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Penélope Cruz
Penélope Cruz’s screen credits include Jacinta in Pain and Glory, Raimunda in Volver, and Angelica in Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
Born April 28, 1974 Madrid, Spain8 movies on MoviHero
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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). …
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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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- 2027Day DrinkerAction · ThrillerActorUpcoming
- 2027Bunker2h 6m · Drama · ThrillerSofiaUpcoming
- 2026La bola negra2h 35m · Drama · WarNené Romero
- 2026The Invite1h 47m · Comedy · DramaPiña
- 2021Parallel Mothers2h 3m · DramaJanis
- 2019Pain and Glory1h 54m · DramaJacinta
- 2011Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides2h 16m · Action · AdventureAngelica
- 2006Volver2h 1m · Comedy · DramaRaimunda
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- 2027Paris ParamountActorUpcoming
- 2026The Bride!Myrna Malloy
- 2025KarlSelf
- 2024High & Low – John GallianoSelf
- 2024313Actor
- 2023FerrariLaura Ferrari
- 2022On the FringeProducer · Azucena
- 2022L'immensitàClara
- 2022Penélope Cruz: Diva in the MirrorSelf - Actress
- 2022Making Parallel MothersSelf
- 2022The 355Graciela Rivera
- 2021Official CompetitionProducer · Lola Cuevas
- 2020Wasp NetworkOlga
- 2018Everybody KnowsLaura
- 2017Loving PabloVirginia Vallejo
- 2017Murder on the Orient ExpressPilar Estravados
- 2016The Queen of SpainMacarena Granada
- 2016Yo soy uno entre cien milDirector · Penélope Cruz
- 2016Almodóvar, todo sobre ellasSelf
- 2016GrimsbyRhonda George
- 2016Zoolander 2Valentina Valencia
- 2015ma maProducer · Magda
- 2014Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'Self (archive footage)
- 2013The CounselorLaura
- 2013I'm So Excited!Jessica
- 2012Twice BornProducer · Gemma
- 2012Once Upon a Time… All About My MotherSelf
- 2012To Rome with LoveAnna
- 2012The Making of All About My MotherSelf
- 2011Woody Allen: A DocumentarySelf
- 2011Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of FameSelf (archive footage)
- 2010Brunes et BlondesSelf
- 2010Sex and the City 2Carmen García Carrión
- 2009NineCarla
- 2009G-ForceJuarez the Guinea Pig (voice)
- 2009Broken EmbracesLena
- 2009The Cannibalistic CouncillorPina
- 2008A Matador's MistressLupe Sino
- 2008Vicky Cristina BarcelonaMaría Elena
- 2008ElegyConsuela Castillo
- 2007The Making of VolverSelf
- 2007Deconstructing AlmodóvarSelf
- 2007Directed by AlmodóvarSelf
- 2007Viva Pedro: The Life & Times of Pedro AlmodóvarSelf
- 2007The Good NightAnna / Melodia
- 2007Cómo conseguir un papel en HollywoodSelf
- 2006ChromophobiaGloria
- 2006BandidasMaria Alvarez
- 2005Live 8Self
- 2005SaharaDr. Eva Rojas
- 2004NoelNina Vasquez
- 2004Head in the CloudsMia
- 2004On the Set of 'Gothika'Self
- 2004Don't MoveItalia
- 2003GothikaChloe Sava
- 2003Masked and AnonymousPagan Lace
- 2003Fan-Fan the TulipAdeline La Franchise
- 2002Waking Up in RenoBrenda
- 2002Hitting It HardSelf
- 2001Vanilla SkySofia Serrano
- 2001Don't Tempt MeCarmen Ramos
- 2001Captain Corelli's MandolinPelagia
- 2001BlowMirtha Jung
- 2000All the Pretty HorsesAlejandra
- 2000Woman on TopIsabella Oliveira
- 1999VolaveruntPepita Tudó "la Maja"
- 1999All About My MotherRosa
- 1998The Hi-Lo CountryJosepha O'Neil
- 1998The Man with Rain in His ShoesLouise
- 1998The Girl of Your DreamsMacarena Granada
- 1998Talk of AngelsPilar
- 1998Don JuanMathurine
- 1997Open Your EyesSofía
- 1997Live FleshIsabel Plaza Caballero
- 1997A Scent of ParadiseDoña Helena
- 1997Love Can Seriously Damage Your HealthYoung Diana
- 1996Not Love, Just FrenzyLaura
- 1996La CelestinaMelibea
- 1996BrujasPatricia
- 1995The Butterfly EffectParty Guest (uncredited)
- 1995Women in PrisonLucía
- 1994Todo es mentiraLucía
- 1994Alegre ma non troppoSalomé
- 1993Per amore, solo per amoreMary
- 1993La ribelleEnza
- 1993The Greek LabyrinthElisa
- 1992Belle ÉpoqueLuz
- 1992Jamon JamonLa hija de puta
- The Days of AbandonmentProducer · Olga
- This Man, This WomanMartha Parks
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Angelica
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Pedro Almodóvar
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Esther García
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