Penélope Cruz

Penélope Cruz Sánchez born 28 April 1974 is a Spanish actress Known for her roles in films of several genres particularly those in the Spanish language she has received various accolades including an Academy Award and a British Academy Film Award in addition to nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award four Golden Globe Awards and five Screen Actors Guild Awards Signed by an agent at the age of 15 Cruz made her acting debut on television at 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 is known for her frequent collaborations 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 as well as for her work with director Woody Allen in Vicky Cristina Barcelona 2008 and To Rome with Love 2012 For her role in the romantic comedydrama Vicky Cristina Barcelona Cruz received the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Her other Oscarnominated roles include Volver 2006 Nine 2009 and Parallel Mothers 2021 Other notable films include All the Pretty Horses 2000 Vanilla Sky 2001 Blow 2001 Elegy 2008 Sahara 2005 Pirates of the Caribbean On Stranger Tides 2011 The Counselor 2013 Murder on the Orient Express 2017 Everybody Knows 2018 and Official Competition 2022 For her role as Donatella Versace in the FX series The Assassination of Gianni Versace American Crime Story 2018 she received a nomination for the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie Since 2010 Cruz has been married to Spanish actor Javier Bardem She has done modelling work for Mango Ralph Lauren and LOréal and along with her younger sister Mónica Cruz also designed clothing for Mango She has been a house ambassador for Chanel since 2018 She has volunteered in Uganda and India where she spent one week working with Mother Teresa she donated her salary from The HiLo Country to help fund the late nuns mission