| Penelope Cruz  AKA Penélope Cruz Sánchez
Born: 28-Apr-1974
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Gender: Female
Religion: Buddhist
Race or Ethnicity: Hispanic
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor Nationality: Spain
Executive summary: Woman On Top Penelope Cruz was working regularly on Spanish TV by her mid-teens, and dropped out of high school to pursue her career. Her first film was the 1992 Spanish sex comedy Jamón, Jamón (aka Salami, Salami, and available on video as A Tale of Ham and Passion). She went on to star in the Spanish films Belle Epoque (1993) and Todo sobre mi madre (All About My Mother, 1999) both of which won Oscars as Best Foreign Language Films.
Cruz is the first Spanish actress to attain enduring stardom in America, although so far her American fame is based mostly on a widely-publicized early-00s affair with her Vanilla Sky co-star, Tom Cruise. Vanilla Sky was a remake of Cruz's 1997 Spanish film Abre los Ojos (Open Your Eyes). While dating Cruise, Cruz quit smoking at his insistence. She also sued the Australian women's magazine New Idea, which had alleged that Cruz had cheated on Cruise with an un-named Spanish actor. The matter was settled with $5,000 and an apology from the magazine.
Early in her career she volunteered (for one week) at Mother Teresa's shanty-like hospital in Calcutta.
Father: Eduardo Cruz (auto mechanic)
Mother: Encarna Sánchez (hairdresser)
Brother: Eduardo Cruz Jr. (b. 1985)
Sister: Mónica Cruz (b. 16-Mar-1977)
Boyfriend: Faiz Ahmad (not the poet)
Boyfriend: Nacho Cano (Spanish pop musician, Mecano, b. 26-Feb-1963, together early 1990s)
Boyfriend: Tom Cruise (together 2001-04)
Boyfriend: Matthew McConaughey (together 2004)
Boyfriend: Josh Hartnett (together 2007)
Boyfriend: Javier Bardem (together 2007)
Afghanistan World Foundation Celebrity Committee
Endorsement of Coca Cola 2003
Endorsement of L'Oreal 2006
Risk Factors: Vegetarian, Former Smoker
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Vicky Cristina Barcelona (17-May-2008)
Elegy (10-Feb-2008)
The Good Night (25-Jan-2007)
Volver (10-Mar-2006)
Bandidas (18-Jan-2006)
Chromophobia (21-May-2005)
Sahara (24-Mar-2005)
Noel (12-Sep-2004)
Head in the Clouds (12-Sep-2004)
Don't Move (12-Mar-2004)
Gothika (13-Nov-2003)
Fanfan la tulipe (14-May-2003)
Masked and Anonymous (22-Jan-2003)
Waking Up in Reno (25-Oct-2002)
Paul McCartney: Back in the US (2002) Herself
Vanilla Sky (10-Dec-2001)
Don't Tempt Me (28-Nov-2001)
America: A Tribute to Heroes (21-Sep-2001) Herself
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (19-Apr-2001)
Blow (29-Mar-2001)
All the Pretty Horses (11-Dec-2000)
Woman on Top (24-Jun-2000)
Volavérunt (1-Oct-1999)
All About My Mother (8-Apr-1999)
The Hi Lo Country (30-Dec-1998)
The Girl of Your Dreams (13-Nov-1998)
Talk of Angels (30-Oct-1998)
The Man with Rain in His Shoes (30-Aug-1998)
Open Your Eyes (19-Dec-1997)
Live Flesh (12-Oct-1997)
Not Love, Just Frenzy (15-Nov-1996)
La Celestina (8-Nov-1996)
Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health (1996)
Todo es mentira (14-Oct-1994)
Alegre ma non troppo (15-Apr-1994)
Belle Epoque (4-Dec-1992)
Framed (27-Nov-1992)
Jamón, jamón (4-Sep-1992)
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