The actress Penélope Cruz was born on April 28, 1974 in the middle of Spain, in Alcobendas, a suburb of Madrid. She is the daughter of a car mechanic and a hairdresser who had three children, all of whom became artists. In addition to the Oscar winner, her sister Monica is also an actress and her brother Eduardo is a singer.
Cruz danced ballet for nine years until she got the chance to appear in a music video in Spain in 1988. At the age of 15, she won a talent competition and made it into television shows and other music videos. Then she was discovered for the screen. When she was just 17 years old, she starred in her first film, “The Greek Labyrinth.”
From 1997 onwards things went uphill and she made films with the well-known director Pedro Almodóvar. His film “All About My Mother” in 1999 won an Oscar and became known in America as a result. Cruz played a pregnant nun suffering from AIDS. This would be her breakthrough in Hollywood. This was followed by roles alongside greats such as Johnny Depp, Tom Cruise and Matthew McConaughey, to name just a few.
Penélope Cruz was nominated for an Oscar four times
In 2009, Cruz won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress in the film “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”; she has already been nominated four times, most recently in 2022.
She earned a permanent place in the Hollywood acting universe and made countless films. Penélope Cruz has been married to her fellow actor Javier Bardem since 2010. The couple has a son who was born in 2011 and a daughter who was born in 2013.
Today the Spanish actress turns 50 years old. Ten years ago Penélope Cruz was named “Sexiest Woman Alive” by the men’s magazine Esquire, but in the last decade she has hardly changed visually. Her most recent acting masterpiece is the film “Ferrari,” which was released in 2023.
Source: Stern
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