Penelope Cruz Sanchez

Penelope Cruz Sanchez is the daughter of Eduardo Cruz, a Madrid hairdresser, as well as Encarna Sanchez, a hairdresser from Madrid. She was a compulsive performer as a young girl and often reenacted TV commercials for family amusement. However, she decided to focus her attention on dance. After pursuing classical ballet for 9 years at Spain's National Conservatory, she continued her training under a series of highly acclaimed dancers. She discovered her true calling at the age 15 when she topped 300 contestants in an audition for an agency that represented talent. The resulting contract landed her a variety of roles in Spanish television shows as well as music videos. This in turn paved the way for a career on the big screen. Cruz made her debut film in 1993's The Greek Labyrinth (The Greek Labyrinth). After that, she briefly was in Framed (1992) in a Timothy Dalton thriller. Her next film, Belle Epoque (1992) was an Oscar-winning production in which she played one the four sisters that were seeking to win the love of a handsome deserter army soldier. This film won many Goyas, Spanish equivalent of Academy Awards. The actress continued adding films to her list of credits, growing by three to 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). In 1998, her luck changed when she won the award for Best Actress Goya for the movie industry comedy La Nina De Tus Ojos (1998). Cruz went on to make several more journeys to English-language films, however All About My Mother (1999) was her first big international hit. She played a unchaste however well-meaning nun. Cruz was soon in high demand in both the Atlantic and west coast, since the film garnered many awards and praises. Her next film was Woman on Top (2000), an American comedy about a chef with bewitching culinary skills as well as a severe case motion sickness. While in the US,






 



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