Penelope Cruz Sanchez

Penelope Cruz Sanchez was born in Madrid to Eduardo Cruz, a retailer and Encarna Sanchez, hairdresser. She was a compulsive performer when she was a kid and even reenacted commercials on TV to amuse the family. However, she chose to concentrate on dance. After nine years of ballet instruction at Spain's National Conservatory she was able to continue her studies under the supervision of a variety of prominent dancers. She discovered her true passion at age 15 when she smashed more than 300 other girls in an audition with an agency for talent. The contract she received landed her roles on Spanish TV shows , as well as music videos. It opened the way to a promising career in the world of film. Cruz made her debut film in 1993's The Greek Labyrinth (The Greek Labyrinth). Then she briefly appeared in Framed (1992) in a Timothy Dalton thriller. The Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992) was her third film. In it, she played one of four sisters that were seeking the affection of a handsome deserter from the Army. The film also won several Goyas that are the Spanish equivalent to the Academy Awards. Cruz became a renowned Spanish actress with her average of three to four films per year that she added to her resume. 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). It all changed in 1998 when her movie industry comedy La Nina De Tus Ojos (1998) won her the award for the Best Actress Goya. Cruz made several more trips to films in English, but All About My Mother (1999) was her first big international hit. She played a unchaste however well-meaning nun. Cruz discovered herself very popular on both sides of the Atlantic due to her film winning numerous awards and praises. The American comedy Woman on Top (2001) was her next major film, follows a chef who has both incredible culinary skills as well as severe motion sickness. While in the US,






 



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