Penelope Cruz Sanchez was born in 1974, in Madrid, Spain.
Daughter Eduardo Cruz Y Encarna Sáncheza, as a child she attended school John XXIII.
She was soon drawn to the world of art and acting and especially from the moment she saw the movie “Tie me up! “ from Pedro Almodovar in 1989.
From that moment on, she decided to be an actress in order to fulfill a dream: to work one day with Pedro Almodovar.
She received nine years of classical ballet apprenticeship at the National Conservatory of Madrid, four years of dance improvement in various courses in the Cristina Rota School in New York and three years of Spanish ballet with Angela Garrido.
He also took jazz dance courses with Raúl Caballero.
Parallel to this, she studied acting and attended a multitude of auditions and castings in order to start working in film as an actress.
Towards the end of the 80’s, Penelope began to participate in advertisements, series and television programs such as, “The Fifth March”.
She is known internationally as a film actress, participating in various films made in different languages such as Spanish, English, Italian, French and others, with which she has achieved quite considerable success both in Europe and in America, and several national awards and international.
She is the first and only Spanish actress to date who has managed to stabilize and work with continuity in the film scene of Hollywood.
At the time he participated in the video clip of Meccano, “The force of Destiny” where he met Nacho Cano, your partner at the time.
In 1991, he made his first movie, “The Greek Labyrinth” directed by Rafael Alcazar.
But Penelope began to cherish fame in 1992 with “Belle Epoque”, film for which she was nominated as best actress for an award Goya, Y “Ham Ham”.
Later, he worked on films such as “Between Rojas”, “La Celestina” Y “Tremulous Meat”.
The famous actress really achieved international fame by reaching Hollywood and starring alongside Cameron Diaz Y Tom cruise, with whom he had an affair, the movie “Vanilla Sky”.
After the success he obtained with the film “Love seriously damages health”, Penelope Cruz She became a popular and sought-after actress on the Spanish film scene and finally in 1997 she achieved her big dream: collaborating with a little character in a movie by Pedro Almodovar.
It was in “Trembling flesh”, and in 1997 he also had the honor of starring in the role of Sofia in the movie “Open your eyes”, directed by Alejandro Amenábar.
A huge box office success that culminatingly launched her to national fame and prestige.
After these two films, which marked a clear turning point in her national film career, the actress starred in the 1998 film “The girl of your eyes”, from Fernando Trueba.
With her he achieved his first relevant award in the XIII edition of the Goya Awards from the Spanish film academy as a leading actress and many other recognitions by critics and the public.
He also received recognition from his colleagues in the profession with the award for Best Leading Actress on the Actors Union.
With these three films, she gained a privileged place in Spanish cinema and began to touch the international market as she was nominated at the European level as the best leading actress for La Niña de tus ojos at the European Film Awards.
In early 2004, he ended his relationship with Tom cruise and took the actor as a couple Matthew McConaughey, with whom he acted in “Sahara”, but the following year he separated.
He is currently in a relationship with Javier Bardem, his co-star in “Ham Ham”