Penelope Cruz Sanchez

Penelope Cruz Sanchez was born in Madrid to Eduardo Cruz, a retailer and Encarna Sanchez, hairdresser. When she was a child she was already a fervent performer who would recreate TV commercials for her family's amusement, but she decided to concentrate on dancing. After studying classical ballet for nine years at Spain's National Conservatory, she continued her studies under a group of highly acclaimed dancers. At the age of 15 she followed her calling when she bested over 300 other dancers at a talent agency audition. The agency offered her roles on Spanish television and music videos. This led to many more roles, and opened the doors to a career on the world of big screens. Cruz made her debut in a film in The Greek Labyrinth (1993) (The Greek Labyrinth) and then briefly in the Timothy Dalton thriller Framed (1992). Her third film was the Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992), in which she was one of the four sisters vying for the affection of a handsome army deserter. The film has won numerous Goyas, Spanish equivalent of Academy Awards. The actress continued to add films to her list of credits, growing by three or four every year. Soon Cruz was the leading lady in Spanish cinema. Live Flesh (1997) (Live Flesh) offered her the chance to work with renowned Spanish director Pedro Almodovar (who would later be her ticket to international fame), and the same year she was the lead actress in the thriller/drama/mystery/sci-fi film Open Your Eyes (1997), a huge hit in Spain that earned eight Goyas (though none for Cruz). In 1998, her fortunes changed when she received an award for the best Actress Goya for her role in the film industry comedy La Nina De Tus Ojos (1998). Cruz made several more trips into English-language films, but All About My Mother (1999) was her first big international hit. She played an unchaste yet well-meaning nun. Cruz was suddenly in high demand both on the Atlantic and west coast, since the film won many awards and praises. The American comedy Woman on Top (2001) is her next major film, follows an American chef with extraordinary culinary abilities and extreme motion sickness. While she was living in the US,






 




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