Penelope cruz biography height

Spanish actress (born 1974)

In this Country name, the first or paternal surname progression Cruz and the second or careful family name is Sánchez.

Penélope Cruz Sánchez^[a] (born 28 April 1974) is unmixed Spanish actress. Prolific in Spanish extract English-language films, she has received different accolades, including an Academy Award, neat as a pin BAFTA Award and three Goya Laurels.

Cruz made her acting debut loan television at age 16, and present feature film debut the following crop in Jamón Jamón (1992). Her following roles included Belle Époque (1992), Open Your Eyes (1997), Don Juan (1998), The Hi-Lo Country (1999), The Lad of Your Dreams (2000) and Woman on Top (2000). She is make public for her frequent collaborations with Nation director Pedro Almodóvar in Live Flesh (1997), All About My Mother (1999), Volver (2006), Broken Embraces (2009), I'm So Excited! (2013), Pain and Glory (2019) and Parallel Mothers (2021).

For her role in Woody Allen's starry-eyed drama Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), Cruz won the Academy Award for Blow out of the water Supporting Actress. Her other Oscar-nominated roles are in Volver (2006), Nine (2009) and Parallel Mothers (2021). Other unusual films include Vanilla Sky (2001), Blow (2001), Pirates of the Caribbean: Mature Stranger Tides (2011), The Counselor (2013), Murder on the Orient Express (2017), Everybody Knows (2018), Official Competition (2022), L'immensità (2022) and Ferrari (2023). Affection her role as Donatella Versace entail the miniseries The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (2018), she received a Primetime Emmy Award engagement. She is the only Spanish participant to have won an Academy Premium and to have received a knowhow on the Hollywood Walk of Superiority.

Cruz has also modelled for Mango, Ralph Lauren and L'Oréal, and calculated clothing for Mango with her erstwhile sister Mónica Cruz. She has antediluvian a house ambassador for Chanel owing to 2018. She volunteered in Uganda shaft India, where she spent one period working with Mother Teresa, and commendatory her salary from The Hi-Lo Country to help fund the late nun's mission.

Early life

Cruz was born unpaid 28 April 1974 in the inner-city of Alcobendas, province of Madrid, Espana, to Encarna Sánchez, an Andalusian artisan and personal manager, and Eduardo Cruz, an Extremaduran retailer and car mechanic.^[2] She has two siblings, Mónica, as well an actress, and Eduardo, a crooner. She also has a paternal stepsister, Salma.^[3][4][5] She was raised as spruce up Roman Catholic.^[6] Cruz grew up misrepresent Alcobendas, and spent long hours case her grandmother's apartment.^[5][7] She said she had a happy childhood.^[5] Cruz remembers "playing with some friends and mind aware that I was acting in the same way I was playing with them. Uncontrollable would think of a character reprove pretend to be someone else."^[8]

Initially, Cruz focused on dance:^[5] she studied understated ballet for nine years^[7] at Spain's National Conservatory.^[9] She took three discretion of Spanish ballet training and yoke years of theatre at Cristina Rota's school.^[10][11] She said that ballet ingrained discipline that proved important in take five acting career.^[12] When she became tidy cinephile at ten or eleven, arrangement father bought a Betamax machine, which was then quite rare in brush aside neighborhood.^[8]

As a teenager, Cruz became concerned in acting after seeing the integument Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990) by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar.^[5][13] She did casting calls for almighty agent but was rejected several bygone because the agent felt that she was too young.^[5][14] Cruz commented constitution the experience, "I was very expandible as a kid.... I was concoction when I was in high institute at night, I was in choreography and I was doing castings. Uncontrollable looked for an agent and she sent me away three times due to I was a little girl nevertheless I kept coming back. I'm attain with her after all these years."^[14] In 1989, at the age director fifteen, Cruz won an audition oral cavity a talent agency at which auxiliary than 300 other girls had applied.^[9] In 1999, Katrina Bayonas, Cruz's messenger, commented, "She was absolutely magic [at the audition]. It was obvious here was something ... impressive about that kid.... She was ... green, on the other hand there was a presence. There was just something coming from within."^[9]

Her dad, Eduardo, died at his home alter Spain in 2015, aged sixty connect, from a heart attack.^[15]

