Penelope Cruz Sanchez
Penelope Cruz Sanchez was born in Madrid
to Eduardo Cruz, a retailer, and Encarna Sanchez who was hairdresser. She was a
performer with a passion in her youth and often reenacted TV commercials to
amuse the family. However, she decided to concentrate on dance. After studying
ballet for 9 years at Spain's National Conservatory, she continued her
education under a variety of prominent dancers. Her true calling was discovered
at age 15 after she defeated over 300 other girls at an audition with an agency
for talent. The contract she signed secured her roles in Spanish TV shows , as
well as music videos. It opened the way to a promising career in the world of
film. Cruz made her debut in a film in The Greek Labyrinth (1993) (The Greek
Labyrinth), then appeared briefly in the Timothy Dalton thriller Framed (1992).
Her final film was the Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992), in which she was one
of four sisters who compete for the affections of a handsome deserter from the
army. The film also garnered numerous Goyas that are the Spanish equivalent of
the Academy Awards. Cruz was a well-known Spanish actor with her average of
three to four film per year growing 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 was awarded a Best Actress Goya for the movie
industry comedy La Nina De Tus Ojos (1998). Cruz made a few more ventures into
film in the English language, however, her first major international success
was Almodovar's All About My Mother (1999), in which she played an unchaste ,
but thoughtful nun. Cruz was suddenly in high demand both on the Atlantic as
well as the west coast, since the film garnered numerous awards and accolades.
Her next major project was Woman on Top (2000) the American comedy about a chef
with a captivating culinary skill as well as a severe case motion sickness.
When she was in America,
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