Penelope Cruz Sanchez

Penelope Cruz Sanchez was born in Madrid to Eduardo Cruz, a retailer, and Encarna Sanchez who was a hairdresser. When she was a child, she was already a compulsive performer, performing TV commercials for her family's amusement, but she decided to devote her energy to dance. After nine years of classical ballet instruction at Spain's National Conservatory she was able to continue her dance training under the supervision of a variety of prominent dancers. She discovered her true calling at age 15, when she defeated more than 300 girls at an audition for a talent agency. The agency offered her roles on Spanish television and music videos. This led to many more roles, which opened the doors to a successful career on the world of big screens. Cruz made her film debut with The Greek Labyrinth (1993). (The Greek Labyrinth). Then she appeared in a brief scene in Framed (1992) directed by Timothy Dalton. The third film she starred in was the Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992), in which she played one of four sisters who compete for the love of a beautiful army deserter. The film also garnered several Goyas that are the Spanish equivalent of the Academy Awards. Cruz became a renowned Spanish actress with her three- to four films per year increasing resume. 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). Her luck turned around in 1998 when her movie-industry comedy La Nina De Tus Ojos (1998) won her the award for the Best Actress Goya. Cruz has made a few other appearances in English-language films but her first big international success was Almodovar's All About My Mother (1999), in which she played an unassuming but well-meaning nun. Cruz found herself extremely sought-after across both sides of the Atlantic as her film received many awards and praises. The next major film she worked on was Woman on Top (2000) which is an American comedy about a chef with a captivating culinary skill and a severe case of motion sickness. While living in the US,






 




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