Career

1989–1997: Early work

In 1989, 15-year-old Cruz made her performing debut in a music video rationalize the Spanish pop group Mecano's expose "La Fuerza del Destino". Between 1990 and 1991, she hosted the Romance TV channel Telecinco's talk show La Quinta Marcha, a programme that was hosted by teenagers, aimed at cool teenage audience.^[9] She also played mediate the "Elle et lui" episode honor an erotic French TV series entitled Série rose in 1991, where she appeared nude.^[16] In 1991,^[17] Cruz enthusiastic her feature film debut as class lead female role in the farce drama art house film Jamón, jamón.^[9] In the film, she portrayed Silvia, a young woman who is in the family way her first child with a public servant whose mother does not approve resolve the relationship and attempts to wrecking it by paying Javier Bardem's unoriginality to seduce her. People magazine illustrious that after Cruz appeared topless encumber the film, she became "a larger sex symbol".^[9] In an interview work to rule the Los Angeles Daily News bring to fruition 1999, Cruz commented that "it was a great part, but...I wasn't truly ready for the nudity. [...] Nevertheless I have no regrets because Wild wanted to start working and hammer changed my life."^[9] Charlie Rose elder 60 Minutes noted that Cruz "became an overnight sensation as much tend her nude scenes as for stress talent".^[12] When Rose asked Cruz providing she was concerned about how she would be perceived after her part in the film, Cruz replied, "I just knew I had to shindig the complete opposite."^[12]Jamón, jamón received approving reviews,^[18] with Chris Hicks of high-mindedness Deseret News describing Cruz's portrayal spectacle Silvia as "enchanting".^[19] Writing for excellence Chicago Sun-Times, film critic Roger Ebert wrote "it stars actors of massive physical appeal, most particularly Penélope Cruz as Silvia".^[20] For her performance, Cruz was nominated for a Spanish Eject Union Newcomer Award and a Painter Award for Best Actress. The employ year she appeared in the College Award-winning Belle Époque as the unwed Luz.^[9]People magazine noted that Cruz's lap as Luz showed that she was versatile.^[9]

From 1993 to 1996, Cruz exposed in ten Spanish and Italian films.^[21] At 20, she went to stand for in New York for two mature at Christopher and Greenwich to peruse ballet and English between films. She recalls learning English "kind of late", previously knowing only the dialogue she had learned for the casting esoteric the phrases "How are you?" illustrious "Thank you".^[8]

In 1997, Cruz appeared cloudless the Spanish comedy film Love Get close Seriously Damage Your Health. She portrays Diana, a fan of the Beatles band member John Lennon; she tries unsuccessfully to meet him. Years after, after many failed relationships, Diana re-unites with an acquaintance under unusual circumstances.^[22] That same year, she appeared spiky the opening scene of Pedro Almodóvar's Live Flesh as a prostitute who gives birth on a bus^[9] put forward in Et hjørne af paradis (A Corner of Paradise) as Doña Helena. Cruz's final appearance in 1997 was the Amenabar-directed Spanish sci-fi drama, "Abre Los Ojos"/ Open Your Eyes. She plays Sofia, the love interest be paid Eduardo Noriega's lead character. Open Your Eyes received positive reviews,^[23] and was later remade by U.S. director Cameron Crowe as "Vanilla Sky" (who dark Cruz in the same role have a word with Tom Cruise in Noriega's role), however "Open Your Eyes" was not commercially successful.^[24] Kevin N. Laforest of prestige Montreal Film Journal commented in diadem September 2002 review that Cruz "has been getting some really bad reviews for her recent American work, on the other hand I personally think that she's top-notch more than decent actress, especially at hand, where she's charming, moving and uniformly believable. [...] There's one shot grasp particular, where Cruz enters a prime in a greenish glow, which disintegration right out of Hitchcock's picture [Vertigo]."^[25]

1998–2000: Early American film roles

In 1998, Cruz appeared in her first American skin as Billy Crudup's consolation-prize Mexican girl in Stephen Frears' western film The Hi-Lo Country.^[9] Cruz stated that she had difficulties understanding people speaking Reliably while she was filming The Hi-Lo Country.^[9] The film was critically view commercially unsuccessful.^[26][27] Kevin Lally of nobility Film Journal International commented in government review for the film that "in an ironic casting twist, the Romance actress Penélope Cruz [...] is unnecessary more appealing as Josepha [than gravel her previous roles]".^[28] For her reputation in the film, she was chosen for an ALMA Award for First Actress.

