Penelope Cruz Sanchez

Penelope Cruz is a Spanish actress and model who has gained recognition in both her native Spain and Hollywood. She starred in Roman Adventures, Nine, Cocaine, Vanilla Sky and became the first Academy Award winner for Spanish actors and actresses.

Also, Cruz did not give up acting in the author's and arthouse Spanish, French and Italian films. Many film critics and directors put her name on a par with such stars as Ingrid Bergman, Greta Garbo, Sophia Loren and Marlene Dietrich.

Penelope Cruz Sanchez was born in the Spanish city of Alcobendas in April 1974. Her parents were simple and poor people: Encarna Sanchez's mother worked as a hairdresser, and Eduardo Cruz's father worked in retail. Penelope was the eldest child. In addition to her, the family grew up son Eduardo and daughter Monica. The children were brought up in Catholic traditions.

Penelope Cruz considers her childhood happy. From a young age, she became interested in classical ballet, which was initially studied at the National Conservatory of Spain, and after its graduation went to America, where for 4 years she perfected the art of dance at the famous school of Christina Rota in New York.

Penelope thought about her career as a 14-year-old. The starting point was watching Pedro Almodovar's comedy "Get Me Me!" As the star later shared with reporters, in her youth she was so fascinated by the director that she arranged for him a real surveillance: sneaked into the set, was on duty at his house. But to meet Almodovar in those years Penelope did not dare.

For a long time the girl was looking for an agent, but the young age became an obstacle. Luck smiled when Cruz turned 15: she was accepted into the agency, and she signed a long-awaited contract. To do this, Penelope had to work hard and bypass 3 hundred competitors.

Penelope Cruz first appeared on screen in 1989 in the music video of the pop group "Mecano": with her frontman the girl then met. And from 1990 to 1997, the future actress led a TV show for teenagers.

Penelope Cruz's cinematic biography began in 1991 with the release of an erotic series called The Pink Series. The young Spaniard played a cameo, for which she had to completely undress. Naked Cruz made a furore, and she was immediately noticed. The following year she appeared in one of the central roles of the film "Hamon, ham" ("Ham, ham"). For this work Penelope was nominated for her first award - the Spanish award "Goya". And "People" magazine named the actress the sex symbol of the year.

In 1993, Cruz starred in the comedy film "The Elegant Age", receiving the Spanish Actors Union Award for it. After the release of the comedy for 3 years Penelope starred in a dozen Spanish and Italian films. At the age of 25, the actress moved to New York, where she began to study ballet in depth and improve her English.

In 1997, Penelope Cruz played a fan of John Lennon in the comedy film "The Dangers of Love". But more audience attention went to the paintings "Paradise Corner" and "Living Flesh." In the last film, the artist played a woman of easy behavior. This melodrama by Pedro Almodovar was the first collaboration between the actress and the Spanish director. Subsequently, Penelope not only makes a lot of pictures in Almodovar, but also befriends him. The great director calls her his muse.

In 1998, Penelope Cruz starred in her first American western, The Land of Hills and Valleys. The picture was a failure in terms of fees and reviews of film critics. Nevertheless, the artist was nominated for the ALMA Award.

But for the film "Girl of your dreams" where she appeared as a singer, the Spaniard received a sea of audience love and many awards, the largest of which were the award "Goya" and nomination for the European Film Academy Award. In 1999 and 2000, Penelope Cruz starred in two paintings by Pedro Almodovar. In "All About My Mother" she brilliantly played the supporting role, and in "Women from Above" - the main.

Penelope Cruz considers 2001 to be a turning point in her film career. She played in two films that brought her worldwide fame. This is the drama "Vanilla Sky" where the Spaniard appeared in the role of Sofia - a friend of the main character. Although the film received mixed reviews from film critics, the audience liked it.

Cash fees lived up to the creators' expectations, bringing in more than $200 million at the global box office. The drama "Cocaine" was met with no less interest. Viewers of different countries warmly welcomed the film, but the box office was much more modest than for "Vanilla Sky". Nevertheless, for her work in these films, which brought Penelope great fame, the actress received the anti-award "Golden Raspberry".

