Pen\u00e9lope Cruz S\u00e1nchez\u00a0(born 28 April 1974) is a Spanish actress. Prolific in Spanish and English-language films,\u00a0her accolades include an\u00a0Academy Award,\u00a0a BAFTA Award, a\u00a0David di Donatello\u00a0and three\u00a0Goya Awards.<\/p>\n
Cruz made her television acting debut at age 16, and her feature film debut the following year in\u00a0Jam\u00f3n Jam\u00f3n\u00a0(1992). Her subsequent roles included\u00a0Belle \u00c9poque\u00a0(1992),\u00a0Open Your Eyes (1997),\u00a0Don Juan\u00a0(1998),\u00a0The Hi-Lo Country (1999),\u00a0The Girl of Your Dreams\u00a0(2000) and\u00a0Woman on Top\u00a0(2000). She collaborated with Spanish director\u00a0Pedro Almod\u00f3var\u00a0in\u00a0Live Flesh (1997),\u00a0All About My Mother\u00a0(1999),\u00a0Volver\u00a0(2006),\u00a0Broken Embraces\u00a0(2009),\u00a0I’m So Excited!\u00a0(2013),\u00a0Pain and Glory\u00a0(2019), and\u00a0Parallel Mothers (2021).<\/p>\n
For her role in\u00a0Woody Allen’s romantic drama\u00a0Vicky Cristina Barcelona\u00a0(2008), Cruz won the\u00a0Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other Oscar-nominated roles are in\u00a0Volver\u00a0(2006),\u00a0Nine(2009), and\u00a0Parallel Mothers\u00a0(2021). Other films include\u00a0Vanilla Sky\u00a0(2001),\u00a0Blow\u00a0(2001),\u00a0Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides\u00a0(2011),\u00a0The Counselor\u00a0(2013),\u00a0Murder on the Orient Express\u00a0(2017),\u00a0Everybody Knows\u00a0(2018),\u00a0Official Competition\u00a0(2022),\u00a0L’immensit\u00e0\u00a0(2022), and\u00a0Ferrari\u00a0(2023). For her role as\u00a0Donatella Versace\u00a0in the miniseries\u00a0The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story\u00a0(2018), she received a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award\u00a0nomination. She is the only Spanish actress to have won an Academy Award and to have received a star on the\u00a0Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2007, she won the\u00a0David di Donatello\u00a0for the leading role in\u00a0Don’t Move.<\/p>\n
Cruz has also modelled for\u00a0Mango,\u00a0Ralph Lauren, and\u00a0L’Or\u00e9al, and has designed clothing for Mango with her younger sister, M\u00f3nica Cruz. She has been a house ambassador for\u00a0Chanel\u00a0since 2018. She volunteered in Uganda and India, where she spent one week working with\u00a0Mother Teresa, and donated her salary from\u00a0The Hi-Lo Country\u00a0to help fund the now-deceased nun’s mission.<\/p>\n
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Pen\u00e9lope Cruz S\u00e1nchez\u00a0(born 28 April 1974) is a Spanish actress. Prolific in Spanish and English-language films,\u00a0her accolades include an\u00a0Academy Award,\u00a0a BAFTA Award, a\u00a0David di Donatello\u00a0and three\u00a0Goya Awards. Cruz made her television acting debut at age 16, and her feature film debut the following year in\u00a0Jam\u00f3n Jam\u00f3n\u00a0(1992). Her subsequent roles included\u00a0Belle \u00c9poque\u00a0(1992),\u00a0Open Your Eyes (1997),\u00a0Don Juan\u00a0(1998),\u00a0The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-226","movie_engine_person","type-movie_engine_person","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\n