Cast & creator
Penélope Cruz
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Late Night with Seth Meyers
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Penélope Cruz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Penélope Cruz Sánchez
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1948–2027 · acting roles
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Filmography (136)
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self
2014
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self - Guest
2014
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
Leute heute
Self
1997
El hormiguero
Self - Guest
2006
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Hot Ones
Self
2015
60 Minutes
Self
1968
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
The Invite
Piña
2026
American Crime Story
Donatella Versace
2016
Punk'd
Self
2003
Bambi
Self
1948
The Oscars
Self
1953The Oscars
Self - Presenter
1953
Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
Angelica
2011
The Jay Leno Show
Self
2009
The Bride!
Myrna Malloy
2026
La bola negra
Nené Romero
2026
Dani&Flo con Lara Álvarez
Self - Interviewee
2017
Lo + plus
Self - Guest
1995
Murder on the Orient Express
Pilar Estravados
2017
The Counselor
Laura
2013
Softly from Paris
Daphné / Javotte / Juliette
1986
Vanilla Sky
Sofia Serrano
2001
G-Force
Juarez the Guinea Pig (voice)
2009
Home Movie: The Princess Bride
Prince Humperdinck / Princess Buttercup
2020
Sex and the City 2
Carmen García Carrión
2010
Grimsby
Rhonda George
2016
Open Your Eyes
Sofía
1997
Zoolander 2
Valentina Valencia
2016
Late Xou con Marc Giró
Self - Guest
2023
Loving Pablo
Virginia Vallejo
2017
The 355
Graciela Rivera
2022
All About My Mother
Rosa
1999
Parallel Mothers
Janis
2021
Blow
Mirtha Jung
2001
La Noche D
Self - Guest
2021
Pain and Glory
Jacinta
2019
Ferrari
Laura Ferrari
2023
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
María Elena
2008
Day Drinker
Cara Lazaro
2027
Official Competition
Lola Cuevas
2021Official Competition
Executive Producer
2021
To Rome with Love
Anna
2012
Gothika
Chloe Sava
2003
Lo de Évole
2020
Sahara
Dr. Eva Rojas
2005
Everybody Knows
Laura
2018
Jamon Jamon
La hija de puta
1992
Volver
Raimunda
2006
Live Flesh
Isabel Plaza Caballero
1997
Wasp Network
Olga
2020
Head in the Clouds
Mia
2004
Broken Embraces
Lena
2009
Don't Move
Italia
2004Paris Paramount
2027
Bandidas
Maria Alvarez
2006
Nature Is Speaking
Water
2015
Woman on Top
Isabella Oliveira
2000
L'immensità
Clara
2022
Nine
Carla
2009
The Hi-Lo Country
Josepha O'Neil
1998
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
Pelagia
2001
Fan-Fan the Tulip
Adeline La Franchise
2003
I'm So Excited!
Jessica
2013
Noel
Nina Vasquez
2004
La gran il·lusió, relat intermitent del cinema català
Self (archive footage)
2019
Belle Époque
Luz
1992Crónicas urbanas
Actriz
1991
All the Pretty Horses
Alejandra
2000
Elegy
Consuela Castillo
2008
Pedro x Javis
Self
2025
Woody Allen: A Documentary
Self
2011
Waking Up in Reno
Brenda
2002
Chromophobia
Gloria
2006
Don't Tempt Me
Carmen Ramos
2001
Twice Born
Gemma
2012Twice Born
Co-Producer
2012
The Queen of Spain
Macarena Granada
2016
Bunker
Sofia
2026
Framed
Lola Del Moreno
1992
The Good Night
Anna / Melodia
2007
Volaverunt
Pepita Tudó "la Maja"
1999
Pongamos que hablo de
Self
2020
High & Low – John Galliano
Self
2024
Live 8
Self
2005
On the Fringe
Azucena
2022On the Fringe
Producer
2022
The Man with Rain in His Shoes
Louise
1998
Masked and Anonymous
Pagan Lace
2003
Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health
Young Diana
1997
The Girl of Your Dreams
Macarena Granada
1998The Girl of Your Dreams
Songs
1998Der Weg des Ruhms - Hollywoods Walk of Fame
Self (archive footage)
2011
ma ma
Magda
2015ma ma
Producer
2015
A Scent of Paradise
Doña Helena
1997Truth of the Situation: Making 'The Counselor'
Self (archive footage)
2014
Almodóvar, todo sobre ellas
Self
2016
Don Juan
Mathurine
1998
Talk of Angels
Pilar
1998
On the Set of 'Gothika'
Self
2004
Alegre ma non troppo
Salomé
1994
Once Upon a Time… All About My Mother
Self
2012
Los mundos de Yupi
La bella durmiente (uncredited)
1988
Brunes et Blondes
Self
2010
A Matador's Mistress
Lupe Sino
2008
The Butterfly Effect
Party Guest (uncredited)
1995
Hitting It Hard
Self
2002The Days of Abandonment
Olga
The Days of Abandonment
Producer
Todo es mentira
Lucía
1994
La Celestina
Melibea
1996This Man, This Woman
Martha Parks
Per amore, solo per amore
Mary
1993
The Making of All About My Mother
Self
2012
La ribelle
Enza
1993
Viva Pedro: The Life & Times of Pedro Almodóvar
Self
2007
Cómo conseguir un papel en Hollywood
Self
2007
Penélope Cruz: Diva in the Mirror
Self - Actress
2022
Thy Kingdom Come
Thanks
2018
The Making of Volver
Self
2007
Yo soy uno entre cien mil
Penélope Cruz
2016Yo soy uno entre cien mil
Director
2016
Women in Prison
Lucía
1995
The Greek Labyrinth
Elisa
1993Karl
Self
2025
Brujas
Patricia
1996Directed by Almodóvar
Self
2007
The Cannibalistic Councillor
Pina
2009Deconstructing Almodóvar
Self
2007
Not Love, Just Frenzy
Laura
1996
Making Parallel Mothers
Self
2022