Penelope Cruz Sanchez
Penelope Cruz Sanchez was born in Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain
on April 28, 1974. She is a Spanish actress and model. Signed by an agent at
age 15, she made her acting debut at 16 on television and her feature film
debut the following year in Jamón, jamón (1992), to critical acclaim. Her subsequent
roles in the 1990s and 2000s included Open Your Eyes (1997), The Hi-Lo Country (1999), The Girl of Your Dreams (2000)
and Woman on Top (2000). Cruz achieved
recognition for her lead roles in the 2001 films Vanilla Sky and Blow.
the daughter of Encarna Sánchez,
a hairdresser and personal manager, and Eduardo Cruz, a retailer and auto
mechanic. She was raised Roman Catholic. Throughout her childhood, Cruz
lived in Alcobendas, a working-class town, although she spent "a lot"
of time at her grandmother's apartment. Cruz is the oldest of three siblings; she
has a younger brother, Eduardo, who is a singer, and a younger sister, Mónica, who is an actress. She has said that she had a
happy childhood, and Charlie Rose of 60 Minutes described Cruz's childhood as a "simple
life". In a foreshadowing way, Cruz remembers
when she was four years old, "playing with some friends and being aware
that I was acting as I was playing with them—I would think of a character and
pretend to be someone else."
She has since built a successful career, appearing in films from a range
of genres, including the comedy Waking Up in Reno (2002), the thriller Gothika (2003), the Christmas movie Noel(2004), and the action adventure Sahara (2005). She
has received critical acclaim for her roles in Volver (2006)
and Nine (2009) receiving Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for each. She won the Academy Award
for Best Supporting Actress in 2008 for Vicky Cristina Barcelona.
She was the first Spanish actress in history to receive an Academy Award and
the first Spanish actress to receive a star at the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Cruz has modeled for companies such as Mango, Ralph Lauren and L'Oréal. Penélope and her younger sister Mónica Cruz have designed items for Mango. She has
donated both her time and money to charities. Cruz has volunteered in Uganda and India,
where she spent one week working for Mother Teresa; she donated her salary from The Hi-Lo Country to help fund the late nun's mission. A
wax sculpture of Cruz will be placed in a premier spot in the Grevin Wax Museum in Paris.
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