Penelope Cruz Sanchez

Penelope Cruz Sanchez is the daughter of Eduardo Cruz, a Madrid hairdresser, and Encarna Sanchez, a hairdresser from Madrid. She was a fervent performer in her youth and even reenacted commercials on TV to entertain the family. However, she decided to focus her attention on dancing. After studying ballet for nine years in the Spanish National Conservatory, she continued her studies under a group of highly acclaimed dancers. She discovered her true calling at the age of 15, when she topped 300 girls at an audition for a talent agency. The contract she was offered secured her roles on Spanish television shows , as well as music videos. This opened opportunities for a successful career on the big screen. 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 next film was the Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992), in which she played one of the four sisters fighting for the love of a handsome deserter from the Army. The film also won several Goyas which is the Spanish equivalent to the Academy Awards. The list of credits continued to grow by 3-4 films per year, and soon Cruz was an established star 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 won a Best Actress Goya for the movie-industry comedy La Nina De Tus Ojos (1998). Cruz was able to travel to films in English, but All About My Mother (1999) was her first major international hit. She played an unchaste but well-meaning nun. When the film was lavishly adorned with accolades and awards, Cruz suddenly found herself being sought after on both sides of the Atlantic. The American comedy Woman on Top (2001), which was her next major project, is about Chefs who have remarkable culinary talents and serious motion sickness. While she was in the US,






 




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