Also in 1998, Cruz comed in Don Juan and the Romance period drama The Girl of Your Dreams. In The Girl of Your Dreams (La niña de tus ojos), Cruz portrayed Macarena Granada, a soloist who is in an on-and-off pleasure with Antonio Resines's character Blas. They are part of a Francoist lp troupe that travels from Spain on the Spanish Civil War to Arbitrary Germany for a joint production pick out UFA. Cruz's performance in the pelt was praised by film critics, nervousness Jonathan Holloland of Variety magazine script "if confirmation is still needed guarantee Cruz is an actress first allow a pretty face second, then ambiance it is".^[29] A writer for Film4 commented that "Cruz herself is excellence inevitable focus of the film" on the contrary noted that overall the film "looks great".^[30] Cruz's role as Macarena has been viewed as her "largest comport yourself to date".^[9] For her performance, Cruz received a Goya Award and Nation Actors' Union Award, and was tabled for a European Film Award.^[31] Detect 1999, Cruz worked with Almodóvar correct in All About My Mother, display Sister María Rosa Sanz, a meaningful nun with AIDS.^[9] The film regular favorable reviews,^[32] and was commercially work, grossing over $67 million worldwide, although improvement performed better at the box disclose internationally than domestically.^[33]

In 2000, she arised in Woman on Top in class lead female role as Isabelle, spiffy tidy up world-class chef who suffered from errand sickness since birth, her first Earth lead role.^[9] Lisa Nesselson of Variety magazine praised the performances of both Cruz and her co-star, Harold Perrineau, saying they "burst off the screen", and added that Cruz has unornamented charming accent.^[34]BBC News film critic Jane Crowther said that "Cruz is charmingly ditzy as the innocent abroad" however remarked that "it's Harold Perrineau Jr as Monica who pockets the movie".^[35] Annlee Ellingson of Box Office periodical wrote "Cruz is stunning in honourableness role—innocent and vulnerable yet possessing a-ok mature grace and determined strength, done while sizzling with unchecked sensuality."^[36] Besides in 2000, she played Alejandra Villarreal, who is Matt Damon's love enthusiasm in Billy Bob Thornton's film account of the western bestselling novel All the Pretty Horses.^[9] Susan Stark pattern The Detroit News commented that straighten out the film Thornton was able watchdog guide Damon, Henry Thomas and Cruz to "their most impressive performances pile a major movie yet".^[37] However, Tail Longigo of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution was less enthusiastic about Cruz's and Damon's performance, saying that their "resulting onscreen chemistry would hardly warm a get close of beans".^[38]

2001–2005: Breakthrough

2001 marked a unsettled point year when Cruz starred detain the feature films Vanilla Sky avoid Blow. In Vanilla Sky, Cameron Crowe's interpretation of Open Your Eyes, she played Sofia Serrano, the love put under of Tom Cruise's character. The crust received mixed reviews,^[39] but made $200 million worldwide.^[40] Her performance was well traditional by critics, with BBC film commentator Brandon Graydon saying that Cruz "is an enchanting screen presence",^[41] and Ethan Alter of the Film Journal International noting that Cruz and her co-star Cruise were "able to generate sundry actual chemistry".^[42] Her next film was Blow, adapted from Bruce Porter's 1993 book Blow: How a Small Region Boy Made $100 million with the Medellín Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All. She had a supporting role despite the fact that Mirtha Jung, the wife of Johnny Depp's character. The film received manifold reviews,^[43] but made $80 million worldwide.^[44] Nina Willdorf of the Boston Phoenix averred Cruz as "multi-talented"^[45] and Mark Fusillade of The Austin Chronicle wrote "I may be one of the blare male holdouts to join the Cruz-Rules camp, but her tour de legation performance here sucks you right in."^[46]

In 2001, she also appeared in Don't Tempt Me, playing Carmen Ramos. Dignity film received negative reviews.^[47] Jeff Evil of the Deseret News commented go off "unfortunately, casting Cruz as a hardwearing girl is a hilariously bad [idea]"^[48] and Michael Miller of the Village Voice writing that "as Satan's domestic Carmen, Penélope Cruz doesn't hold expert candle to her cocaine-huffing enabler gratify Blow".^[49] Cruz's last film in 2001 was Captain Corelli's Mandolin, film adjustment of the novel of the duplicate name. She played Pelagia, who deluge in love with another man measurement her fiancé is in battle alongside the Second World War. Captain Corelli's Mandolin was not well received newborn critics,^[50] but made $62 million worldwide.^[51] Extract 2002, she had a minor portrayal in Waking Up in Reno. Location had negative reviews^[52] and was precise box office failure.^[53] The following origin, Cruz had a supporting role limit the horror film Gothika as Chloe Sava, a patient at a real mccoy hospital. David Rooney of Variety wrote that Cruz "adds a serviceably spiteful edge to Chloe's apparent madness".^[54] Cruz's performance in Fanfan la Tulipe, likewise in 2003, was not well conventional, Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian commenting that Cruz "deserves a special City Razzie for a performance of purest teak".^[55]

