Penelope Cruz Sanchez

Penelope Cruz Sanchez was born in Madrid to Eduardo Cruz, a retailer, and Encarna Sanchez who was a hairdresser. She was a compulsive performer as a young girl and even reenacted commercials on TV to amuse the family. But she chose to concentrate her energy on dance. After pursuing classical ballet for 9 years in Spain's National Conservatory, she continued her training under a series of prominent dancers. She found her calling at the age 15 when she topped 300 girls in an audition for an agency that represented talent. The contract she got secured her roles on Spanish TV shows , as well as music videos. This opened the possibility of a lucrative career on the big screen. Cruz was first seen in a movie in The Greek Labyrinth (1993) (The Greek Labyrinth) Then she appeared briefly 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 competing to win the love of an attractive deserter army soldier. It also took home several Goyas in Spain which is the Spanish equivalent to the Academy Awards. Cruz continued adding films to her portfolio, growing by three or four per year. Soon Cruz became the most prominent 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 fortunes changed when she took home a Best Actress Goya for her role in the film industry comedy La Nina De Tus Ojos (1998). Cruz went on to make several more journeys into English-language films, but All About My Mother (1999) was her first major international success. She played a chaste, but well meaning nun. After the film was flooded with awards and praises, Cruz was suddenly in demand on both sides of the Atlantic. Woman on Top (2000) was her next major film. The film was an American comedy featuring a chef with remarkable culinary talents and extreme motion sickness. In the US,






 




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