The decline in the artist's career marked the next 5 years, starting in 2001. Of the 10 paintings in which Penelope starred, more or less well received only the film "Don't go away." For the main role in this project searing brunette received the David di Donatello Award and the next "Goyu".

After the recession - another takeoff. In the comedy action movie "Bandits" Penelope appeared with Salma Hayek, and the next almodovar film "The Return" cemented its former success. "The Return" brought the actress incredible popularity and nomination spree for the Oscar. In addition, she has received numerous other significant awards, including the Golden Globe, BAFTA and the Screen Actors Guild Awards. At home, she was presented with another national award "Goya."

2008 was an extremely fruitful and successful year for Cruz. She has starred in Elegy, Manoletand Vicky Cristina Barcelona. All 3 films were warmly received by critics and audiences, but the latter was a real triumph for the Spanish film diva. For her supporting role, Penelope won the long-awaited Oscar. She is the first among the Spanish actors who got the coveted statuette.

The next role of the actress in the film "Nine" directed by Rob Marshall was also nominated for an Academy Award. Here Penelope Cruz played with Nicole Kidman. Soon she was invited again by this director for the filming of the project "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Strange Shores". The artist played Angelica, the beloved Jack Sparrow, whose role, as in previous parts, played johnny Depp. To join the role of the actress had to learn to fencing. In some of the footage, Penelope was replaced by her sister Monica because Cruz was pregnant.

In 2011, Penelope had a personal star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The actress was able to confirm the star's honor in 2012 and 2013. She played Anna in Woody Allen's "Roman Adventures" and the heroine of the thriller "The Counselor."

In 2012, the actress again appeared in the title role. Penelope Cruz played Italian Gemma in the drama "Born Twice", based on the novel by Margaret Mazzantini. The main character recalls the past in Sarajevo, which mixed personal relationships, attempts to obtain permission to adopt, the formation of a young family and the civil war in Bosnia.

In 2013, the actress starred in Pedro Almodovar's comedy "I'm Very Excited." The film shows a tragic situation: the plane flying to Mexico, is faulty. Because of the disconnected electronics, both the crew and passengers become helpless. The main role in the film was also played by Antonio Banderas.

In 2015, Penelope Cruz appeared in the Spanish drama Ma Ma. The actress played the title role of a talented teacher Magda, who tries to defeat the disease and return to a happy life.

In early 2016, the comedy "Exemplary Male 2" with Ben Stiller in the title role of the former popular male model zulander was released. Penelope Cruz played the main female role in the film. The actress appeared as a special agent of the fashion police, who is forced to ask for help from soolander to investigate a series of murders of models. In March 2016, the celebrity appeared in a comedy action film based on Sacha Baron Cohen's "The Brothers from Grimsby."

In November 2016, Penelope Cruz returned to the role of singer and actress Macarena Granada and appeared in the comedy film "The queen of Spain", a sequel to the 1998 film "The Girl of Your Dreams".

The action takes place in 1938: the popular actress Granada will play the queen Isabella I of Castile, the Spanish heroine who united the country. To do this, she moves from the popular Germany, which gave Granada back to Spain, where she prepares for the role, meets old friends and faces the Franco regime.

In November 2017, the premiere of the crime film "Murder on the Orient Express", the film adaptation of detective Agatha Christie from the series of books about the detective Herkyul Poirot. Penelope Cruz played the role of Greta Olson. In addition to appearing in the detective. The actress starred in the biographical crime drama "Escobar", in which the main character - a Colombian drug lord played by Penelope's husband Javier Bardem.

In the life of the actress there are several famous people who are very dear to her. In her youth, Penelope was lucky enough to meet and get close to the director Pedro Almodovar. A long-standing friendship with Salma Hayek.

The Spaniard dated Tom Cruise for three years. This romance ended, but there was a warm relationship between the actors. Cruz was the first among Cruz's friends to see his newborn daughter Suri. After the end of the relationship with Tom Cruise, the star had a short affair with Matthew McConaughey.

