Penelope Cruz

Penelope Cruz (Penelope Cruz).
Penelope Cruz Sanchez was born April 28, 1974 in Madrid, Spain, in a family of small traders and hairdresser.
Penelope Cruz c childhood fascinated by dance and jazz, nine years was engaged in classical ballet at Spain's National Conservatory, four years studying the art of dance by Kristina Roth. Subsequently attended various dance courses in New York. Penelope Cruz in fifteen years, managed to successfully pass the audition and to break into television, where she starred in several television shows and several music videos. In 1991 she made her debut in the film - she starred in the movie "The Greek Labyrinth. Then she played a small role in "The Trap" ( "Framed"), and in 1992 the screens out painting "Belle ц?poque" ( "Belle epoque"), in which the aspiring actress played one of the roles. This tape has been awarded several national awards and was named an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. "Belle ц?poque" opened the name of a young actress to international cinemaaudience, . However, fame came to her in 1997, . When Penelope Cruz co-starred in two films - in the drama of the famous Spanish director Pedro AlmodцЁvar, Live Flesh "and became a hit Fantastico mystical tape" Open your eyes ",
. This was followed by roles in English-language films - "Land of hills and valleys" and Stephen Frears "The man with rain in the shoes". With shooting in the next film Almodovar, . "All About My Mother" (1999), . opened the Cannes Film Festival, . Penelope Cruz came to the broad international arena, . and the next two years were a turning point in the film career (and not only there), actress,
. She begins to actively removed on both sides of the Atlantic, and the film's release in the U.S., where Penelope Cruz plays a duet with famous actors like Matt Damon ( "untamed heart"), Johnny Depp ( "Cocaine"), Nicolas Cage. ( "Captain Corelli's Choice"). And the tabloid press might and main to paint her romance with Damon and Cage:
. Penelope Cruz but continued to climb to the heights of Hollywood, . and in 2001, its partner in the set (and not only:) was Tom Cruise, . with whom she co-starred in the staged Cameron Crowe film "Vanilla Sky" - a remake of the picture "Open your eyes.",