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Date of birth
April 28, 1974, Madrid, Spain

Born
Penelope Cruz Sanchez

Nickname
Madonna in Madrid
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Height
5 '6 "(1.68 m)

Mini Biography

Known outside her native country as the "Spanish enchantress", Penélope Cruz Sánchez was born in Madrid to Eduardo (merchant) and Encarna (hairdresser). As a child she was already a compulsive performer, re-making television commercials for its family entertainment, but she decided to focus her energies on dance. After studying classical ballet for nine years the Spanish National Conservatory, she continued her training under a series of prominent dancers. In 15 years, but she heeded her true calling when he beat over 300 other girls at a talent agency audition. The result of the contract landed several roles in Spanish TV shows and music videos, the way in turn aside for a career on the big screen. Cruz made her movie debut in El Laberinto Griego (1993) (in Greek Labyrinth), then appeared briefly Timothy Dalton thriller Framed "(1992). Her third film was the Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992), in which she played one of the four sisters vying for the love of a handsome army deserter. Garnering several Goyas, the Spanish equivalent of the Oscars. Her resume continued to grow for three or four films a year, and soon Cruz was one of the leading lady of the Spanish cinema. Carne tremula (1997) (Live Flesh) offered her the opportunity to work with renowned Spanish director Pedro Almodovar (who would later be her ticket to international fame), the same year was the main actress in the thriller / drama / mystery / sci-fi film Abre Los Ojos (1997), a huge hit in Spain that earned eight Goyas (though none for Cruz). Her luck finally changed in 1998 when the movie-industry comedy Niña La unions Ojos (1998) her best actress Goya won. Cruz a few trips made to the English-language film, but her first big international hit was Almodovar's Todo sobre mi madre (1999), in which she played a promiscuous, but well-meaning nun. As the film was showered with prizes and awards, Cruz suddenly found himself in demand on both sides of the Atlantic. Her next big project was Woman on Top (2000), an American comedy about a bewitching culinary skills and cook with severe case of motion sickness. While in the U.S., they signed on to the opposite Johnny Depp will star in drug-trafficking drama Blow (2001) and opposite Matt Damon in Billy Bob Thornton's All Pretty Horses (2000). Cruz says he is careful to typecast as a beautiful young girl but it is hard to imagine disguising her wide-eyed charms and generous nature. Fortunately, with Cameron Crowe's Vanilla Sky (2001) (remake Abre Los Ojos (1997)) and John Madden collaboration looming in her future, girl Penelope is not likely to disappear just yet.