Penelope Cruz Sanchez

Penelope Cruz Sanchez was the daughter of Eduardo Cruz (a retailer) and Encarna Sanchez (a hairdresser). She was a fervent performer as a young girl and even reenacted commercials on TV to entertain the family. However, she chose to focus her attention on dance. After nine years of ballet instruction in Spain's National Conservatory she was able to continue her studies under the direction of several prominent dancers. Her true calling was discovered at age 15 when she beat more than 300 girls in an audition for an agency for talents. The contract she signed secured her roles in a variety of Spanish TV shows and music videos. This opened the door to a career on the big screen. Cruz made her debut film in 1993's The Greek Labyrinth (The Greek Labyrinth). She then briefly appeared in Framed (1992) in a Timothy Dalton thriller. Her final film was the Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992), where she was one of the four sisters vying for the love of a beautiful army deserter. It also took home several Goyas in Spain, which is the Spanish equivalent of the Academy Awards. Cruz became a renowned Spanish actress after her three-to-four films per year increasing resume. 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 luck changed when she won an award for the best Actress Goya for the movie-industry comedy La Nina De Tus Ojos (1998). Cruz made several more trips to films in English, but All About My Mother (1999) was her first major international hit. She played an unchaste however well-meaning nun. Cruz was suddenly in high demand in both the Atlantic and west coast, as the film garnered many awards and praises. Woman on Top (2000) was her next big project. It was an American comedy about a chef who has extraordinary culinary talents and severe motion sickness. In America,






 




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