Penelope Cruz Sanchez
Penelope Cruz Sanchez was the daughter
of Eduardo Cruz (a retailer) and Encarna Sanchez (a hairdresser). As a toddler,
she was already a voracious performer, who would reenact TV commercials for her
family's amusement. However, she chose to focus her energies on dance. After
nine years of ballet training at Spain's National Conservatory she was able to
continue her dance training under the direction by a range of well-known
dancers. When she was 15 she discovered her true destiny when she outclassed more
than 300 other girls in a talent agency audition. She was offered roles in
Spanish video and television. The contract led to a number of more roles, and
opened the doors to a career in the big screen. Cruz made her film debut in
1993's The Greek Labyrinth (The Greek Labyrinth). After that, she briefly made
an appearance in Framed (1992), a Timothy Dalton thriller. The Oscar-winning
Belle Epoque (1992) was her third film. In the film she played one of four
sisters that were seeking the affection of a handsome Army deserter. This film
won many Goyas, Spanish equivalent of Academy Awards. Cruz became a renowned
Spanish actress thanks to her average of three to four films per year
increasing 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). Her luck turned around in 1998,
when her film-industry comedy La Nina De Tus Ojos (1998) earned her a Best
Actress Goya. Cruz had a few more appearances in English-language films but her
biggest international success was the film of Almodovar All About My Mother
(1999) where she played a sexy but thoughtful nun. The film was flooded with
accolades and awards Cruz quickly found herself highly sought-after across both
sides of the Atlantic. Woman on Top (2000) was her next film. It was an
American comedy about a chef with extraordinary culinary abilities and extreme
motion sickness. While in the US,
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