Penélope Cruz

Penélope Cruz Sánchez (born April 28, 1974), better known as Penélope Cruz, is a Spanish actress. She gathered critical acclaim as a young actress for films such as Jamón, jamón, The Girl of Your Dreams, and Belle Époque. She has also starred in several American films such as Captain Corelli's Mandolin, Blow, Vanilla Sky, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, and Nine. She is known for her work with acclaimed Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, in Broken Embraces, Volver and All About My Mother.

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Cruz has been awarded three Goya Awards, two European Film Awards, and the Best Actress Award at the Cannes Film Festival. In 2009, she won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, a Goya, and a BAFTA for her role in Vicky Cristina Barcelona. She is Spain's first female Oscar winner and also becomes the sixth Hispanic person to win an Oscar after José Ferrer, Rita Moreno, Benicio del Toro (Puerto Rico), Anthony Quinn (Mexico), and fellow Spaniard Javier Bardem. Cruz was nominated for her third Academy Award in 2010 for her role as Carla Albanese in the film version of the musical Nine. This nomination marked only the third time in the history of the Oscars where the winner of the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress was nominated for Best Supporting Actress again in the following year (the other actresses to have achieved this were Estelle Parsons in 1967 and 1968 and Lee Grant in 1975 and 1976).

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Jamón, jamón: Jam?n, jam?n is a 1992 Spanish movie directed by Bigas Luna and featuring Javier Bardem and Pen?lope Cruz. In Spanish, jam?n literally means "ham," but it also means "a beautiful woman." This was Pen?lope Cruz's debut film....

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Pena Ciclista	Pena Ciclista	Jose Cruz Jr. - Batting	Penelope Cruz Print
Vera Cruz 1954	Pena Rhin Auto Racing c.1950	Pena Rhin Auto Racing c.1950	Nelson Cruz 2010
Taio Cruz - Rokstarr CD	Taio Cruz - Rokstarr CD	Penelope Cruz Framed Print	Deportivo Cruz Azul - Blue Matrix