In Spanish, the name of this wonderful actress is Penelope Cruz Sanchez, and she was born in the small Spanish town of Alcobendas, part of the municipality of Madrid. In a review article, we will present interesting facts about the biography of a beautiful woman, her career and discover some secrets of her personal life. So meet the model and actress Penelope Cruz, mysterious and inimitable.
Friendly spanish family
The girl, named Penelope, was born in an ordinary family. Eduardo Cruz's father, who died in 2015, was a retailer and auto mechanic, and Enkarn Sanchez's mother is a hairdresser who also works as a theater impresario.
In the photo: Penelope and Monica Cruz
She was the oldest of the children, and now maintains a warm relationship with relatives. Monica's younger sister, similar to her as two drops of water, also became an actress, and brother Eduardo devoted himself entirely to music. There is a half-sister named Salma. Apparently she was named in honor of Samma Hayek - Penelope Cruz's best friend, as charming and sexy as herself.
Name and nicknames
They named the girl, as it may seem, not in honor of the Homeric heroine, but in honor of the song “Penelope”, performed by the song of Juan Manuel Serrat.
Friends and girlfriends, and all of Spain, are simply called actress Pe, but in Hollywood she got the nickname "Spanish Charming" and "Madrid Madonna."
Early hobbies
In childhood, an energetic and cheerful girl was fond of dancing, and professionally studied ballet and theater art in educational institutions in Spain and the United States.
From the first years of her life, she was amusing herself with her homework, ridiculously imitating television commercials, showing not a huge acting talent.
For many years, ballet was in the first place, but interest in cinema showed itself after watching the picture “Tie Me Up!”. At the age of 15, luck smiled at her and after the casting she was accepted into one of the acting agencies of young talents.
Carier start
The acting debut of the future actress was the participation in the music video of the Spanish group “Mecano” as a dancer. Then there was a very small episode in the erotic series "Pink Series", in which Cruz starred naked.
Note that after the debut, the girl suffered a nervous breakdown, but she coped with difficulties and continued her acting career.
In 1989, a young and talented aspiring actress received a full-fledged role in the film "Ham, Ham." Her heroine was pregnant, and again it was necessary to appear in the frame without clothes.
Confession
In fact, the role of Sylvia in the debut film brought her national success and the first nominations for many prestigious Spanish film awards. But the talented director Pedro Almodovar really brought to light the actress, removing the young talent in his thriller Living Water.
Since then, the actress and director have become friends, and their collaboration has been highly praised by film critics and viewers. It was Almodovar who made her popular, which the black-haired Spaniard dreamed of in her youth, and the director himself calls her his muse.
Moving to the USA was a bold step, but at the same time it was an important step on the Olympus of cinema, and today the Spaniard is one of the most beautiful and sought-after actresses in world cinema.
Model Experience
Such a charming woman attracted the attention of leading fashion houses and manufacturers of luxury cosmetics.
It was thanks to the collaboration with Ralph Laurent that she secured the title of the most charming girl on the planet. She practically does not use jewelry, constantly wearing only a jade ring in memory of her grandmother. Cruz believes that jewelry, like cosmetics, interfere with its natural beauty.
In her collection, work with such well-known companies as L’Oréal, Mango. In 2010, she became an official of Lancôme, takes part in fashion shows of clothing collections, and her photo shoots often adorn the covers and pages of famous magazines.
Charity
Penelope gave her first fee to the last cent to the Maria Theresa Foundation, and since then has not been unfaithful. She is a philanthropist who is actively helping people around the world.
She worked as a volunteer in Uganda, helping children in Indian Calcutta in the orphanage of Mother Teresa. And today it continues to provide passive assistance to those in need around the world, and in 1999 headed one of the branches of the Sabera Foundation charity.
Fearless
Two girlfriends, Salma Hayek and Cruz, starred in the movie Bandits, where two hot brunettes performed most difficult tricks on their own.
Possessing perfect forms, Penelope is not afraid to appear in front of the camera lenses on the beach in a swimsuit. By the way, about the most beautiful swimwear on most-beauty.ru there is an interesting article with many photos.
But there were in the life of the actress and truly bold steps. Twice she became an assistant during a focus show with a woman sawing. Once Cruz "sawed" himself David Copperfield.
