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| Penelope Cruz |
One of Spain's foremost leading ladies of the 1990s, Penelope Cruz has managed to make her mark on international audiences as well.
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Born in Madrid on April 28, 1974, Cruz was one of three children of a merchant and a hairdresser. After years of intensive study in ballet and jazz, she broke into acting in 1992.
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That year, she had starring roles in Jamón Jamón and Belle Epoque, two very disparate films.
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The former cast her as the desperately poor daughter of a village prostitute, while the latter featured her as one of four lusty daughters of a wealthy man in pre-Franco Spain.
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Belle Epoque proved to be a huge success, winning nine Goya Awards (the Spanish equivalent of an Academy Award) and an Oscar for Best Foreign Film.
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Its success gave Cruz a dose of international recognition, and, after starring in a number of Spanish films, she enhanced this recognition in 1997 with the Sundance entry Abre los Ojos.
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That same year, she had a brief but memorable role in Pedro Almodóvar's Carne Trémula.
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In 1998, Cruz had her first starring role in an English language film, playing Billy Crudup's Mexican-American love interest in Stephen Frears' The Hi-Lo Country.
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she returned to Spain to collaborate once again with Almodóvar on Todo Sobre Mi Madre, a wildly acclaimed film that premiered at Cannes that year.
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Penelope Cruz at a press conference for her Best Supporting Actress Oscar nomination
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| 82nd Accademy Award Photo Of Penelope Cruz |
