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Hollywood Hot Actress Penelope Cruz Biography

Date of Birth

28 April 1974, Madrid, Spain 

Birth Name

Penélope Cruz Sánchez 

Nickname

Madonna of Madrid 

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Height

5' 6" (1.68 m) 

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 The Greek Labyrinth (1993) (The Greek Labyrinth), then appeared briefly in the Timothy Dalton thriller "Framed" (1992). Her third film was the Oscar-winning The Age of Beauty (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. Live Flesh (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 Open Your Eyes (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 The Girl of Your Dreams (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 All About My Mother (1999), 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 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. Fortunately, with Cameron Crowe's Vanilla Sky (2001) (a remake of Open Your Eyes (1997)) and a John Madden collaboration looming in her future, Damsel Penelope isn't likely to disappear just yet.

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Eva Longoria and Spanish toyboy caught on Mexican getaway 

• Longoria snapped on holiday with boyfriend
• Photos confirm relationship with Eduardo Cruz
• Actress has been promoting first cookbook

EVA Longoria has traded the publicity trail, spruiking her new cookbook, for a Mexican getaway with her 26-year-old boyfriend the Daily Mail reports.

Photos of the Desperate Housewives star, 36, and Eduardo Cruz, the younger brother of actress Penelope Cruz, relaxing by the pool at a luxury resort have confirmed their couple status after months of speculation.See photos of Eva Longoria and Eduardo Cruz in Mexico
“Things are getting very serious between Eva and Eduardo,” a source tells People magazine. 'They're really happy.”
In recent weeks, the actress has been promoting her first cookbook Eva's Kitchen: Cooking with Love for Family and Friends. It's not her first food venture - in 2008 she opened her first restaurant, Beso, in Los Angeles.

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"I really consider the restaurant as an extension of my living room," she told the Los Angeles Times, "I can come here to enjoy a night with my friends. I have all my meetings here, and when I host required parties I usually have them here."
Longoria and Cruz reportedly began dating in February. The actress divorced French basketballer Tony Parker after four years of marriage last year.

Source: News.com.au

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Penelope Cruz Professional Photo Session for Mango Spring/Summer 2009

Penelope Cruz looks amazing and beautiful in her Mango Spring/Summer Campaign 2009 photo shoot, photographed by Mert and Marcus. The Mango Spring / Summer 2009 collection allows you to have your pick of several little black dresses and dainty, ruffled tops, coupled with more tailored, menswear-inspired pieces like trenches.

Penelope Cruz with her big brown eyes is just the perfect to show off such classy, timeless pieces as these. The limited collection of the star for the Spring / Summer ’09 Mango line is centered on “Japanese influenced, kimono styles and blazer-trouser combos,” as several media outlets report. However, the “piece de resistance” is the all too important little black dress, as the new
shots for the fourth Cruz campaign also show.

Penelope Cruz and Monica Cruz

Penelope and Monica Cruz - Photo shoot for Mango Clothes. Most known for her movies, the Spanish actress Penelope Cruz also started a designer career earlier this year. Together with her sister Monica Cruz, they created a 25-piece collection for the Barcelona-based fashion chain Mango. The result can be seen in this Advert.