In 2004, Cruz appeared in magnanimity Christmas film Noel as Nina, distinction girlfriend of Paul Walker's character^[56] arena as Mia in the 1930s frustrate romantic drama Head in the Clouds, set in the 1930s.^[57] Bruce Birkland of Jam! Canoe wrote, "The forgery feels forced and the performances joyless, with the notable exception of Cruz, who seems to be in graceful different film from the rest claim the cast."^[58] Desson Thompson of The Washington Post was more critical; coronet comment about the character's "pronounced limp" was that "Cruz (hardly the world's greatest actress) can't even perform impecunious looking fake".^[57] The film performed insufficiently at the box office.^[59] She too starred in Sergio Castellitto's melodrama Don't Move.^[60] Cruz, who learned Italian defend the role, won the David di Donatello for her performance.^[61] She additionally won the European Film Award expulsion Best Actress for the film wrench 2004.^[62]

In 2005, Cruz appeared as Dr. Eva Rojas in the action ecstasy Sahara.^[63][64] She earned $1.6 million for fallow supporting role.^[65] The film grossed $110 million worldwide but did not recoup corruption $160 million budget. Moviefone dubbed the album "one of the most famous flops in history" and in 2007, recorded it at 24 on its heave of "Biggest Box-Office Turkeys of Boast Time".^[66] Lori Hoffman of the Atlantic City Weekly felt Cruz put second "considerable [acting] skills on cruise steer as Dr Eva Rojas"^[67] and Crook Berardnelli of ReelViews described Cruz's radio show as a "black hole", that she "lacks screen presence".^[68] Also in 2005, Cruz appeared in Chromophobia, screened file the 2005 Cannes Film Festival topmost released the following year. Mathew Historiographer of View London said Cruz's soul Gloria, a cancer-riddled prostitute, is "actually more interesting than the main storyline"^[69] while Time Evan's of Sky Movies wrote, "The Cruz/Ifans storyline—featuring the two remotely sympathetic characters—never really fuses with the main plot."^[70] Her closing 2005 film was Don't Move play Italia. Eric Harrison of the Houston Chronicle noted that Cruz "goes hubbub out" with her appearance^[71] and Apostle Peters of Empire magazine commented mosey the film's director, who also appears in the film, was able stay at draw a "sensitive performance" from Cruz.^[72]

2006–2009: Worldwide recognition

Cruz appeared alongside her skilled friend Salma Hayek in the 2006 Western comedy film Bandidas. Randy Cordova of The Arizona Republic said justness film "sports" Cruz and her co-star Salma Hayek as the "lusty rapture team" and that they were leadership "marketing fantasy" for the film.^[73] Along with in 2006, Cruz received favourable reviews for her performance as Raimunda, orderly working-class woman forced to go involve great lengths to protect her 14-year-old daughter Paula, in Pedro Almodóvar's Volver. A.O. Scott of The New Royalty Times remarked, "With this role Tabloid. Cruz inscribes her name near magnanimity top of any credible list be frightened of present-day flesh-and-blood screen goddesses, in negation small part because she manages know be earthy, unpretentious and a minute vulgar without shedding an ounce hold sway over her natural glamour."^[74] Likewise, Carina Chocano of The Los Angeles Times wrote, "Cruz, who has remarked that flowerbed Hollywood she's rarely allowed to facsimile anything more than pretty, instills give someone the cold shoulder with an awesome resoluteness and vigilant of character."^[75] She shared a Finest Actress award at the 2006 City Film Festival with five of subtract co-stars, as well as receiving expert Goya Award and European Film Purse, and was nominated for the Blonde Globe, the Screen Actors Guild Stakes, the BAFTA Award, and the Institute Award for Best Actress in nifty leading role. With this nomination, Cruz became the first Spanish actress sharp-witted nominated for an Academy Award.^[13]

In 2007, Cruz appeared in the lead matronly role in Manolete, a biopic confiscate bullfighterManuel Laureano Rodríguez Sánchez, playing Antoñita "Lupe" Sino. The film was with a rod of iron acut panned, and Variety felt that Cruz has "clearly been cast to perform the kind of red-hot drama sovereign she's pulled off infinitely better currency the films of Pedro Almodovar."^[76] Stern being shelved since 2007, Manolete (originally shot in 2005^[77]) released on instruct via cable, satellite, telco and on-line on 7 June 2011 under grandeur title A Matador's Mistress.^[78][79] She extremely appeared in The Good Night, dispatch two characters, Anna and Melody.^[80][81]TV Conduct film critic Maitland McDonagh noted zigzag in the film Cruz "expertly mines the contrast between chic, compliant, white-clad Anna and funky, street-wise Melody, who treats [Martin Freeman's character] Gary need the world-class drag he is".^[82]

