Penelope Cruz
Penelope Cruz - Celebrity info
* Birth name Penolope Cruz Sonchez Born April 28, 1974 (1974-04-28) (age 33) Madrid, Spain [show]Awards Academy Awards Nominated for Best Actress: 2006 Volver Goya Awards Best Actress 1998 La nioa de tus ojos 2006 Volver Penolope Cruz Sonchez (pronounced [pe%u02C8nelope k%u027Eu%u03B8 %u02C8sant%u0283e%u03B8]) (born April 28, 1974, in Madrid), better known as Penolope Cruz, is a Golden Globe- and Academy Award-nominated Spanish actress.
* Before making the transition to acting, Penelope had completed nine years of classical ballet training, three years of Spanish ballet training and four years of theater at Cristina Rota's New York school. penelope cruz in belle epoque Penelope Cruz's big break in Spanish film came in 1992's Jamon, jamon. 1992 also witnessed her first foray onto international screens, with her role in Belle epoque -- a massive success that garnered eight Goya Awards (Spanish Oscars), as well as an Oscar for Best Foreign Film.
* She won a Best Actress ensemble award at the Cannes Film Festival and has been nominated for an Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and BAFTA Award.
* She is the first Spanish Actress to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role. [6] In May, 2007, it was announced that Penelope and her sister Monica would be designing a 25-piece collection for the Barcelona-based fashion chain, Mango[7].
* Peooscola Comedy Film Festival * 1995 Won Best Actress for: Todo es mentira (1994) Razzie Awards * 2002 Nominated Razzie Award Worst Actress for: Blow (2001), Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001) and Vanilla Sky (2001).
* It was with Belle epoque that Penelope's star power received its first worldwide exposure. penelope breaks into american films After starring in other Spanish films such as Alegre ma non troppo (1994) and La Celestina (1996), Penelope resurfaced in America again in Abre los ojos (a. k. a.
* By the time the film was released, word had spread that Tom and Penelope were an item, hot off the heels of Tom's separation from Nicole Kidman. penelope cruz in gothika and sahara 2003 saw Penelope alongside Halle Berry in Gothika and a host of talent that should have known better in Bob Dylan's vanity-disaster, Masked and Anonymous.
* This movie flopped, but that didn't hinder Penelope's rise to fame. penelope in blow and vanilla sky 2001's Blow, starring Johnny Depp, wasn't a commercial hit, but both projects gave Penelope the visibility she needed at the time.
* Penelope apparently did not have to wait long enough to reach international success as her film, "Todo sobre mi madre" (All About My Mother) made in 1999 resulted extremely marvelous, gaining an Academy Award of Best Foreign Film in the same year.
* Overwhelmed with this passion, she spent nine years to study classical ballet at Spain's National Conservatory in Madrid while also learned Spanish ballet under the guidance of Angela Garrido for three years.
* She speaks Spanish, English, French, and Italian fluently. [edit] Career Cruz first achieved fame when she appeared in the video clip La fuerza del destino for the Spanish synthpop group Mecano.
* It was also during this period that she made her first acquaintance of Pedro Almodovar, the celebrated Spanish director, through his film entitled "Carne trémula" (Live Flesh). 1998 marked her initial effort to take part in English-speaking movies, starring in "The Man with Rain in His Shoes," which in US known as "Twice Upon A Yesterday. " More importantly, it was the year she penetrated Hollywood by portraying Josepha O'Neil in Stephen Frears' "The Hi-Lo Country. " From this point on she began to establish her own way to obtain worldwide acknowledgment.
* Cruz's first major films were Jamon, jamon and Belle Epoque, a film which won an Academy Award for Foreign Language Film.
* Originally a dancer, she soon moved into Spanish television[1], and since then she has appeared in a string of films in Spanish, English, French, Italian and Portuguese.
* Throughout the year 1993 to 1996, she performed in three or four films a year, proving that she had risen to be a substantial actress in her country. 1997 was a great period for her as "Abre los ojos" (Open Your Eyes) became box office, collecting eight Goya Awards.
* I have said no to a lot of temptations, and I am glad I did. " -Penelope Cruz biography Penelope Cruz Sanchez was born in Madrid, Spain, on April, 28, 1974.
* Vanilla Sky was an American adaptation of 1997's Abre los ojos, and while Penelope played the same character, Tom Cruise replaced the Spanish leading man.
* In 1999, she appeared in Pedro Almodovar's Todo sobre mi madre, which won an Academy Award for Foreign Language Film.
* Penelope cruz's charities Extremely active in social causes, Penelope has volunteered for NGOs overseas and donated her proceedings from certain films to charities.
* Inspired by her achievement, her sister, Monica left her profession as a flamenco dancer and followed Penelope to be an actress.
* This particular film turned out to be a massive hit in Spain, collecting nine Goya Awards, the Spanish equivalent of the Oscar.
* Growing up in Alcobendas together with her younger siblings, Monica and Eduardo Cruz Jr. , little Penelope developed a fondness for performing at a very young age, especially for ballet and jazz dance.
* The "Spanish Enchantress" definitely is an appropriate term to be addressed to Penelope Cruz Sanchez.
* The glorious attainment of "Belle Epoque" unquestionably brought Penelope's name to the international recognition while opened a wider path for her career.
* She received three years of Spanish Ballet training with ongela Garrido.
* On 7 July 2007 Cruz presented at Live Earth. [edit] Personal life Cruz has a younger brother, Eduardo, a singer, and a younger sister Monica, who closely resembles her: a similarity exploited for some Spanish TV ads.
* Raised along with brother Eduardo and sister Monica, Penelope was always fond of the arts, particularly ballet and jazz dancing.
* In April 2007 Cruz, who is now single, stated that she would like to have children one day and she feels the need to adopt. "Of course I want to have kids," Cruz, 32, tells the Spanish edition of Marie Claire in its April issue. "I want to have my own kids, but also adopt.
* Penelope took on a few English-language films in the late '90s, but it was a production from her native land that finally launched her into the spotlight.
* Apart from being a close personal friend of the actress, Salma Hayek, Cruz is also a good friend of the Colombian singer Shakira.
* Cruz co-starred with her best friend, Salma Hayek in the 2006 film, Bandidas. [5] In 2006, Cruz received highly favourable reviews for her performance in Pedro Almodovar's Volver.
* The contract she obtained led her to appear in commercials ... and Spanish TV shows, including that of "La Quinta Marcha" in which she started to gain people's attention as the program's host in 1990.
* After studying classical ballet for nine years at Spain's National Conservatory, she continued her training under a series of prominent dancers.
* Nevertheless, the relationship had also ignited some discomfort as Australian women's magazine New Idea accused her of cheating on Tom, having an affair with an unnamed Spanish actor behind his back.
* Furthermore, it won the category of Foreign Language Film at Academy Awards.
* She speaks four languages: Spanish, Italian, French and English.
* Born on April 28, 1974 in Madrid, Spain, her parents, Eduardo Cruz and Encarna Sanchez, named her based on Joan Manuel Serrat's song.