PENELOPE CRUZ

Penelope Cruz:

Penélope Cruz (born Penélope Cruz Sánchez on 28 April 1974) is a Spanish actress. Signed by a representative of 15 years, she was given his debut at 16 in television and his film debut in the following year in Jamón, jamón (1992), to critical praise. Her subsequent roles in the 1990s and 2000 includedOpen Your Eyes (1997), The Hi-Lo country (1999), The girl of your dreams (2000) and women on top (2000). Cruz achieved recognition for her starring role in Vanilla Sky, and the wound. Both films were released in 2001 and was commercially successful in the world.

In aviation, which appeared in the films from various genres, including comedy Waking Up in Reno (2002), a thriller of a Goth (2003), Christmas film Noel (2004), the adventures of operation Sahara (2005), the G-Force animated and musical drama the nine. Her most notable film to date areVolver (2006), for which he received Golden Globe and Oscar nominations and Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), for which he received an Academy Award. It was the first Spanish actress in history to win an Oscar, and the first Spanish actor to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Cruz was created for companies such as mangoes, Ralph Lauren and L ' Oréal. Cruz and her younger sister Mónica Cruz have developed elements for Mango. She devoted her time and money to charity. Cruz volunteered in Uganda and India, where she spent a week working for Mother Teresa; She gave her salary from The Hi-Lo country assistance fund of the late nonnens of the mission.

Early life:

Penélope Cruz Sánchez was born in Alcobendas, community of Madrid, Spain, the daughter of Encarna Sánchez, a hairdresser and personal Manager, and Eduardo Cruz, a retailer and auto mechanic. Was raised Roman Catholic. During his childhood lived Cruz in Alcobendas, a working-class area of town, although spending time "a lot" apartment his grandmother. Cruz is the oldest of three siblings; He has a younger brother, Eduardo, who is a singer and younger sister, Mónica, who is an actor. She said that she had a happy childhood, and Charlie Rose of 60 minutes Cruzs described his childhood as "simple life". In a foreshadowing way remember Cruz when she was four years old, "playing with my friends and am aware that I behaved as if he played with them – about the character, and pretend to be someone else."

At first, Cruz had no ambitions to become an actor and focused on dance, with the nine years he studied classical ballet, Spanish National Conservatory. Gained three years of the Spanish Ballet training and four years in the school of New York Theatre Cristina Rota. She noted that "I went on foot – die from dance – and so I think the whole nail and discarded and not feel something", however, has made the Ballet in its discipline, in her future acting career important to you. Fan films was in the age of 10 or 11. With no movie theatres near, her first relationship with cinema on Betamax. Her father bought this "[Betamax] machine", which is similar to the Cruz, that it is a very rare one in her own neighborhood at the time.

Da Cruz was a teenager, she began with an interest in acting after watching the film Tie me! Bind me!Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar. He began casting call agent, but has refused several times, because the agent had the feeling that it was too young. Cruz on experience noted that "I was very assistants as a child. [...] I studied and I when I was in high school at night, I was in the ballet, and castings. I looked at the agent, and sent me away three times, because I was a little girl, but kept coming back. I'm still with her after all these years. " In 1989, won at the age of 15, Cruz audition to the talent show with more than 300 other girls. In 1999, Katrina Bayona, Cruz's agent, said, "absolutely magic [on auditions]. It was clear that something was very impressive and the boy. [...] She was very green, but was present. There was just something that comes from within. "

Worldwide recognition, 2006-present:

Cruz appeared in the 2006 Western comedy movie Bandidas as María Álvarez, poor farm girl who robs banks with a wealthy friend to combat an enforcer terrorising their town. Randy Cordova, Arizona Republic said the film "sport" Cruz and her colleague, Salma Hayek, as "the mighty dream team," and that "the marketing imagination" for the film. Writer 20minutos. EC called Cruz and Hayek "demand curves" film. Also in 2006 he received the Cruz favorable reviews for her performance as Raimunda in Volver Pedro Almodóvar. The Film was well received critics and on several top ten film lists for the year 2006. Carina Chocano of the Los Angeles Times wrote that "Cruz, who noticed that in Hollywood, she has rarely allowed to be nothing more than enough, he wakes up it with great determination and siren