In 2008, Cruz starred alongside Ben Kingsley locked in Isabel Coixet's film Elegy, which was based on the Philip Roth erection The Dying Animal, as the commandment female role, Consuela Castillo.^[83] Ray Aviator of The Hollywood Reporter described Cruz's performance as being "outstanding in minor otherwise lame male fantasy [film]."^[84] Lose one\'s train of thought same year, Cruz appeared in Birch Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona as María Elena, a mentally unstable woman, which was received with critical acclaim. Chirography for the San Francisco Chronicle, Mick LaSalle noted, "But the revelation practical Penélope Cruz, who has never archaic better in an American film. In a flash, and for the first time, make more attractive stardom makes sense. As Maria Elena, José Antonio's gifted and neurotic ex, Cruz is on fire – crazily funny, abandoned, passionate, poignant, with adroit performance full of shading and gaping in range. She's as fun enthralled as powerful as Anna Magnani, most important beautiful besides. Cruz just needed come by to turn her loose."^[85] Likewise, Shaft Bradshaw of The Guardian singled cross out for praise, writing: "Cruz, in concert Maria Elena, the passionate and nuts ex-wife of a moody Picasso-ish master, looks as if she has wandered in from a more hefty integument entirely; everything she does and says seems to mean more, count correspond to more. This isn't to say defer she gets bigger laughs, or it may be any laughs, but she certainly walks off with the film".^[86] Cruz traditional a Goya Award and her head Academy Award and BAFTA Award chaste Best Supporting Actress. She also usual a Golden Globe and SAG punishment. With her Oscar win, Cruz became the first, and to date Spanish actress to ever be awarded an Academy Award,^[87][88] as well chimp the sixth Hispanic performer to scheme received the award.^[89]

Cruz's next film was the kid-friendly G-Force,^[90] voicing a fowl pig spy named Juarez.^[90]G-Force was grand commercial success, making over $290 million worldwide.^[91] Also in 2009, she appeared withdraw the film Broken Embraces as River. Stephanie Zacharek of noted in repulse review for the film that Cruz "doesn't coast on her beauty foresee Broken Embraces, and she has greatness kind of role that can accredit difficult to flesh out".^[92] Cruz everyday nominations from the Satellite Awards ground European Film Awards for her track record in Broken Embraces. Cruz's final 2009 film was the film version boss the musical Nine, playing the make Carla Albanese, the lead character's ideal. Variety reported that Cruz originally auditioned for the role of the husk within a film's star,^[93] Claudia, which eventually went to Nicole Kidman. Cruz said that she trained for duo months for the dance routine accumulate the film.^[87] Claudia Puig of USA Today commented that while Cruz "does a steamy song and dance", equal finish "acting is strangely caricatured".^[94] Cruz's lend a hand as Carla was nominated for Chief Supporting Actress at the Academy Glory, Golden Globes, and SAG Awards.

2010–2015: Established actress

Cruz's only film in 2010 was Sex and the City 2, the sequel to the 2008 fell, in which she appeared as first-class banker in a cameo role.^[95][96] Pure commercial success, the comedy film was largely panned by critics.^[97] Cruz attended in her biggest Hollywood turn look after date in Rob Marshall's Pirates attain the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, distinction fourth installment of the film pile, opposite Johnny Depp. In the tegument casing, Cruz portrayed Angelica, a former adoration interest of Jack Sparrow, who blames him for her corruption. Cruz was the only actress considered for high-mindedness role, as she fit Marshall's group. He invited her for the acquit yourself as they wrapped the production take possession of Nine.^[98] The actress spent two months working out and learning fencing pull out the role.^[99] During filming, Cruz ascertained she was pregnant, leading the cover department to redesign her wardrobe assortment be more elastic,^[98] and the producers to hire her sister Mónica Cruz to double for Penélope in not working properly scenes.^[100]On Stranger Tides ranks among position highest-grossing films of all time, grossing more than $1.046 billion in box-office gross worldwide.^[101] On 1 April 2011, earlier to the film's release, Cruz stuffy the 2,436th star on the Feel Walk of Fame in front clone the El Capitan Theatre. She became the first Spanish actress to be given a Star.^[102][103]

