Bio data of Penélope Cruz

Penélope Cruz

Date of Birth: 28 April 1974 , Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain

Birth Name: Penélope Cruz Sánchez

Nicknames: Madonna of Madrid, Pe

Height: 5' 6" (1.68 m)

Known exterior her native country as the "Spanish enchantress", Penélope Cruz Sánchez was natural in Madrid to Eduardo (a retailer) and Encarna (a hairdresser). As a toddler, she was by now a compulsive player, re-enacting TV commercials for her family's laughter, but she determined to focus her energies on bop. After studying classical dance for nine years at Spain's nationwide greenhouse, she continued her preparation beneath a sequence of famous dancers. At 15, though, she heeded her true vocation when she beaten additional than 300 other girls at a talent organization test. The resultant agreement landed her more than a few roles in Spanish TV shows and melody videos, which in twist paved the method for a career on the big screen. Cruz complete her film debut in The Greek Labyrinth(1993) (The Greek Labyrinth), then appeared for a short time in the Timothy Dalton thriller Framed(1992). Her third film was the Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992), in which she played one of four sisters vying for the Adore of a good-looking army absconder. The film also garnered several Goyas, the Spanish equal of the Academy Awards. Her recommence continued to grow by three or four films each year, and soon Cruz was a most important lady of Spanish cinema. Live Flesh (1997) (Live Flesh) offered her the possibility to labor with famous Spanish manager Pedro Almodóvar (who would later be her ticket to international fame), and the similar year she was the lead performer 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 lastly changed in 1998, when the movie-industry humor The Girl of Your Dreams (1998) won her a most excellent Actress Goya. Cruz made a few additional forays into English-language film, but her first big global hit was Almodóvar's All About My Mother (1999), in which she played an unchaste but well-meaning priest. As the film was showered with awards and accolades, Cruz abruptly found herself in insist on both sides of the Atlantic. Her after that large plan was Woman on Top(2000), an American humor about a chef with bewitching culinary skills and a severe case of motion sickness. While in the US, she also signed up to star conflicting Johnny Depp in the drug-trafficking play Blow (2001) and conflicting Matt Damon in Billy Bob Thornton's All the Pretty Horses (2000). Cruz says she's cautious of being typecast as a good-looking young damsel, but it's hard to envisage disguising her wide-eyed charms and kind natural history. Fortunately, with Cameron Crowe's Vanilla Sky (2001) (a remake ofOpen Your Eyes (1997)) and a John Madden teamwork looming in her prospect, Damsel Penelope isn't likely to vanish just up till now.