Penélope Cruz

Penélope Cruz Sánchez (born the April 28th 1974 with Madrid) is a Spanish Actrice .

Biography

Born from a father mechanic, Eduardo, and of a mother hairdresser, Encarnacion. She is the sister of the ballerina and actress Monica Cruz and of Eduardo.

She begins the courses of Danse at 5 years and she remains 9 years with the National Academy. She makes then 3 years of Spanish ballets with Angela Garrido, 4 years in Cristina Rota School of New York, and takes courses of Dance Jazz with Raúl Caballero. She occurs in Spain and in New York.

She starts a career of Mannequin and makes the cover of many magazines. She appears in Clip S of the group Mecano.

To the 14 years age, it presents Quinta Marcha , a television program for children.

It begins like Actrice in a series from Jaime Chavarri, Seria Rosa . She played in particular of the roles in erotic matter (prohibited at least 16 years).

After a supporting role in Laberinto Griego of Rafael Alcaza, it is revealed in 1992 by Jamón, jamón of Bigas Luna.

But its international career really begins in 1999 with All on my mother ( sober Todo semi veined ) of Pedro Almodovar. She will turn for Réalisateur S of various countries: England, the United States, Norway.

In 2001 she plays in Vanilla Sky , Remake of the film Ouvre the eyes ( Abre los ojos ) where she appears in the same role; during turning it becomes acquainted with Tom Cruise, with which it will have a connection during several years. They will separate in 2004.

France gave on Wednesday, January 11, 2006 the chivalric insignias in the to him Ordre of Arts and the Letters.

With the Cannes festival of 2006, it received, with the whole of the female distribution, the price of interpretation for Volver of Pedro Almodovar.

Penélope speaks Spanish, English, French and Italian.

Catalog of films

1991 : pink Series , of Walerian Borowczyk (series TV)

It and him , of Jaime Chávarri (1991)

1992: Mechanic - Los vídeos , of Joan-Lluís Arruga (video) (segment fuerza LED destino ) (not credited)
1992: Ham, ham ( Jamón, jamón ), of Juan Jose Bigas Luna
1992: Framed , of Geoffrey Sax (TV)
1992: Beautiful time ( Beautiful time ), of Fernando Trueba
1993: Per amore, solo per amore , of Giovanni Veronesi
1993: El Laberinto griego , of Rafael Alcázar
1993: Ribelle , of Aurelio Grimaldi
1994: Semi-fig, semi-grape ( Alegre my nontroppo ), of Fernando Colomo
1994: Todo be will lie , of Álvaro Fernández Armero
1995: Between rojas , of Azucena Rodríguez
1995: the Effect butterfly ( El Efecto mariposa ), of Fernando Colomo (not credited)
1996: Brujas , of Álvaro Fernández Armero
1996: Celestina , of Gerardo Vera
1996: Más that amor, frenesí , of Alfonso Albacete, Miguel Bardem and David Menkes
1996: the Love harms health seriously ( El Amor perjudica seriamente the salud ), of Manuel Gómez Pereira
1997: And Hjørne af paradise , of Peter Ringgaard
1997: In flesh and bone ( Carne trembled ), of Pedro Almodóvar
1997: Opens the eyes ( Abre los ojos ), of Alejandro Amenábar
1998: Don Juan , of Jacques Weber
1998: Yew Only… ( The Man with Rain in His Shoes ), of María Ripoll
1998: Talk off Angels , of Nick Hamm
1998: the Girl of your dreams ( Niña of keep silent ojos ), of Fernando Trueba
1998: The Hi-Lo Country , of Stephen Frears
1999: All on my mother ( sober Todo semi veined ), of Pedro Almodóvar
1999: Volavérunt , of Juan Jose Bigas Luna
2000: Love, peppers and worked nova ( Woman one Signal ), of Fina Torres
2000: Of so pretty horses ( All the Pretty Horses ), of Billy Bob Thornton
2001: Blow , of Ted Demme
2001: Captain Corelli ( Captain Corelli' S Mandolin ), of John Madden
2001: Without news of God ( Sin noticias of Dios ), of Agustín Díaz Yanes
2001: Vanilla Sky , of Cameron Crowe
2002: Waking Up in Reno , of Jordan Brady
2003: Masked and Anonymous , of Larry Charles
2003: Fanfan the Tulip , of Gerard Krawczyk
2003: Gothika , of Mathieu Kassovitz and Thom Oliphant
2004: With lost bodies ( Not Ti muovere ), of Sergio Castellitto
2004: Christmas , of Chazz Palminteri
2004: We were free ( Head in the Clouds ), of John Duigan
2005: the Sahara , of Breck Eisner
2005: Chromophobia , of Martha Fiennes
2006: Bandidas , of Joachim Roenning and Espen Sandberg
2006: Volver , of Pedro Almodóvar
2006: The Good Night , of Jake Paltrow

Rewards

Goya Price of the best actress in 1999 for the Girl of your dreams .
Price of female role at the time of the Cannes festival 2006 for Volver .
Goya Price of the best actress in 2007 for " Volver"
European Film Awards 2006 Better actress for " Volver"
Hollywood Film Festival - Actress of the year 2006

External bonds

Penélope Cruz on Internet Movie Database
PenelopeCruz.fr nonofficial Site

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