)
Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
Deconstructing Almodóvar (2007)
as Self
Viva Pedro: The Life & Times of Pedro Almodóvar (2007)
as Self
Brujas (1996)
as Patricia
313 (2024)
Actor
Directed by Almodóvar (2007)
as Self
Making Parallel Mothers (2022)
as Self
Not Love, Just Frenzy (1996)
as Laura