Penélope Cruz

Penélope Cruz Sánchez born 28 April 1974 is a Spanish actress Prolific in Spanish and Englishlanguage 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 HiLo 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 Im So Excited 2013 Pain and Glory 2019 and Parallel Mothers 2021 For her role in Woody Allens romantic drama Vicky Cristina Barcelona 2008 Cruz won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Her other Oscarnominated roles are in Volver 2006 Nine2009 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 Limmensità 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 Dont Move Cruz has also modelled for Mango Ralph Lauren and LOréal 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 HiLo Country to help fund the nowdeceased nuns mission Description above from the Wikipedia article Penélope Cruz licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia