Penelope Cruz
Highest Rated: 98% All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre) (1999)
Lowest Rated: 13% Waking Up in Reno (2002)
Birthday: Apr 28, 1974
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
One of Spain's foremost leading ladies of the 1990s, Penélope Cruz has managed to make her mark with international audiences as well. Born in Madrid on April 28, 1974, Cruz was one of three children of a merchant and a hairdresser. After years of intensive study in ballet and jazz, she broke into acting in 1992. That year, she had starring roles in Jamón Jamón and Belle Epoque, two very disparate films. The former cast her as the desperately poor daughter of a village prostitute, while the latter featured her as one of four lusty daughters of a wealthy man in pre-Franco Spain. Belle Epoque proved to be a huge success, winning nine Goya Awards (the Spanish equivalent of an Academy Award) and an Oscar for Best Foreign Film. Its success gave Cruz a dose of international recognition, and after starring in a number of Spanish films, she enhanced this recognition in 1997 with the Sundance entry Abre los Ojos (Open Your Eyes). That same year, she had a brief but memorable role in Pedro Almodóvar's Carne Trémula (Live Flesh). In 1998, Cruz had her first starring role in an English-language film, playing Billy Crudup's Mexican-American love interest in Stephen Frears' The Hi-Lo Country. She had another go at English later that year in the Spanish-British romantic comedy Twice Upon a Yesterday, which cast her as a Spanish barmaid living in London. In 1999, she returned to Spain to collaborate once again with Almodóvar on Todo Sobre Mi Madre (All About My Mother), a wildly acclaimed film that premiered at Cannes that year.The next two years would prove to be a critical turning point in both Cruz's personal and professional life, with increasingly visible roles in large-scale Hollywood productions as well as a developing relationship with one Tinseltown's most popular leading men. Gaining notice for her roles in All the Pretty Horses in 2000 and Blow the following year, it appeared as if Cruz's career had suddenly kicked into overdrive. After starring alongside Nicolas Cage in the underperforming Captain Corelli's Mandolin in 2001, Cruz dove back into familiar territory with director Cameron Crowe's remake of Abre los Ojos, Vanilla Sky (2001). Developing a close relationship with lead Tom Cruise as his much publicized breakup with Nicole Kidman drew to a close, the pair soon found themselves the center of considerable paparazzi attention as they became Hollywood's hottest new couple.While "Cruz & Cruise" outlasted most celebrity couplings born on movie sets -- even generating wedding talk -- the duo went their separate ways in 2004. Perhaps not coincidentally, Cruz's career took a backseat to her paramour's while she was dating him; between 2001 and 2004, most of her roles were either minor ones in uncelebrated American indies (Waking Up in Reno, Masked and Anonymous, Noel) or meatier ones in foreign films that failed to gain traction in the States (Fanfan la Tulipe, Don't Move, Bandidas). Luckily, the actress rebounded with a performance thought by many critics to be the best of her career, when she re-teamed with one of her earliest champions, Pedro Almodóvar, for his nostalgic, bittersweet Volver in 2006. Warm, witty, and biting, Cruz's performance kept her name in the running for many year-end awards, even garnering her her first Oscar nomination for Best Actress.In 2008, Cruz earned strong reviews for her work in Elegy, but it was her turn in Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona that garnered her Best Supporting Actress nods from the Hollywood Foreign Press, the Screen Actors Guild, and winning the trophy in that category from the Academy.She was nominated the next year for the Golden Globe, the Screen Actors Guild, and the Oscar for her sexy supporting turn in Rob Marshall's big-screen adaptation of the hit Broadway musical Nine. Despite the film itself doing poorly, Cruz proved that she'd found a solid career trajectory as the 2010's progressed, appearing in projects like Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 355 | Actor | — | 2021 |
| 97% | Pain and Glory (Dolor y gloria) | Jacinta | — | 2019 |
| 78% | Everybody Knows (Todos lo saben) | Laura | — | 2019 |
| 41% | Wasp Network | Actor | — | 2019 |
| 31% | Loving Pablo | Virginia Vallejo | — | 2018 |
| 61% | Murder On The Orient Express | Pilar Estravados | $101.6M | 2017 |
| 31% | The Queen of Spain (La reina de España) | Producer Macarena Granada | — | 2017 |
| 25% | Ma ma | Producer Magda | — | 2016 |
| 38% | The Brothers Grimsby | Rhonda George | — | 2016 |
| 23% | Zoolander 2 | Valentina | $29.8M | 2016 |
| 17% | Twice Born | Gemma | $15.4K | 2013 |
| 34% | The Counselor | Laura | $14.7M | 2013 |
| 49% | I'm So Excited! | Jessica | $1.4M | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | The Counsellor | Actor | — | 2013 |
| No Score Yet | Per Amore, Solo Per Amore | Actor | — | 2013 |
| 46% | To Rome with Love | Anna | $16.6M | 2012 |
| No Score Yet | Looking Back on Love: Making Black and White America | Actor | — | 2012 |
| 33% | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides | Angelica | $241.1M | 2011 |
| 90% | Woody Allen: A Documentary | Actor | — | 2011 |
| 16% | Sex and the City 2 | Carmen Garcia Carrion | $95.4M | 2010 |
| 39% | Nine | Carla | $19.7M | 2009 |
| 81% | Broken Embraces | Lena | $5M | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | A Matador's Mistress (Manolete) | Lupe Sino | — | 2009 |
| 22% | G-Force | Juarez | $119.5M | 2009 |
| No Score Yet | La concejala antropófaga (The Cannibalistic Councillor) | Actor | — | 2009 |
| 81% | Vicky Cristina Barcelona | Maria Elena | $23.2M | 2008 |
| 75% | Elegy | Consuela Castillo | $3.5M | 2008 |
| 31% | The Good Night | Anna | — | 2007 |
| No Score Yet | Hispanic Hollywood - Then and Now | Actor | — | 2007 |
| 91% | Volver | Raimunda | $12.9M | 2006 |
| 57% | Bandidas | Maria Alvarez | — | 2006 |
| No Score Yet | Viva Pedro | Actor | $0.5M | 2006 |
| 31% | Chromophobia | Gloria | — | 2005 |
| 38% | Sahara | Eva Rojas | $68.7M | 2005 |
| No Score Yet | Celestina | Actor | — | 2005 |
| 46% | Don't Move | Italia | — | 2004 |
| 16% | Head in the Clouds | Mia | $0.2M | 2004 |
| 28% | Noel | Nina | — | 2004 |
| 15% | Gothika | Chloe Sava | $59.6M | 2003 |
| 38% | Sin noticias de Dios (Don't Tempt Me) | Carmen Ramos | — | 2003 |
| 24% | Masked and Anonymous | Pagan Lace | $0.2M | 2003 |
| 14% | Fanfan La Tulipe | Adeline La Franchise | — | 2003 |
| 13% | Waking Up in Reno | Brenda | — | 2002 |
| 42% | Vanilla Sky | Sofia Serrano | — | 2001 |
| 28% | Captain Corelli's Mandolin | Pelagia | $25.3M | 2001 |
| 55% | Blow | Mirtha | — | 2001 |
| No Score Yet | Hispanic Hollywood | Actor | — | 2000 |
| 32% | All the Pretty Horses | Alejandra | $14.8M | 2000 |
| 35% | Woman on Top | Isabella | $4.6M | 2000 |
| No Score Yet | Framed | Actor | — | 1999 |
| 85% | Open Your Eyes (Abre los Ojos) | Sofia | — | 1999 |
| 98% | All About My Mother (Todo sobre mi madre) | Hermana Rosa | — | 1999 |
| No Score Yet | Volavérunt | The Maja (Pepita Tudo) | — | 1999 |
| 54% | The Hi-Lo Country | Josepha O'Neil | — | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | Talk of Angels | Pilar | — | 1998 |
| 29% | The Man with Rain in His Shoes (Twice Upon a Yesterday) | Louise | — | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | Don Juan | Mathurine | — | 1998 |
| 80% | Live Flesh (Carne trémula) | Isabel Plaza Caballero | — | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | The Girl of Your Dreams | Macarena Granada | — | 1998 |
| No Score Yet | Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health | Diana Balaguer As A Young Woman | — | 1997 |
| No Score Yet | La Celestina | Melibea | — | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | Brujas | Actor | — | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | Not Love Just Frenzy | Actor | — | 1996 |
| No Score Yet | El Efecto Mariposa | Actor | — | 1995 |
| No Score Yet | La Ribelle (The Rebel) | Enza | — | 1993 |
| No Score Yet | The Greek Labyrinth | Actor | — | 1993 |
| 95% | Belle Epoque (The Age of Beauty) | Luz | — | 1992 |
| 64% | Jamón Jamón | Silvia | — | 1991 |
TV
| Credit | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 93% |
American Crime Story 2016-2018 |
Donatella Versace |
2018 |
| No Score Yet |
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert 2015 |
Guest |
2018 |
| No Score Yet |
The Ellen DeGeneres Show 2003 |
Guest |
2018 2009 2006 2005 |
| No Score Yet |
Charlie Rose 2013-2017 |
Guest |
2016 |
| No Score Yet |
The Graham Norton Show 2007 |
Guest |
2016 |
| No Score Yet |
Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen 2009-2019 |
Guest |
2016 |
| No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon 2014 |
Guest |
2016 2015 2014 |
| No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno 1992-2014 |
Guest |
2012 2011 2009 2001 2000 |
| No Score Yet |
60 Minutes 1999 |
Appearing |
2010 |
| 31% |
The Jay Leno Show 2009-2010 |
Guest |
2009 |
QUOTES FROM Penelope Cruz CHARACTERS
Maria Elena says: You're still searching for me in every woman.
Laura says: The truth has no temperature.
Malkina says: The truth has no temperature.
Alejandra says: I didn't know that my father could stop lovin' me. I didn't know that he could. Now I know.
Maria Elena says: You speak no Spanish?
Cristina says: No ,I uh-uh studied Chinese.
Maria Elena says: Chinese? Why?
Cristina says: I thought it sounded pretty.
Maria Elena says: Say something in Chinese.
Cristina says: Me?
Maria Elena says: Mmm-hmm
Cristina says: Um... ni hao ma?
Maria Elena says: You think that sounds pretty?
Sofia Serrano says: What is your nickname?
David Aames says: Citizen Dildo.
Raimunda says: Are there things I should know and don't?
Sole says: Oodles.
Raimunda says: [to self] It smells of... farts, my mother's farts.
Alejandra says: I have no honor but my promise. If I lose that, what am I?
Alejandra says: I didn't know that my father could stop loving me. I didn't know that he could. Now I know.
Angelica says: What were you doing in a Spanish convent anyway?
Captain Jack Sparrow says: Mistook it for a brothel. An honest mistake.
Louise says: Every time I come here, I feel like there's somebody else in the house., and i don't know what happened to you. and you've never wanted to tell me. But I can't compete with a ghost.
Louise says: Don't look for this years birds in last years nest. It's from Don Quixote.
Sofia Serrano says: I'll see you in another life, when we are both cats
Sofia Serrano says: I'll see you in another life, when we are both cats.
David Aames says: look at us, I'm frozen, and you're dead. And I love you
David Aames says: Look at us. I'm frozen and you're dead, and I love you. SofÃa: It's a problem. David: I lost you ...
David Aames says: Look at us. I'm frozen and you're dead, and I love you.
Sofia Serrano says: It's a problem.
David Aames says: I lost you...
Sofia Serrano says: I think she's the saddest girl to ever hold a martini.
Timoteo says: There is no god my love.
Italia says: I wish we had one.
Anna says: I am here to fulfill your dreams.
Maria Elena says: Only unfulfilled love can be romantic.
Angelica says: Jack, have you ever seen with your own eyes....the Fountain of Youth?
Captain Jack Sparrow says: I'm sorry, could you repeat the question please?
Chloe Sava says: You can't trust someone who thinks your crazy
Chloe Sava says: You can't trust someone who thinks your crazy.
Chloe Sava says: "He said you're next"
Chloe Sava says: He said you're next.
Captain Jack Sparrow says: How can you say I used you?
Angelica says: You know exactly how.
Captain Jack Sparrow says: I know, but how can you say it?
Chloe Sava says: i split his Adams apple like a fruit on a summers day
Chloe Sava says: I cut his Adam's apple in half... like a piece of fruit on a summer day.
Angelica says: Remember, Father, we need him.
Angelica says: Remember father, we need him.
Blackbeard says: If I don't kill a man every now and then they forget who I am.
Blackbeard says: If I don't kill a man every now and then, they forget who I am!
Angelica says: Maybe you don't believe the supernatural
Angelica says: Maybe you don't believe the supernatural.
Captain Jack Sparrow says: "Oh no, I've seen a thing or two
Captain Jack Sparrow says: Oh no, I've seen a thing or two.
Captain Jack Sparrow says: The fountain of youth, what does it require?
Angelica says: A mermaid, Jack
Angelica says: A mermaid, Jack.
Captain Jack Sparrow says: you walk like a girl.
Captain Jack Sparrow says: You walk like a girl.
Angelica says: you would know.
Angelica says: You would know.
Angelica says: How come we can never meet without you pointing something at me.
Angelica says: How is it we can never meet without you pointing something at me?
Angelica says: Why is it that we can never meet without you pointing something at me?!
Angelica says: [@ Captain Jack Sparrow] "Why is it we can never meet without you pointing something at me?"
Angelica says: [@ Captain Jack Sparrow] Why is it we can never meet without you pointing something at me?
Captain Jack Sparrow says: Have you been to the fountain of youth???
Angelica says: Have you been to the fountain of youth?
Captain Jack Sparrow says: Have you been to the fountain of youth?
Captain Teague says: Does this face look like it's been to the fountain of youth..??
Captain Teague says: Does this face look like it's been to the fountain of youth?
Captain Jack Sparrow says: "You walk like a girl!"
Captain Jack Sparrow says: You walk like a girl!
Angelica says: "You would know."
Angelica says: You would know.
Angelica says: Why is it that we can never meet without you pointing something sharp at me?
Angelica says: Why is it that we can never meet without you pointing something at me?
Angelica says: How is it we can never meet without you pointing something at me?
Angelica says: I am starting to think you don't know where you are going
Angelica says: I am starting to think you don't know where you are going.
Captain Jack Sparrow says: Its not the destination so much as the journey
Captain Jack Sparrow says: Its not the destination so much as the journey.
Captain Jack Sparrow says: The fountain of youth, what does it require?
Angelica says: A Mermaid, Jack.
Angelica says: That's hardly appropriate for the first mate.
Captain Jack Sparrow says: Was I the first?
Angelica says: What were you doing in a Spanish Convent, anyway?
Captain Jack Sparrow says: Looking for a brothel. Honest mistake.
Captain Jack Sparrow says: Mistook it for a brothel. Honest mistake.
Angelica says: "How is it we can never meet without you pointing something at me?"
Angelica says: How is it we can never meet without you pointing something at me?
Sofia Serrano says: I'll tell you in another life, when we are both cats.
Sofia Serrano says: Every passing minute is another chance to turn it all around.
Angelica says: Top Priority...
Angelica says: Top priority...