Actress

Penélope Cruz

Alcobendas, Madrid, SpainBorn April 28, 1974Spanish
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Biography

Penélope Cruz is Spain's most celebrated international film star and the first Spanish actress to win an Academy Award, which she received for Best Supporting Actress for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008). Her long creative collaboration with Pedro Almodóvar has produced the finest work of her career, from All About My Mother to Volver and Parallel Mothers. Cruz moves between Spanish-language art cinema and major Hollywood productions with complete authority, bringing Mediterranean passion and technical precision to every performance.

Top Movies

1Vicky Cristina Barcelona
2Volver
3Parallel Mothers
4All About My Mother
5Belle Époque
6Blow
7Elegy
8The Counselor
9Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
10L'Immensità

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