50 years old (Born on April 28, 1974)
Actress; She is famous from Woman On Top, Vanilla Sky, Volver and Vicky Cristina Barcelona..
javier is her boyfriend is from spain Ranked #58 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list. Shares her birthday with Jessica Alba & Jay Leno. Her sister Mu00f3nica Cruz is now a TV star in Spain.Penelope Cruz's Best Moments
Fun Facts About Penelope Cruz
Volunteered in Uganda for 2 months in 1997 with then boyfriend Faiz Ahmad.
It was rumored that she donated her entire The Hi-Lo Country (1998) salary to the Mother Teresa`s children`s sanctuary in Calcutta after spending a week there volunteering. This was later denounced by Cruz, according to a Reuters news article in 2001.
Second Spanish performer to be Oscar-nominated. The first one was Javier Bardem.
Is a fan of Indian cinema and has expressed interest in working with Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khan someday.
Dated Tom Cruise. [2001-January 2004]
Spanish citizen.
Claims that Victoria Abril's powerful performance in Pedro Almodu00f3var's u00a1u00c1tame! (1990) ("Tie me up, tie me down!") determined her to become an actress.
Likes to keep stray cats.
Best friends with actresses Goya Toledo and Salma Hayek.
Good friends with ex-boyfriend Tom Cruise. She was one of the first people to visit his new-born baby daughter Suri.
She claims her role in Bigas Luna's Jamu00f3n, jamu00f3n (1992) psychologically scarred her for life. She was a teenager when she was cast in the film which required her to do nudity and sex scenes.
Claims that Victoria Abril`s powerful performance in Pedro Almodu00f3var`s u00a1u00c1tame! (1990)
Brother, Eduardo.
Bigas Luna was determined to have her starring as the lead character in the torrid Edades de Lulu00fa, Las (1990), but Penu00e9lope was only 14. They agreed that she was too young for the role and Francesca Neri was cast instead. Two years later, Luna`s fixation with Cruz resulted in her breakthrough performance in Jamu00f3n, jamu00f3n (1992), her first film, famous for her somewhat erotic scenes. They eventually collaborated again in Volavu00e9runt (1999).
Was accompanied by Matthew McConaughey to the Grammy Awards in 2005. The couple met on the set of Sahara (2005).
is a flamenco dancer
She's twice been sawed in half by a magician. The first time was at the end of an interview on a Mexican talk show, when a local magician sawed her in half in an illusion called Clearly Impossible. The second time was when David Copperfield sawed her in half using an antique Buzz Saw illusion that used to belong to Orson Welles, and that Welles had used to saw in half Rita Hayworth, Marlene Dietrich and Marilyn Monroe. (tv.com)
One of People magazines 50 Most Beautiful People in the world 2005.
Ranked as #51 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement. (2005)
She was named after the song
Lived with Nacho Cano, Spanish musician, part of the trio (famous in Spain) called "Mecano", a pop music group. Penelope appeared in one of the band's video-clips "la Fuerza del Destino" and that's where her romance with one of the two Cano brothers that form part of the group along with the singer Ana Torroja begun.
Voted the 7th Sexiest Female Movie Star in the Australian Empire Magazine September 2002.
After filming All the Pretty Horses (2000), she became a vegetarian.
her sister is a singer
Speaks four languages: Spanish, Italian, French and English.
Ranked #23 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002).
Her sister Mu00f3nica Cruz is now a TV star in Spain. She starred in "Paso adelante, Un" (2002) as a young dancer with a famous aunt.
She was named after the song "Penu00e9lope" by Joan Manuel Serrat.
her sister is monica
Choosen by Empire Magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Movie Stars in the world (#50) 2007.
Daughter of Eduardo (merchant) and Encarna (hairdresser).
Sister of Mu00f3nica Cruz
In 2006, she was earning $2 million per year representing L`Oreal cosmetics.
speaks spanish
Sister of singer Eduardo Cruz and actress Mu00f3nica Cruz.
Two of her boyfriends have been named "Sexiest Man Alive" by People Magazine: Tom Cruise (in 1990) and Matthew McConaughey (in 2005).
Lived with Nacho Cano, Spanish musician, part of the trio (famous in Spain) called
Academic curriculum: Finished 2u00ba B.U.P. (2nd. year of secondary school). Had 4 years of dance performance with Cristina Rota, several dance courses at New York, 9 years of classic ballet at the Conservatorio Nacional and 3 years of Spanish ballet with u00c1ngela Garrido. Also had Jazz Dance course with Rau00fal Caballero.
Shares her birthday with Jessica Alba & Jay Leno
Named #72 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. (2006).
Learned Italian because she wanted her part in the movie Non ti muovere (2004) really badly. It paid off and she went on to win the Italian equivalent of the Oscars for Best Actress.
She founded a non-government organisation (NGO) called Sabera Foundation. Together with Nacho Cano and other Spanish entertainers, they have set up a home, a school and a clinic for homeless girls and people suffering from tuberculosis in Calcutta. Two documentary programs were made for Spanish TV on this project. Unfortunately differences of opinion caused a collapse in the project and Sabera Foundation tragically no longer exists.