In 2010, Penelope married Javier Bardem. Cruz met her future husband when the actors starred together in one of Penelope's first films, "Hamon, Hamon," but their real feelings only flared up in 2007 on the set of Woody Allen's "Vicky Cristina Barcelona."

Artists on the screen reincarnated in former spouses, the passion between which has not yet faded. As fans of the couple like to joke, despite the fact that Pe and Javier have known each other for a long time, only the brilliant director managed to become for them a "cupid" that united fates.

According to the actress, after Javier appeared in her personal life, she dreamed of only one thing - the birth of children and a real family life. Penelope became less likely to be filmed, appearing in only one project a year. Soon the star's wish came true - the couple had a son, Leonardo, and a daughter, Luna, born in 2011 and 2013. In addition, the couple moved to Madrid to be closer to their parents.

Motherhood changed the actress in many ways. According to Penelope, both babies have been breastfeeding for more than a year. And if before the actress could not meet in a public place without makeup and heels, with the birth of babies in the wardrobe of the star appeared shoes on a flat sole, which she combines with comfortable T-shirts and jeans. Penelope Cruz treats her fame with a grain of irony. For example, from her statuette and the Oscar, the actress made racks for bedside nights.

Penelope is fluent in four languages: in addition to her native Spanish, she speaks French, English and Italian. The actress adheres to vegetarianism and gives a lot of energy to charity. After meeting Mother Teresa, she became the founder of a foundation that supports homeless Indian girls. To do this, Pe built a school and clinic in Kolkata.

Penelope Cruz is well known in the fashion world. In 2006, she was the face of "L'Or'al." Pe has also appeared in a clothing commercial for Spanish company Mango and fashion house Ralph Laurent. There's a penelope Cruz and her sister's clothing store in Madrid. The actress maintains an official Instagram account, where she posts posters of upcoming films, photos with other stars, selfies, liked landscapes, shares liked videos.

The actress gave 15 years of her life to dance classes. Every day, except Sunday, she spent 8 hours in the choreographic class. Cruz said such training helped her keep fit in the future. Now the artist is fond of Pilates and yoga, and her weight at the height of 168 cm does not exceed 62 kg, so appearing in the media pictures of the Hollywood star in a swimsuit lead fans to delight.

In 2018, Penelope Cruz's filmography was supplemented with another bright page - the actress starred in the drama of Iranian director Asghar Farhadi "The Labyrinths of the Past", which premiered at the opening of the Cannes Film Festival.

According to the plot of the film, the main character Laura stays from Argentina to her homeland in Spain with her husband and children, where at the wedding of her sister meets his first love Paco. The celebration is overshadowed by the kidnapping of Laura's daughter. In the film once again the actress played in a duet with her husband Javier Bardem.

FX aired season 2 of The Assassination of Gianni Versace: An American Crime Story, in which the artist appeared as Donatella Versace. For the role of Penelope transformed into a blonde. The film received positive reviews from critics.

In early 2019, the actress made her debut at the screening of the next collection of the brand Chanel at Paris Fashion Week. Penelope Cruz took to the podium in memory of Karl Lagerfeld, with whom she collaborated for the last year of his life. It was thanks to the legendary designer in 2018 that Cruz was honored to represent the world-famous brand.

Now Penelope begins work on another joint project with Pedro Almodovar. The film was given the working title of Pain and Glory. The star's partner will be no less famous compatriot Antonio Banderas.

1991 - "Pink Series"

1992 - "Ham, Ham"

1999 - "All About My Mother"

2000 - "Woman from above"

2001 - "Cocaine"

2001 - Vanilla Sky

2006 - "Bandits"

2008 - Vicky Cristina Barcelona

2009 - Nine

2011 - Pirates of the Caribbean: On Strange Shores

2012 - "Roman Adventures"

2015 - Ma Ma

2017 - Escobar

2018 - "The Murder of Gianni Versace: An American Crime Story"

2018 - "The Labyrinths of the Past"

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