Penélope Cruz Sánchez (born 28 April 1974) is a Spanish actress. Prolific in Spanish and English-language films, her accolades include an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a David di Donatello and three Goya Awards.
Cruz made her television acting debut at age 16, and her feature film debut the following year in Jamón Jamón (1992). Her subsequent roles included Belle Époque (1992), Open Your Eyes (1997), Don Juan (1998), The Hi-Lo Country (1999), The Girl of Your Dreams (2000) and Woman on Top (2000). She collaborated with Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar in Live Flesh (1997), All About My Mother (1999), Volver (2006), Broken Embraces (2009), I'm So Excited! (2013), Pain and Glory (2019), and Parallel Mothers (2021).
For her role in Woody Allen's romantic drama Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), Cruz won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her other Oscar-nominated roles are in Volver (2006), Nine(2009), and Parallel Mothers (2021). Other films include Vanilla Sky (2001), Blow (2001), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011), The Counselor (2013), Murder on the Orient Express (2017), Everybody Knows (2018), Official Competition (2022), L'immensità (2022), and Ferrari (2023). For her role as Donatella Versace in the miniseries The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (2018), she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. She is the only Spanish actress to have won an Academy Award and to have received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 2007, she won the David di Donatello for the leading role in Don't Move.
Cruz has also modelled for Mango, Ralph Lauren, and L'Oréal, and has designed clothing for Mango with her younger sister, Mónica Cruz. She has been a house ambassador for Chanel since 2018. She volunteered in Uganda and India, where she spent one week working with Mother Teresa, and donated her salary from The Hi-Lo Country to help fund the now-deceased nun's mission.
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| 1 | The Bride! (2026) | Myrna Malloy | 8 | |
| 2 | Ferrari (2023) | Laura Ferrari | 7 | |
| 3 | L'immensità (2022) | Clara | - | - |
| 4 | The 355 (2022) | Graciela Rivera | 5.9 | |
| 5 | Official Competition (2021) | Lola Cuevas | 9 | |
| 6 | Parallel Mothers (2021) | Janis | 7.2 | |
| 7 | Wasp Network (2020) | Olga | 5 | |
| 8 | Pain and Glory (2019) | Jacinta | 7.9 | |
| 9 | Everybody Knows (2018) | Laura | 7.2 | |
| 10 | Murder on the Orient Express (2017) | Pilar Estravados | 6.8 | |
| 11 | Loving Pablo (2017) | Virginia Vallejo | 6.1 | |
| 12 | Grimsby (2016) | Rhonda George | 6.2 | |
| 13 | Zoolander 2 (2016) | Valentina Valencia | 5.8 | |
| 14 | The Queen of Spain (2016) | Macarena Granada | 1 | |
| 15 | ma ma (2015) | Magda | - | - |
| 16 | Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor' (2014) | Self (archive footage) | - | - |
| 17 | I'm So Excited! (2013) | Jessica | 4.4 | |
| 18 | The Counselor (2013) | Laura | 4.9 | |
| 19 | Once Upon a Time… All About My Mother (2012) | Self | - | - |
| 20 | To Rome with Love (2012) | Anna | 5.9 | |
| 21 | Twice Born (2012) | Gemma | 7.8 | |
| 22 | Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011) | Angelica | 6.8 | |
| 23 | Woody Allen: A Documentary (2011) | Self | - | - |
| 24 | Sex and the City 2 (2010) | Carmen García Carrión | 5.8 | |
| 25 | The Cannibalistic Councillor (2009) | Pina | 6 | |
| 26 | G-Force (2009) | Juarez the Guinea Pig (voice) | 5.2 | |
| 27 | Nine (2009) Oscars 2010 | Carla | 5 | |
| 28 | Broken Embraces (2009) | Lena | 7.4 | |
| 29 | A Matador's Mistress (2008) | Lupe Sino | - | - |
| 30 | Elegy (2008) | Consuela Castillo | 6.5 | |
| 31 | Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) Oscars 2009 | María Elena | 6.7 | |
| 32 | The Good Night (2007) | Anna / Melodia | 5.5 | |
| 33 | Chromophobia (2006) | Gloria | - | - |
| 34 | Volver (2006) Oscars 2007 | Raimunda | 7.7 | |
| 35 | Bandidas (2006) | Maria Alvarez | 5.8 | |
| 36 | Live 8 (2005) | Self | - | - |
| 37 | Sahara (2005) | Dr. Eva Rojas | 6 | |
| 38 | Don't Move (2004) | Italia | - | - |
| 39 | Noel (2004) | Nina Vasquez | 7 | |
| 40 | Head in the Clouds (2004) | Mia | 6 | |
| 41 | Fan-Fan the Tulip (2003) | Adeline La Franchise | 5 | |
| 42 | Gothika (2003) | Chloe Sava | 6.1 | |
| 43 | Waking Up in Reno (2002) | Brenda | - | - |
| 44 | Don't Tempt Me (2001) | Carmen Ramos | - | - |
| 45 | Blow (2001) | Mirtha Jung | 7.3 | |
| 46 | Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001) | Pelagia | 6 | |
| 47 | Vanilla Sky (2001) Oscars 2002 | Sofia Serrano | 6.6 | |
| 48 | Woman on Top (2000) | Isabella Oliveira | 5 | |
| 49 | All the Pretty Horses (2000) | Alejandra | 7 | |
| 50 | Volaverunt (1999) | Pepita Tudó "la Maja" | - | - |
| 51 | All About My Mother (1999) Oscars 2000 | Rosa | 7.6 | |
| 52 | The Girl of Your Dreams (1998) | Macarena Granada | 3 | |
| 53 | The Man with Rain in His Shoes (1998) | Louise | - | - |
| 54 | Don Juan (1998) | Mathurine | - | - |
| 55 | The Hi-Lo Country (1998) | Josepha O'Neil | - | - |
| 56 | Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health (1997) | Young Diana | - | - |
| 57 | Live Flesh (1997) | Isabel Plaza Caballero | 7.5 | |
| 58 | Open Your Eyes (1997) | Sofía | 7.1 | |
| 59 | La Celestina (1996) | Melibea | 5 | |
| 60 | Todo es mentira (1994) | Lucía | - | - |
| 61 | La ribelle (1993) | Enza | - | - |
| 62 | Belle Époque (1992) | Luz | 10 | |
| 63 | Jamon Jamon (1992) | La hija de puta | 5.3 |
