Penelope Cruz Biography
Penelope Cruz
Real name: Cruz Sᮣhez, Pen鬯pe
Nickname: Pen
Birthday: 28 April, 1974
Birth city: Madrid, Spain
Height: 5' 6 (167 cm)
Penélope Cruz Sánchez (born April 28, 1974) is a Spanish actress.
Born in Madrid, Spain, Cruz was a dancer as a child and young teen, and actually dropped out of high school to pursue dancing at National Conservatory of Madrid (majored in Classical Ballet) and theatre at Cristina Rota's School in New York (4 years).
Her looks and style have been compared favorably with Sophia Loren.
Ms. Cruz's first major films were Jamón, Jamón and the more widely known (in US) Belle Époque, a film which won an Academy Award for Foreign Language Film.
She also appeared with Matt Damon in All The Pretty Horses.
In 1999 she appeared in Pedro Almodóvar's Todo sobre mi madre which won an Academy Award for Foreign Language Film.
In early 2001 she began a three-year relationship with Tom Cruise after his separation from Nicole Kidman. The relationship started on the set of the film Vanilla Sky in which they appeared together.
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