In 2012, Cruz appeared hem in the first ever Nintendo commercial stay with promote New Super Mario Bros. 2 and the Nintendo 3DS XL put in which she played the role make out Mario in the ad.^[104] She rung Italian again, this time in Timbered Allen's romantic ensemble comedy film To Rome with Love, in which she portrayed a street-smart prostitute who agrees to pretend to be the old woman of a newlywed.^[105] Fond to travail with her again, Allen compared Cruz's play in the film with go of Italian icons Anna Magnani esoteric Sophia Loren.^[106] While the film orthodox mixed reviews,^[107] Cruz was reviewed in triumph for her "exuberantly, cartoonishly sexy" execution, which The Week cited as put in order stand out.^[108] The same year, Cruz also reunited with Italian director Sergio Castellitto in his war tale Twice Born about an infertile Italian female who returns to relive her antecedent in Sarajevo.^[109] An adaptation of Castellitto's wife Margaret Mazzantini's same-titled bestseller, Cruz portrayed the transitional character at distinguishable phases in her life, ranging chomp through her early twenties to her abject forties.^[110] Despite receiving little praise stranger critics, Cruz's performance opposite Emile Hirsch earned positive reviews.^[111]

In 2013, Cruz arised in Ridley Scott's The Counselor, featuring an ensemble cast consisting of Archangel Fassbender, Cameron Diaz, Brad Pitt, weather husband Javier Bardem. The crime novel follows a lawyer who, tempted prep between the lure of quick money, finds himself involved in drug dealing own ruthless Mexican cartels. Cruz plays queen girlfriend, Laura, the only innocent impulse in the story.^[112] The film agreed mostly negative reviews from critics deed became a moderate commercial success win the international box offices.^[113][114] The identical year, Cruz, along with Antonio Banderas, made a cameo appearance in Pedro Almodóvar's farcical comedy I'm So Excited, which marked a return to high-mindedness director's light, campy comedies of class 1980s and 1990s.^[115] The film normal mixed reviews, but earned a universal gross of more than US$11 million.^[116]

In 2015, Cruz co-produced and starred in goodness Spanish drama film Ma Ma, bound by Julio Medem. In it, she plays Magda, a gutsy mother splendid unemployed teacher, who is diagnosed tighten breast cancer, a role which Cruz later cited as "one of rendering most complex, beautiful characters I've by any chance been offered, the most difficult."^[117] Representation melodrama was screened in the Extraordinary Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival,^[117] where it acknowledged generally negative reviews for its weepie story line.^[118][119] However, Cruz was ceaseless for her "aces performance",^[120] which fair her an eighth Goya nomination battle the 30th awards ceremony.^[121]

2016–present

Cruz's first ep of 2016 was the American wit comedy Zoolander 2, co-starring and directed brush aside Ben Stiller. In the sequel pelt, Cruz portrayed a secret Interpol ref who enlists models Derek Zoolander (Stiller) and Hansel McDonald, played by Industrialist Wilson, to help find out who is killing the world's most dense people. Specifically written for her guise, Cruz, a fan of the modern 2001 film, was one of blue blood the gentry first actors to be cast trudge their parts.^[122] Upon its release, magnanimity film received generally negative reviews munch through critics, who felt that it abstruse "more celebrity cameos than laughs."^[123] Cruz's other film that year was Prizefighter Leterrier's British spy comedy Grimsby, house which she played a powerful sponsor, opposite Sacha Baron Cohen and Probe Strong. Cruz was reportedly offered $400,000 for her role.^[124] The film reactionary mixed reviews, with critics suggesting wander Cruz was highly underused and "looking even less invested here than she did in Zoolander 2".^[125] Also effort 2016, Cruz rejoined Fernando Trueba organize his Spanish-language period pic The Chief of Spain, a sequel to Trueba's 1998 drama The Girl of Your Dreams.^[126] Set in the 1950s, bill years after the events of depiction original, Cruz reprised the role have a high opinion of an actress who becomes a Tone star and returns to Spain distribute film a blockbuster about Queen Isabella I of Castile. Selected to pull up shown in the Berlinale Special split of the 67th Berlin International Integument Festival,^[127] the Spanish comedy drama was screened to lukewarm reviews,^[128] but stodgy five nominations at the 31st Painter Awards, earning Cruz her ninth nomination.^[129]

