Penelope Cruz
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Birth Name: Penélope Cruz Sánchez
Also Known As Pe, Madonna of Madrid, Spanish enchantress
Birth Date: April 28, 1974
Birth Place: Alcobendas, Community of Madrid, Spain
Height: 5′ 5½”
Hair: Brown
Eyes: Hazel
Sex: Female
Nationality: Spanish
Profession: Actress, Model
Education: Secondary studies (dropped out)
National Conservatory in Madrid, Spain (majored in Classical Ballet)
Cristina Rota’s School in Nueva York (4 years of theater)
Relationship:Â Matthew McConaughey (actor; b. November 4, 1969; dating since summer 2004, met while filming Sahara; broke up in May 2006),
Tom Cruise (actor; dated 2001-January 2004),
Matt Damon (actor; briefly dated during filming All The Pretty Horses in 2000)
Father: Eduardo Cruz (auto mechanic)
Mother: Encarna Cruz (hairdresser, manager)
Sister: Monica Cruz (professional flamenco dancer; TV star; born in 1977)
Brother: Eduardo Jr (born in 1985)
Claim to fame: As Alejandra in All the Pretty Horses (2000)
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This is a Spanish name; the first family name is Cruz and the second is Sánchez.
Penélope Cruz Sánchez (born April 28, 1974), better known as Penélope Cruz, is a Spanish actress. At 15, she was signed by an agent. She made her acting debut at 16 on television, and her feature film debut the following year in Jamón, jamón (1992), to critical acclaim. Her subsequent roles in the 1990s and 2000s included Open Your Eyes (1997), The Hi-Lo Country (1999), The Girl of Your Dreams (2000) and Woman on Top (2000). Cruz achieved recognition for her lead roles in Vanilla Sky and Blow. Both films were released in 2001 and were commercially successful worldwide.
In the 2000s she has appeared in films from a wide range of genres, including the comedy Waking Up in Reno (2002), the thriller Gothika (2003), the Christmas movie Noel (2004), the action adventure Sahara (2005), the animated G-Force and the musical drama Nine. Her most notable films to date are Volver (2006), for which she earned Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations, and Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), for which she received a Golden Globe and Academy Award. She was the first Spanish actress in history to receive an Academy Award, and the sixth Spanish actor overall. G-Force (2009) is her most commercially successful film.
Cruz has modeled for companies such as Mango, Ralph Lauren and L’Oréal. Cruz and her younger sister Mónica Cruz have designed items for Mango. She has donated both her time and money to charities. Cruz has volunteered in Uganda and India, where she spent one week working for Mother Teresa; she donated her salary from The Hi-Lo Country to help fund the late nun’s mission. In the 2000s Cruz had been in long term relationships with her co-stars Tom Cruise and Matthew McConaughey.
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