Penelope Cruz Sanchez
Penelope Cruz Sanchez was the daughter of Eduardo Cruz (a retailer) and Encarna Sanchez (a hairdresser). When she was a young girl, she was already a compulsive performer who would recreate commercials from the television for her family's amusement, but she decided to focus her energies on dance. After studying classical ballet for 9 years in Spain's National Conservatory, she continued her studies under a group of highly acclaimed dancers. She discovered her true passion at age 15 when she smashed more than 300 other girls at an audition for an agency for talent. She was offered roles in Spanish television and music videos. This contract resulted in a variety of roles, and opened the doors to a successful career in the world of big screens. Cruz made her film debut with The Greek Labyrinth (1993). (The Greek Labyrinth). Following that she appeared briefly in Framed (1992) directed by Timothy Dalton. Her final film was an Oscar-winning film, Belle Epoque (1992), where she played one of the four sisters who compete for the affection of a handsome deserter from the army. The film also garnered many Goyas, the Spanish equivalent of the Academy Awards. Cruz was a well-known Spanish actress after her three to four films per year that she added to her 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 fortunes changed when she was awarded an award for the best Actress Goya for her role in the film industry comedy La Nina De Tus Ojos (1998). Cruz went on to make several more journeys to films in English, but All About My Mother (1999) was her first big international hit. She played a unchaste yet well-meaning nun. Cruz was highly sought-after on both sides of the Atlantic as her film received numerous awards and accolades. Her next big project was Woman on Top (2000) the American comedy about a chef with bewitching culinary skills and a severe bout of motion sickness. While in the US,
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