Born April 28, 1974
Penélope Cruz is a Spanish actress known for her work with director Pedro Almodovar. She made her first Hollywood film debut in the 1997 film Open Your Eyes. She has worked in various American films, including The Hi-Lo Country (1999), Vanilla Sky (2001), Blow (2001), Gothika (2003), Sahara (2005) and the musical Nine (2009). Cruz earned Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations for her role in 2006’s Volver, and won a Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for her work in Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008). She is the first Spanish actress to receive an Academy Award in history. She has modeled for Ralph Lauren and L’Oréal, and Cruz and her sister, Monica, have designed items for clothing brand Mango. She is married to Spanish actor Javier Bardem, with whom she has a son, Leo.
Kudos to the talented Penelope Cruz and the legendary Los Tigres del Norte who will be honored with stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2011. They have been selected by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce alongside celebrities Oprah Winfrey and will.i.am to receive the stars. They join other Latino estrellas like Cantinflas, Dolores del Rio and Antonio Banderas in receiving this honor and needless to say, the acknowledgment is very well...
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Penelope Cruz is in Sex and the City 2 for just a couple of minutes, as a woman that Mr. Big shamelessly flirts with at a bar, making Carrie anxious that their boring marriage needs serious help. The scene made us wonder: Why in the world would the filmmakers reach out to the gorgeous Oscar-winning actress, who is a huge fan of the first SATC movie, for a barely-there cameo? We don't know the answer to that, but we do know that the movie would have been a lot better with more Penelope in it. Here’s how we would have used her...
It started at the Oscars earlier this year (remember Penelope Cruz and Sarah Jessica Parker’s updos?), and it looks like big buns will continue to be a big hair trend throughout the year, as seen here on Salma Hayek Pinault at the Cannes Film Festival.
But if you're trying to replicate the...
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Salma Hayek stole the Cannes Film Festival spotlight when she showed up in her stunning one-of-a-kind Gucci Premiere couture gown (the first of the luxury label's new couture line) to the premiere of Robin Hood. Now, she is stealing our hearts.
Hayek donated the gorgeous burgundy gown to help her BFF Penelope Cruz raise money for Haiti. Cruz teamed up with famed jewelry house Chopard and held a special auction in France on the last day of the festival in the hopes of helping the...
Javier Bardem took home the Best Actor award at the Cannes Film Festival for his work in Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu's film Biutiful on Sunday—but despite the accomplishment, that wasn't what everyone was talking about.
While accepting his award at the ceremony, Bardem shocked the crowd by declaring his love for longtime girlfriend Penelope Cruz, saying, “To my girlfriend, my companion, my love: Penelope. I owe you much and I love you a lot.” It was the first time that the couple has...
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Summer doesn’t officially start until the middle of June, but we all know that Hollywood plays by its own rules. Every year, the summer movie season seems to start earlier and earlier and this year is no exception. Iron Man 2 kicked it off this weekend, raking in gazillions of dollars and charming critics and run-of-the-mill moviegoers alike. Robert Rodriguez’s Machete closes it out on September 3 with a star-studded tribute to the b-film movie genre. What’s in the middle? Lots of action, comedy and...
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