Penelope Cruz Sanchez

Penelope Cruz Sanchez was born in Madrid to Eduardo Cruz, a retailer, and Encarna Sanchez, a hairdresser. She was an obsessive performer when she was a kid and often reenacted TV commercials for family amusement. But she chose to focus her attention on dancing. After studying ballet for nine years at Spain's National Conservatory, she continued her training under a series of prominent dancers. She realized her passion at the age of 15 when she defeated more than 300 girls in an audition for an agency for talents. She was offered roles on Spanish television and music videos. This contract led to many more roles, opening the doors to a successful career on the world of big screens. Cruz made her movie debut in The Greek Labyrinth (1993) (The Greek Labyrinth) She then made a brief appearance in the Timothy Dalton thriller Framed (1992). Her final film, Belle Epoque (1992) was an Oscar-winning film where she played one of the four sisters trying to win the affection of a handsome deserter army soldier. The film was awarded many Goyas, Spanish equivalent of Academy Awards. Cruz continued to add more films to her resume, increasing by three or four per year. Soon Cruz was the most sought-after actress in Spanish cinema. 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). Her luck changed completely in 1998, when the film-industry comedy La Nina De Tus Ojos (1998) won her the title of Best Actress Goya. Cruz has made a few other appearances in English-language films but her biggest international success was Almodovar's All About My Mother (1999) in which she played a sexy but very well-meaning nun. Cruz found herself extremely sought-after across both sides of the Atlantic as her film received numerous awards and accolades. Her next major project was Woman on Top (2000) which is an American comedy about a chef who has a dazzling culinary talent and a serious case of motion sickness. While in America,






 




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