Penelope Cruz Sanchez
Penelope Cruz Sanchez is the daughter of
Eduardo Cruz, a Madrid hairdresser, and Encarna Sanchez, a hairdresser from
Madrid. She was an obsessive performer when she was a kid and even reenacted
commercials on TV to amuse the family. But she chose to focus her attention on
dancing. She continued to train with a number of well-respected dancers, after
having spent 9 years studying classical ballet at Spain's National
Conservatory. Her true calling was discovered at age 15, when she beat more
than 300 girls at an audition for an agency for talents. The agency offered her
roles on Spanish music videos and TV. This led to many more roles, and opened
the doors to a successful career on the world of big screens. 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). The
Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992) was her third film. In it, she played one of
the four sisters who were fighting for the attention of a handsome deserter
from the Army. The film also won several Goyas which is the Spanish equivalent
to the Academy Awards. She continued adding films to her portfolio, growing by
three or four every year. Soon Cruz was the leading lady 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 the award for best Actress Goya for the movie industry
comedy La Nina De Tus Ojos (1998). Cruz had a few more forays into
English-language film, but her first big international success was the film of
Almodovar All About My Mother (1999) in which she played a sexy but thoughtful
nun. When the film was lavishly adorned with awards and praises, Cruz quickly
found herself being sought after on both sides of the Atlantic. The American
comedy Woman on Top (2001) was her next major film, tells the story of an
American chef with amazing culinary skills and extremely motion sickness. When
she was in the US,
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