Penélope Cruz Sánchez is a Spanish actress. Prolific in Spanish and English-language films, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award and three Goya Awards.
Cruz made her acting debut on television at age 16, and her feature film debut the following year in Jamón Jamón. Her subsequent roles included Belle Époque, Open Your Eyes, Don Juan, The Hi-Lo Country, The Girl of Your Dreams and Woman on Top. She is known for her frequent collaborations with Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar in Live Flesh, All About My Mother, Volver, Broken Embraces, I'm So Excited!, Pain and Glory and Parallel Mothers.
For her role in Woody Allen's romantic drama Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Cruz won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other Oscar-nominated roles are in Volver, Nine and Parallel Mothers. Other notable films include Vanilla Sky, Blow, Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, The Counselor, Murder on the Orient Express, Everybody Knows, Official Competition, L'immensità and Ferrari. For her role as Donatella Versace in the miniseries The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story, she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
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