First spanish woman
She became the first in a series of Spanish actresses to be awarded the Academy Award for the supporting role in the movie Vicky Cristina Barcelona, and was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Note that Penelope’s husband, Javier Bardem, is also the only Spanish actor to raise the Oscar gold statuette above his head.
Cruz has repeatedly been recognized as the sexiest woman on the planet, but has always stated that she does not like to be on the stupid list of “sex symbols”, but is an ordinary woman. But the magazines "Maxim", "Glamor", "Elle" and others with enviable constancy put it in the first place of beauty ratings.
Star duet
Most often, the inimitable Johnny Depp became a partner on the set of the Spanish actress.
The first time Johnny Depp and Penelope starred in the thriller Cocaine, then there were Pirates of the Caribbean. On strange shores. " The fourth part of the cult film Cruz and Depp together represented in the Russian capital during the premiere of the adventure film.
In 2017, the charming Frenchwoman Michelle Pfeiffer joined the stellar duet in an exciting detective film based on Agatha Christie's Murder on the Orient Express.
Laid-back and open
The beautiful Spaniard does not hide how old she is, and all admirers of talent know the exact date of birth and age of her pet.
In all her interviews, the actress declares that the secret of her incredible beauty in self-esteem, but of course she manages to maintain such ideal figure parameters thanks to a healthy lifestyle, although sometimes, as the actress herself admits, abuses smoking.
In 2018, an already mature, held woman showed photos in which she was 13 years old, and fans enthusiastically accepted this actress gesture, and noted that she had not changed much.
The actress practically does not use makeup, trusting success to her natural beauty of the southerner.
Interesting incidents
- After participating in the film “Indomitable Hearts”, the actress became a vegetarian.
- The actress almost overslept at the Oscars, but still managed to by the time she announced her victory in the nomination for Best Supporting Role.
- In 2010, Cruz was again nominated for a prize for her role in the musical Nine, but missed the ceremony, as she changed her phone number and she simply did not get through.
- During the filming of the fifth part of “Pirates of the Caribbean,” Penelope in some episodes was replaced by her sister Monica, since Penelope could not perform many tricks due to pregnancy.
- She performed the same role twice. In the science fiction film “Open Your Eyes”, which was released in 1997 and in a remake of this film called “Vanilla Sky”, which viewers saw in 2001.
Bad habits
The actress doesn’t have so many, but she smokes a lot, drinks a lot of carbonated drinks, especially preferring Coca-Cola, and also spends her earned fees with ease and very quickly.
Not a bad habit, but still ... The actress loves to sleep, and sometimes devotes it to 18 hours a day. Recovering from filming or tedious presentations.
Films and novels
It happens in an acting environment that working together in a movie leads to a long relationship or short-term romance. There are such moments in the life of the most talented Spanish actress.
Penelope Cruz and Tom Cruise lived together for 3 years, and the romance began with joint filming in the film Vanilla Sky. All this time, Cruz was jealous of the actor for Nicole Kidman, although the ex-wife of Tom Cruise and denied rumors of a warming relationship with Tom.
The 2005 Sahara film launched a relationship with McConaughey Wash, but the couple broke up a year later.
Attributed Novels
Naturally, such a beautiful woman is not ignored by rumors and speculation. She was credited with a passionate relationship with Nicolas Cage, musician Nacho Cano and many other famous personalities.
Odyssey Penelope
The passionate, sexy and sultry Spanish woman turned her head to more than one man, fell in love and parted, and like her Homer namesake, who had been waiting for her husband for 15 years, she was also waiting for her Odyssey.
It took the present Penelope 18 years to wait. The fact is that in the film Ham, Ham, which was released in 1992, the actor Javier Bardem was a partner of the young girl. In 2007, a handsome Spaniard reappeared on the actress's life path, and a fire of love broke out between creative people.
Bardem and Penelope Cruz in 2010 went to the Bahamas, where they played a wedding. Now, having acted in films a lot, the spouses raise their son Leonardo and a daughter named Luna, and most importantly, now they cannot imagine life without each other.
Finally
In conclusion, we note that Penelope Cruz is recognized as the sexiest woman on the planet from living and continuing an active career.
The filmography of the bright and brilliant woman has more than 50 films, and the magnificent actress continues to delight with new wonderful roles that collect huge box office, and most importantly, people of different nationalities, political views and religious beliefs like it.