Penélope Cruz
Acting • Born 1974-04-28
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). 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.
Filmography
128 credits
All About My Mother
Movie • 1999
Rosa
Volver
Movie • 2006
Raimunda
Live Flesh
Movie • 1997
Isabel Plaza Caballero
The Hi-Lo Country
Movie • 1998
Josepha O'Neil
Nine
Movie • 2009
Carla
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Movie • 2001
Pelagia
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Movie • 2011
Angelica
Open Your Eyes
Movie • 1997
Sofía
Vanilla Sky
Movie • 2001
Sofia Serrano
Belle Époque
Movie • 1992
Luz
Bandidas
Movie • 2006
Maria Alvarez
Blow
Movie • 2001
Mirtha Jung
Jamon Jamon
Movie • 1992
la hija de puta
Gothika
Movie • 2003
Chloe Sava
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Movie • 2008
María Elena
Waking Up in Reno
Movie • 2002
Brenda
All the Pretty Horses
Movie • 2000
Alejandra
Sahara
Movie • 2005
Dr. Eva Rojas
Masked and Anonymous
Movie • 2003
Pagan Lace
Broken Embraces
Movie • 2009
Lena
Elegy
Movie • 2008
Consuela Castillo
The Good Night
Movie • 2007
Anna / Melodia
Noel
Movie • 2004
Nina Vasquez
Woman on Top
Movie • 2000
Isabella Oliveira
Fan-Fan the Tulip
Movie • 2003
Adeline La Franchise
A Matador's Mistress
Movie • 2008
Lupe Sino
Don't Move
Movie • 2004
Italia
Don't Tempt Me
Movie • 2001
Carmen Ramos
Chromophobia
Movie • 2006
Gloria
The Girl of Your Dreams
Movie • 1998
Macarena Granada
Head in the Clouds
Movie • 2004
Mia
Volaverunt
Movie • 1999
Pepita Tudó "la Maja"
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Movie • 2011
Self
G-Force
Movie • 2009
Juarez the Guinea Pig (voice)
To Rome with Love
Movie • 2012
Anna
The Man with Rain in His Shoes
Movie • 1998
Louise
Talk of Angels
Movie • 1998
Pilar
Ferrari
Movie • 2023
Laura Ferrari
Penélope Cruz: Diva in the Mirror
Movie • 2022
Self - Actress
The Cannibalistic Councillor
Movie • 2009
Pina
Twice Born
Movie • 2012
Gemma
The Counselor
Movie • 2013
Laura
Brujas
Movie • 1996
Patricia
I'm So Excited!
Movie • 2013
Jessica
Todo es mentira
Movie • 1994
Lucía
La Celestina
Movie • 1996
Melibea
The Bride!
Movie • 2026
Myrna Malloy
La ribelle
Movie • 1993
Enza
Alegre ma non troppo
Movie • 1994
Salomé
Entre rojas
Movie • 1995
Lucía
The Days of Abandonment
Movie
Olga
Don Juan
Movie • 1998
Mathurine
Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame
Movie • 2011
Self (archive footage)
Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health
Movie • 1997
Young Diana
ma ma
Movie • 2015
Magda
Grimsby
Movie • 2016
Rhonda George
This Man, This Woman
Movie
Martha Parks
High & Low – John Galliano
Movie • 2024
Self
313
Movie • 2024
Zoolander 2
Movie • 2016
Valentina Valencia
Live 8
Movie • 2005
Self
Sex and the City 2
Movie • 2010
Carmen García Carrión
Hitting It Hard
Movie • 2002
Self
The Making of All About My Mother
Movie • 2012
Self
Making Parallel Mothers
Movie • 2022
Self
The Making of Volver
Movie • 2007
Self
Per amore, solo per amore
Movie • 1993
Mary
Everybody Knows
Movie • 2018
Laura
The Queen of Spain
Movie • 2016
Macarena Granada
Not Love, Just Frenzy
Movie • 1996
Laura
A Scent of Paradise
Movie • 1997
Doña Helena
Loving Pablo
Movie • 2017
Virginia Vallejo
Murder on the Orient Express
Movie • 2017
Pilar Estravados
Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'
Movie • 2014
Self (archive footage)
The Butterfly Effect
Movie • 1995
Party Guest (uncredited)
The Greek Labyrinth
Movie • 1993
Elisa
The 355
Movie • 2022
Graciela Rivera
Pain and Glory
Movie • 2019
Jacinta
Wasp Network
Movie • 2020
Olga
Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
Movie • 2016
Self
Once Upon a Time… All About My Mother
Movie • 2012
Self
Official Competition
Movie • 2021
Lola Cuevas
Brunes et Blondes
Movie • 2010
Self
On the Fringe
Movie • 2022
Azucena
Yo soy uno entre cien mil
Movie • 2016
Penélope Cruz
Parallel Mothers
Movie • 2021
Janis
L'immensità
Movie • 2022
Clara
Day Drinker
Movie
Deconstructing Almodóvar
Movie • 2007
Self
Directed by Almodóvar
Movie • 2007
Self
Viva Pedro: The Life & Times of Pedro Almodóvar
Movie • 2007
Self
The Invite
Movie • 2026
Pina
Bunker
Movie
The Black Ball
Movie • 2026
Karl
Movie • 2025
Self
Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood
Movie • 2007
Self
On the Set of 'Gothika'
Movie • 2004
Self
Untitled Nancy Meyers Film
Movie • 2027
Temple of the Lost Father
Movie
Marco’s Mom
Pongamos que hablo de
TV • 2020
Self
60 Minutes
TV • 1968
Self
The Jay Leno Show
TV • 2009
Self
Framed
TV • 1992
Lola Del Moreno
Crónicas urbanas
TV • 1991
Actriz
Los mundos de Yupi
TV • 1988
La bella durmiente (uncredited)
Punk'd
TV • 2003
Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
TV • 2014
Self
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
TV • 2020
Prince Humperdinck / Princess Buttercup
American Crime Story
TV • 2016
Donatella Versace
Leute heute
TV • 1997
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Lo de Évole
TV • 2020
Bambi
TV • 1948
Self
Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
TV • 2017
Self - Interviewee
Nature Is Speaking
TV • 2015
Water
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
Lo + plus
TV • 1995
Self - Guest
Softly from Paris
TV • 1986
Daphné / Javotte / Juliette
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
Late Xou con Marc Giró
TV • 2023
Self - Guest
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self - Presenter
El hormiguero
TV • 2006
Self - Guest
La Noche D
TV • 2021
Self - Guest
Pedro x Javis
TV • 2025
Self
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
TV • 2019
Self (archive footage)