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[impel69]

Penélope Cruz

Birth name: Penélope Cruz Sánchez

Nickname: Madonna of Madrid, Spanish enchantress Pen

Date of Birth: April 28, 1974

Place of Birth: Madrid, Spain

Height: 5' 5½" (1.66 m)

Bio:

Known outside her native country as the "Spanish enchantress", Penélope Cruz Sánchez was born in Madrid to Eduardo (a retailer) and Encarna (a hairdresser). As a toddler, she was already a compulsive performer, re-enacting TV commercials for her family's amusement, but she decided to focus her energies on dance. After studying classical ballet for nine years at Spain's National Conservatory, she continued her training under a series of prominent dancers. At 15, however, she heeded her true calling when she bested more than 300 other girls at a talent agency audition. The resulting contract landed her several roles in Spanish TV shows and music videos, which in turn paved the way for a career on the big screen. Cruz made her movie debut in Laberinto griego, El (1993) (The Greek Labyrinth), then appeared briefly in the Timothy Dalton thriller Framed (1992) (TV). Her third film was the Oscar-winning Belle epoque (1992), in which she played one of four sisters vying for the love of a handsome army deserter. The film also garnered several Goyas, the Spanish equivalent of the Academy Awards. Her resume continued to grow by three or four films each year, and soon Cruz was a leading lady of Spanish cinema. Carne trémula (1997) (Live Flesh) offered her the chance to work with renowned Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar (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 Abre los ojos (1997), a huge hit in Spain that earned eight Goyas (though none for Cruz). Her luck finally changed in 1998, when the movie-industry comedy Niña de tus ojos, La (1998) won her a Best Actress Goya. Cruz made a few more forays into English-language film, but her first big international hit was Almodóvar's Todo sobre mi madre (1999) (All About My Mother), in which she played an unchaste but well-meaning nun. As the film was showered with awards and accolades, Cruz suddenly found herself in demand on both sides of the Atlantic. Her next big project was Woman on Top (2000), an American comedy about a chef with bewitching culinary skills and a severe case of motion sickness. While in the US, she also signed up to star opposite Johnny Depp in the drug-trafficking drama Blow (2001) and opposite Matt Damon (her rumored paramour) in Billy Bob Thornton's All the Pretty Horses (2000). Cruz says she's wary of being typecast as a beautiful young damsel, but it's hard to imagine disguising her wide-eyed charms and generous nature (she once donated an entire paycheck to Mother Teresa's children's sanctuary). Fortunately, with Cameron Crowe's Vanilla Sky (2001) (a remake of Abre los ojos (1997)) and a John Madden collaboration looming in her future, Damsel Penelope isn't likely to disappear just yet.

Credit: imdb.com (Internet Movie Database)



This post has been edited by QBall: May 25 2005, 06:33 AM

[Hiro]

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[Darka]

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[moiselles]

I think she's pretty. Thank you, again.

[Neo52285]

i like her but have you seen her sister.....holy crap....she is like a younger, hotter yet cuter version of penelope.

[moiselles]

I think I have, but I can't remember what she looks like.

[Darka]

yeah, Neo is right

[Neo52285]

im telling you a younger, hotter but cuter sister.

[Xfiler]

I like Penelope more than her sister








NUDE:

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http://img232.exs.cx/img232/1037/penelopec...ecruz0136qg.jpg
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This post has been edited by QBall: Jun 8 2005, 07:25 AM

[Hiro]

nice pics! thnx all

Thanks for the pics, she's lovely.

[*GiPsY_grl*]

Very nice , saw Vanilla Sky a few days ago..

[Neo52285]

i like abre tus ojos better...vanilla sky was bad compared to it...the sex scene was better.

[*GiPsY_grl*]

Haven't seen abre tus ojos-or something- yet.

Though I really liked Vanilla Sky!

[Neo52285]

its the same movie but it originally came out in spanish...then they made the english one with tom cruise.

[*GiPsY_grl*]

Oops k

[impel69]

Geat pics everyone. Here is Penélope on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno".




File size: 131 MB

File format: *.mpg

Resolution: 321 x 240

Length of video: 13:13

http://s3.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=38G4LPVS...YM0WL2G8WVNYEEK