Penélope Cruz
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.
Known For

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen

Late Night with Seth Meyers

The Graham Norton Show

El hormiguero

Leute heute

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
All Movies (98)
- Untitled Nancy Meyers Film2027
- Day Drinker2027
- La Bola Negra2026 · as Nené Romero
- The Invite2026 · as Piña
- The Bride!2026 · as Myrna Malloy
- Karl2025 · as Self
- High & Low – John Galliano2024 · as Self
- 3132024
- Ferrari2023 · as Laura Ferrari
- On the Fringe2022 · as Azucena
- L'immensità2022 · as Clara
- Penélope Cruz: Diva in the Mirror2022 · as Self - Actress
- Making Parallel Mothers2022 · as Self
- The 3552022 · as Graciela Rivera
- Parallel Mothers2021 · as Janis
- Official Competition2021 · as Lola Cuevas
- Wasp Network2020 · as Olga
- Pain and Glory2019 · as Jacinta
- Everybody Knows2018 · as Laura
- Loving Pablo2017 · as Virginia Vallejo
- Murder on the Orient Express2017 · as Pilar Estravados
- The Queen of Spain2016 · as Macarena Granada
- Yo soy uno entre cien mil2016 · as Penélope Cruz
- Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas2016 · as Self
- Grimsby2016 · as Rhonda George
- Zoolander 22016 · as Valentina Valencia
- ma ma2015 · as Magda
- Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'2014 · as Self (archive footage)
- The Counselor2013 · as Laura
- I'm So Excited!2013 · as Jessica
- Twice Born2012 · as Gemma
- Once Upon a Time… All About My Mother2012 · as Self
- To Rome with Love2012 · as Anna
- The Making of All About My Mother2012 · as Self
- Woody Allen: A Documentary2011 · as Self
- Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame2011 · as Self (archive footage)
- Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides2011 · as Angelica
- Brunes et Blondes2010 · as Self
- Sex and the City 22010 · as Carmen García Carrión
- Nine2009 · as Carla
- G-Force2009 · as Juarez the Guinea Pig (voice)
- Broken Embraces2009 · as Lena
- The Cannibalistic Councillor2009 · as Pina
- A Matador's Mistress2008 · as Lupe Sino
- Vicky Cristina Barcelona2008 · as María Elena
- Elegy2008 · as Consuela Castillo
- The Making of Volver2007 · as Self
- Deconstructing Almodóvar2007 · as Self
- Directed by Almodóvar2007 · as Self
- Viva Pedro: The Life & Times of Pedro Almodóvar2007 · as Self
- The Good Night2007 · as Anna / Melodia
- Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood2007 · as Self
- Chromophobia2006 · as Gloria
- Volver2006 · as Raimunda
- Bandidas2006 · as Maria Alvarez
- Live 82005 · as Self
- Sahara2005 · as Dr. Eva Rojas
- Noel2004 · as Nina Vasquez
- Head in the Clouds2004 · as Mia
- On the Set of 'Gothika'2004 · as Self
- Don't Move2004 · as Italia
- Gothika2003 · as Chloe Sava
- Masked and Anonymous2003 · as Pagan Lace
- Fan-Fan the Tulip2003 · as Adeline La Franchise
- Waking Up in Reno2002 · as Brenda
- Hitting It Hard2002 · as Self
- Vanilla Sky2001 · as Sofia Serrano
- Don't Tempt Me2001 · as Carmen Ramos
- Captain Corelli's Mandolin2001 · as Pelagia
- Blow2001 · as Mirtha Jung
- All the Pretty Horses2000 · as Alejandra
- Woman on Top2000 · as Isabella Oliveira
- Volaverunt1999 · as Pepita Tudó "la Maja"
- All About My Mother1999 · as Rosa
- The Hi-Lo Country1998 · as Josepha O'Neil
- The Man with Rain in His Shoes1998 · as Louise
- The Girl of Your Dreams1998 · as Macarena Granada
- Talk of Angels1998 · as Pilar
- Don Juan1998 · as Mathurine
- Open Your Eyes1997 · as Sofía
- Live Flesh1997 · as Isabel Plaza Caballero
- A Scent of Paradise1997 · as Doña Helena
- Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health1997 · as Young Diana
- Not Love, Just Frenzy1996 · as Laura
- La Celestina1996 · as Melibea
- Brujas1996 · as Patricia
- The Butterfly Effect1995 · as Party Guest (uncredited)
- Women in Prison1995 · as Lucía
- Todo es mentira1994 · as Lucía
- Alegre ma non troppo1994 · as Salomé
- Per amore, solo per amore1993 · as Mary
- La ribelle1993 · as Enza
- The Greek Labyrinth1993 · as Elisa
- Belle Époque1992 · as Luz
- Jamon Jamon1992 · as La hija de puta
- The Days of Abandonment— · as Olga
- This Man, This Woman— · as Martha Parks
- Bunker—
All TV Shows (29)
- Pedro x Javis2025 · as Self
- Late Xou con Marc Giró2023 · as Self - Guest
- La Noche D2021 · as Self - Guest
- Home Movie: The Princess Bride2020 · as Prince Humperdinck / Princess Buttercup
- Pongamos que hablo de2020 · as Self
- Lo de Évole2020
- La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català2019 · as Self (archive footage)
- Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez2017 · as Self - Interviewee
- American Crime Story2016 · as Donatella Versace
- Nature Is Speaking2015 · as Water
- Variety Studio: Actors on Actors2014 · as Self
- Late Night with Seth Meyers2014 · as Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2014 · as Self
- The Jay Leno Show2009 · as Self
- Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen2009 · as Self - Guest
- The Graham Norton Show2007 · as Self
- El hormiguero2006 · as Self - Guest
- The Ellen DeGeneres Show2003 · as Self
- Punk'd2003 · as Self
- Leute heute1997 · as Self
- Lo + plus1995 · as Self - Guest
- Framed1992 · as Lola Del Moreno
- Crónicas urbanas1991 · as Actriz
- Los mundos de Yupi1988 · as La bella durmiente (uncredited)
- Softly from Paris1986 · as Daphné / Javotte / Juliette
- 60 Minutes1968 · as Self
- The Oscars1953 · as Self
- The Oscars1953 · as Self - Presenter
- Bambi1948 · as Self