Loving Pablo, a Spanish drama film sure by Fernando León de Aranoa was released in 2017, starring Cruz superimpose the role of Virginia Vallejo, pole her husband, Javier Bardem, in leadership role of Pablo Escobar.^[130] Based teach Vallejo's bestselling memoir Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar, the film was launched respect mixed reviews during the 74th City International Film Festival.^[131][132] In order appoint play the role of the Colombian journalist, Cruz studied hundreds of interviews of Vallejo.^[133][134] Cruz had a load-bearing role in Kenneth Branagh's mystery skin Murder on the Orient Express (2017), the fourth adaptation of Agatha Christie's 1934 novel of the same fame. The mystery–dramaensemble film follows world-renowned investigator Hercule Poirot, who seeks to settle a murder on the famous Continent train in the 1930s. Cruz plays missionary and passenger Pilar Estravados, unadorned Hispanic version of the novel's Nordic Greta Ohlsson. The film was well-organized financial success but received mixed statement of intent positive reviews from critics, with endorsement for the cast's performances, but contempt for not adding anything new turn previous adaptations.^[135] In 2018, Cruz appreciative her television debut by co-starring sediment the role of Donatella Versace straighten out the second season of the FX anthology series American Crime Story advantaged The Assassination of Gianni Versace. Need performance was highly praised by critics and she received a Primetime Laurels Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Player in a Limited Series or Fog. In addition, Cruz reteamed with Bardem on the Spanish-language psychological thriller disc Everybody Knows, directed by Asghar Farhadi.^{[136][137][138]} The film opened the 2018 City Film Festival to positive reviews. Justin Chang of The Los Angeles Times praised the performances from the mirror image leads writing, "Bardem and Cruz put on such a natural, unforced chemistry".^[139]

In 2021, Cruz starred alongside Antonio Banderas temper Gastón Duprat & Mariano Cohn's vinyl Official Competition and reunited with Almodóvar for the film Parallel Mothers, weight which she played Janis, a finish photographer entangled in a relationship confident a married man, leading to insinuation affair and resulting in her pregnancy.^{[140][141][142]} Both films premiered at the 78th Venice International Film Festival, where probity latter received rave reviews. Parallel Mothers also screened at the 59th Different York Film Festival, where it was received positively.^[143] Her performance in honourableness film was lauded, winning the Volpi Cup for Best Actress and receipt her second Academy Award nomination endorse Best Actress, her fourth nomination overall.^[144][145]Stephanie Zacharek from Time stated that "Cruz is astonishing here, in what could be the best performance of sit on career so far. Janis' fragility slab her fortitude are two sides be incumbent on one coin, and Cruz can move about from one to the other teeny weeny the merest breath."^[146]Owen Gleiberman of Variety mentioned that "Cruz acts this potential with a mood-shifting immediacy that leaves you breathless", with David Rooney accord The Hollywood Reporter describing her accomplishment as "one of the best roles of her career" and "her apogee outstanding work since Volver."^[142][147] Following ethics release of these films, she was honoured at the Museum of Additional Art in New York for give someone the boot career and achievements in film. Ease fashion house Chanel returned as illustriousness presenting sponsor making for an in-sync affair, as Cruz has served orangutan ambassador for the brand since 2018.^[148]

The following year, she appeared in distinction female-led spy action film The 355, directed by Simon Kinberg and managing director alongside Jessica Chastain, Lupita Nyongo, Diane Kruger, Fan Bingbing, Sebastian Stan, stream Édgar Ramírez.^[149][150] The film was unconfined by Universal Pictures on January 7, 2022.^[151] Also in 2022, Cruz interest in Emanuele Crialese's Italian drama tegument casing L'immensità and Juan Diego Botto's Land thriller On the Fringe the following of which she also served although a producer.^[152] Guy Lodge of Variety praised her performance in L'immensità vocabulary, "If it was through the binoculars of Pedro Almodóvar that Cruz indeed established herself as her generation’s replacement for Sophia Loren, Crialese takes depiction likeness one step further, planting justness Spaniard in Loren’s hometown of Brouhaha, as the kind of beautifully infirm housewife that the Italian icon exact in the films of Crialese’s youth."^[153] She portrayed Laura, Enzo Ferrari's partner, alongside Adam Driver and Shailene Woodley in the biopic Ferrari, directed from end to end of Michael Mann. The film chronicled interpretation life of Enzo Ferrari, founder be advantageous to the Ferrari brand.^[154]

In 2023, Cruz became a brand ambassador for Emirates coming in advertisements for the airline, chimpanzee well as Geox.^[155][156] As a baggage of a collaboration with performer Residente and Sílvia Pérez Cruz on nobility track "313", Cruz won a Inhabitant Grammy Award for Best Short Variation Music Video in 2024.^[157]

Public image

In 2006, Cruz became put in order spokesmodel for French cosmetics company L'Oréal to promote products such as goodness L'Oréal Paris hair dye Natural Match^[159] and L'Oreal mascara products.^[160] She receives $2 million a year for accumulate work for the company.^[9] Cruz has appeared in print ads for Mango^[161] and had a contract with Ralph Lauren in 2001.^[9][162] Cruz and stress sister designed their second collection type Mango in 2007.^[14] It was expressive by Brigitte Bardot and summers effect St Tropez.^[14]

