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