Penélope Cruz

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1974-04-28 (51 years old)

Place of Birth

Madrid, Spain

Penélope Cruz

Biography

Penélope Cruz Sánchez (born 28 April 1974) is a Spanish actress. Prolific in Spanish and English-language films, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award and three Goya Awards. Cruz made her acting debut on television 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 is known for her frequent collaborations with Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar in Live Flesh (1997), All About My Mother (1999), Volver (2...

Acting

2006

Volver

as Raimunda

1997

Live Flesh

as Isabel Plaza Caballero

1998

The Hi-Lo Country

as Josepha O'Neil

2009

Nine

as Carla

1997

2001

Vanilla Sky

as Sofia Serrano

1992

2006

Bandidas

as Maria Alvarez

2001

Blow

as Mirtha Jung

1992

Jamon Jamon

as Silvia

2003

Gothika

as Chloe Sava

2008

2002

2000

2005

Sahara

as Dr. Eva Rojas

2003

2009

2008

Elegy

as Consuela Castillo

2007

The Good Night

as Anna / Melodia

2004

Noel

as Nina Vasquez

2000

Woman on Top

as Isabella Oliveira

2003

Fan-Fan the Tulip

as Adeline La Franchise

2008

2004

Don't Move

as Italia

2001

Don't Tempt Me

as Carmen Ramos

2006

Chromophobia

as Gloria

1998

The Girl of Your Dreams

as Macarena Granada

1999

Volaverunt

as Pepita Tudó

2009

G-Force

as Juarez the Guinea Pig (voice)

1998

2023

Ferrari

as Laura Ferrari

2008

Bigas Luna: The entomologist gaze

as La hija de puta (archive footage)

2012

Twice Born

as Gemma

2013

1996

Brujas

as Patricia

2013

I'm So Excited!

as Jessica

1994

1996

La Celestina

as Melibea

2026

The Bride!

as Myrna

1993

La ribelle

as Enza

1994

1995

Entre rojas

as Lucía

1998

Don Juan

as Mathurine

2015

ma ma

as Magda

2016

Grimsby

as Rhonda George

-

This Man, This Woman

as Martha Parks

2024

2016

Zoolander 2

as Valentina Valencia

2005

Live 8

as Self

2010

Sex and the City 2

as Carmen García Carrión

2002

2018

2016

The Queen of Spain

as Macarena Granada

1997

A Scent of Paradise

as Doña Helena

2017

Loving Pablo

as Virginia Vallejo

2017

Murder on the Orient Express

as Pilar Estravados

1995

The Butterfly Effect

as Party Guest (uncredited)

2022

The 355

as Graciela Rivera

2019

Pain and Glory

as Jacinta

2020

2021

Official Competition

as Lola Cuevas

2010

Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer

as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

2022

On the Fringe

as Azucena

2016

Yo soy uno entre cien mil

as Penélope Cruz

2021

2022

L'immensità

as Clara

Production

2022

On the Fringe

as Producer

2018

2015

ma ma

as Producer

2016

2012

Twice Born

as Co-Producer

2013

L'Agent

as Director

2013

L'Agent

as Writer

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