Penélope Cruz

Penélope Cruz Sánchez (born 28 April 1974) is a Spanish actress who performs in both Spanish and English-language films. Her accolades include an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a Grammy Award, three Goya Awards and a David di Donatello.

Cruz made her acting debut on television at age 16, and her feature film debut the following year in Jamón Jamón (1992). Her subsequent roles include 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 has performed in seven films directed by Pedro Almodóvar: 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). She also produced several films she performed in, including Ma Ma (2015) and On the Fringe (2022).

For her role in Woody Allen's romantic drama Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), Cruz won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She was also nominated for Academy Awards for Volver (2006), Nine (2009), and Parallel Mothers (2021). Her other films include Vanilla Sky (2001), Blow (2001), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011), Murder on the Orient Express (2017), Everybody Knows (2018), Official Competition (2022), L'immensità (2022), Ferrari (2023), The Invite and La Bola Negra (both 2026). On television, she portrayed Donatella Versace in the FX miniseries The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (2018), for which she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

Cruz has modelled for Mango, Ralph Lauren and L'Oréal, and designed clothing for Mango with her younger sister Mónica Cruz. She has been a brand 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 deceased nun's mission.