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.
92 movies · 29 shows
The Invite
2026·7.8
The Bride!
2026·6.1
Karl
2025·0.0
High & Low – John Galliano
2024·6.2
313
2024·0.0
Ferrari
2023·6.4
On the Fringe
2022·6.6
L'immensità
2022·6.3
Penélope Cruz: Diva in the Mirror
2022·6.5
Making Parallel Mothers
2022·0.0
The 355
2022·6.0
Parallel Mothers
2021·6.8
Official Competition
2021·6.6
Wasp Network
2020·6.1
Pain and Glory
2019·7.4
Everybody Knows
2018·6.5
Loving Pablo
2017·6.3
Murder on the Orient Express
2017·6.7
The Queen of Spain
2016·5.2
Yo soy uno entre cien mil
2016·7.0
Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
2016·7.5
Grimsby
2016·6.0
Zoolander 2
2016·4.9
ma ma
2015·6.2
Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'
2014·5.7
The Counselor
2013·5.3
I'm So Excited!
2013·5.7
Twice Born
2012·7.3
Once Upon a Time… All About My Mother
2012·8.3
To Rome with Love
2012·5.8
The Making of All About My Mother
2012·0.0
Woody Allen: A Documentary
2011·6.9
Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame
2011·0.0
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
2011·6.6
Brunes et Blondes
2010·0.0
Sex and the City 2
2010·6.0
Nine
2009·5.5
G-Force
2009·5.5
Broken Embraces
2009·7.2
The Cannibalistic Councillor
2009·6.2
A Matador's Mistress
2008·5.8
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2008·6.8
Elegy
2008·6.3
The Making of Volver
2007·0.0
Deconstructing Almodóvar
2007·0.0
Directed by Almodóvar
2007·0.0
Viva Pedro: The Life & Times of Pedro Almodóvar
2007·0.0
The Good Night
2007·5.3
Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood
2007·0.0
Chromophobia
2006·5.2
Volver
2006·7.5
Bandidas
2006·6.0
Live 8
2005·7.4
Sahara
2005·5.9
Noel
2004·5.8
Head in the Clouds
2004·5.9
On the Set of 'Gothika'
2004·0.0
Don't Move
2004·7.0
Gothika
2003·6.2
Masked and Anonymous
2003·5.2
Fan-Fan the Tulip
2003·5.5
Waking Up in Reno
2002·5.1
Hitting It Hard
2002·7.0
Vanilla Sky
2001·6.8
Don't Tempt Me
2001·5.6
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
2001·6.0
Blow
2001·7.4
All the Pretty Horses
2000·5.7
Woman on Top
2000·6.1
Volaverunt
1999·5.9
All About My Mother
1999·7.6
The Hi-Lo Country
1998·6.0
The Man with Rain in His Shoes
1998·4.9
The Girl of Your Dreams
1998·6.5
Talk of Angels
1998·5.5
Don Juan
1998·4.5
Open Your Eyes
1997·7.4
Live Flesh
1997·7.0
A Scent of Paradise
1997·4.5
Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health
1997·6.1
Not Love, Just Frenzy
1996·5.8
La Celestina
1996·4.8
Brujas
1996·4.8
The Butterfly Effect
1995·6.5
Women in Prison
1995·4.8
Todo es mentira
1994·5.0
Alegre ma non troppo
1994·5.1
Per amore, solo per amore
1993·5.8
La ribelle
1993·4.8
The Greek Labyrinth
1993·3.8
Belle Époque
1992·6.7
Jamon Jamon
1992·6.2