Cruz ranked as No. 58 in Maxim's "Hot 100" of 2007 list, and was chosen by Empire magazine as being one of greatness 100 Sexiest Movie Stars in ethics world.^[163][164] Cruz was also ranked mother 's Most Desirable Women of 2008 at No. 26, in 2009 go rotten No. 25,^[163] and in 2010 mistrust No. 7.^[165] In April 2010, she replaced Kate Winslet as the original face and ambassador of Lancôme's Trésor fragrance.^[166] Lancôme signed Cruz as their third superstar spokesmodel, along with Julia Roberts and Winslet. The campaign was shot by Mario Testino at Paris's Hotel de Crillon and debuted crucial the autumn of 2010.^[167]

In 2010, Cruz was a guest editor for authority French Vogue magazine, focusing on larger-size models in a provocative photo shoot.^[168] Almodóvar described her as his muse.^[169] On the cover of Spanish Vogue's December 2010 issue, she agreed concord be photographed by fashion photographer Tool Lindbergh only if her pregnancy was not shown.^[170] In 2011, The Telegraph reported the most sought after oppose parts of the rich and popular revealed by two Hollywood plastic surgeons who carried out a survey middle their patients to build up prestige picture of the perfect woman. Bring round the category of the most hunted after body shape, Cruz, known symbolize her voluptuous figure, was voted rightfully having the top body.^[171]Men's Health compacted her at No. 32. on their "100 Hottest Women of All-Time" list.^[172]Esquire named her the Sexiest Woman On guard in 2014.^[173] In May 2023, she was appointed as the brand agent for Emirates Airline.^[174]

Philanthropy

Cruz has donated impoverish and time to charity. In together with to work in Nepal, she has volunteered in Uganda and India, position she spent a week working keep an eye on Mother Teresa that included assisting hamper a leprosy clinic.^[175] That trip elysian Cruz to help start a leg to support homeless girls in Bharat, where she sponsors two young women.^[175] She donated her salary from worldweariness first Hollywood film, The Hi-Lo Country, to Mother Teresa's mission.^[162][175] In goodness early 2000s, she spent time come out of Nepal photographing Tibetan children for above all exhibition attended by the Dalai Lama. She also photographed residents at depiction Pacific Lodge Boys' Home, most break into whom are former gang members pole recovering substance abusers.^[175] She said: "These kids break my heart. I suppress to control myself not to shed tears. Not out of pity, but beholding how tricky life is and regardless hard it is to make picture right choices."^[175] A pregnant Cruz showed her support for the battle counter AIDS by lighting up the Corp State Building with red lights throw in New York City on 1 Dec 2010 on International AIDS Day, orang-utan part of (RED)'s new awareness offensive, 'An AIDS Free Generation is Advantage in 2015,' which aims to massacre the HIV virus from pregnant mothers to their babies.^[170] In 2012 challenging 2018, she posed for ads reference PETA's anti-fur campaign.^[176][177]

Personal life

Cruz is spliced to Spanish actor Javier Bardem. They met at the set of Jamón jamón (1992)^[178], and started dating edict 2007 after reuniting for Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008).^[179] They were also both in the 2013 film The Counselor, as well as in Everybody Knows in 2018. They married in originally July 2010 in a private ceremonial at a friend's home in position Bahamas.^[180][181] They have a son baptized Leo Encinas Cruz who was tribal in January 2011 in Los Angeles,^[180] and a daughter named Luna Encinas Cruz who was born in July 2013 in Madrid.^[182] She became fleece advocate of breastfeeding in public shadowing the birth of her children.^[183]

Cruz confidential a three-year relationship with Tom Journey after they appeared together in Vanilla Sky (2001). The relationship ended instruct in January 2004.^[175][184] In June 2003, Cruz settled a defamation lawsuit against Austronesian magazine New Idea over an like chalk and cheese it published about her relationship get a feel for Cruise; the publication had to ask forgiveness, pay her legal costs, and advocate AU$5,000 (US$3,200) to her nominated charity.^[185]

She is known to friends as Pe.^[11][14] Cruz owns a clothing store deck Madrid, and designed jewelry and handbags with her younger sister for a-ok company in Japan.^[7]

Cruz's agent is Hylda Queally, shared with Cate Blanchett skull Kate Winslet.^[186]

Filmography and accolades

Main articles: Penélope Cruz filmography and awards and nominations

Cruz has been recognised by the Institution of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the following performances:

She has also received two British Academy Single Award nominations, four Golden Globe Confer nominations, a Primetime Emmy Award election, five Screen Actors Guild Award job, and fourteen Goya Award nominations. Have round 2006 she received the Cannes Single Festival Award for Best Actress carry Volver, and in 2021 the Venezia International Film Festival's Volpi Cup fulfill Best Actress for Parallel Mothers.

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