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  • Cruz picks up useless skills for movie roles - 18 November 2009
    -Penelope Cruz is often amused by the useless skills she has picked up while rehearsing for film roles - she can gallop on a camel and chop vegetables really quickly.- -The actress always puts everything into movie characters, so she looks the part on screen - and she


  • Loren is scared of Day-Lewis - 10 November 2009
    vie musical Nine - because the actor is "scary" and "intimidating".- -The actress appears alongside a stellar line-up including Penelope Cruz, Nicole Kidman and Dame Judi Dench in the upcoming film.- - But it was Day-Lewis who made Loren nervous - because she felt ove


  • Cruz locked herself away before singing debut at Abbey Road - 8 November 2009
    -Spanish movie star Penelope Cruz was so paranoid about protecting her voice before her musical debut in Nine she became a recluse.- -The actress felt the pressure of recording her vocals at London's famed Abbey Road Studios and decided to lock herself away in her hote

Penelope Cruz - what members say


  • All About My Mother
  • All About My Mother review by Stevieb47 from poole
    Rated - 5 stars Fabulous 12 June 2005
    ... has taken refuge with a local convent where she is looked after by Sister Rosa(Penelope Cruz) but Rosa reveals that she is pregnant.....also by Lola........ Meanwhile Manu...  
  • Jamon Jamon
  • Jamon Jamon review by A customer from Rickmansworth, UK
    Rated - 2 stars Weak film 12 July 2005
    ...Was looking forward to watching Penelope Cruz in her early career but was disappointed. Pointless nudity and it was unconvincing the way she changed the object of her affect...  
  • Captain Corelli's Mandolin
  • Captain Corelli's Mandolin review by from Stotfold
    Rated - 5 stars Another of John Madden's well-crafted films 10 March 2005
    ...e love story gently evolved - its slow pace redolent of the years that elapsed. Penelope Cruz was the epitome of how a woman can suddenly become so beautiful with just a smi...  

Penelope Cruz - filmography


  • G-Force (2009)
    Starring: Penelope Cruz,  Penelope Cruz,  Will Arnett
    Director: Hoyt Yeatman,  Hoyt Yeatman Jr.
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Two time Oscar-winning visual effects artist Hoyt Yeatman makes his feature directorial debut with this Jerry Bruckheimer-produced family film following a group of highly trained guinea pigs on their mission to prevent an evil billionaire from taking over the world. Beginning in the Civil War -- ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 186 members
    Due for release on 30th November 2009
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  • Broken Embraces - BLU-RAY Version (2009)
    Starring: Kiti Manver,  Rossy de Palma,  Lola Duenas
    Director: Pedro Almodovar
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    After LIVE FLESH, ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER, and VOLVER, director Pedro Almodovar and his muse Penelope Cruz unite for a fourth time with this drama. Here, Almodovar delves into noir style to tell a tale of a man (BAD EDUCATION's Lluis Homar) with dual identities who tries to compartmentalize his life ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 4 members
    Due for release on 1st February 2010
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  • Nine (2009)
    Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis,  Marion Cotillard,  Penelope Cruz
    Director: Rob Marshall
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Famous film director Guido Contini struggles to find harmony in his professional and personal lives, as he engages in dramatic relationships with his wife, his mistress, his muse, his agent, and his mother.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 15 members
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  • Broken Embraces (2009)
    Starring: Penelope Cruz,  Penelope Cruz,  Blanca Portillo
    Director: Pedro Almodovar
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    After LIVE FLESH, ALL ABOUT MY MOTHER, and VOLVER, director Pedro Almodovar and his muse Penelope Cruz unite for a fourth time with this drama. Here, Almodovar delves into noir style to tell a tale of a man (BAD EDUCATION'S Lluis Homar) with dual identities who tries to compartmentalize his life ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 232 members
    Due for release on 1st February 2010
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  • Elegy on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Penelope Cruz,  Penelope Cruz,  Ben Kingsley
    Director: Isabel Coixet
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Charismatic professor David Kepesh glories in the pursuit of adventurous female students but never lets any woman get too close. When gorgeous Consuela Castillo enters his classroom, however, his protective veneer dissolves. Her raven-haired beauty both captivates and unsettles him. Even if Kepesh ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 4,212 members
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  • Manolete (2007)
    Starring: Penelope Cruz,  Penelope Cruz,  Adrien Brody
    Director: Menno Meyjes
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The film starts in the trip from Sevilla to Linares, where Manolete stops in Córdoba to see his mother. He will be remembering some passages of his life.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 No ratings yet. Be the first.
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  • Volver on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Penelope Cruz,  Penelope Cruz,  Carmen Maura
    Director: Pedro Almodovar
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Following the passing away of their mother in a fire, Raimunda (Penelope Cruz, VANILLA SKY) and Sole (Lola Duenas, TALK TO HER), leave their home town of La Mancha to live in Madrid. Raimunda lives with her daughter and unsupportive husband, taking on menial jobs, while Sole works in secret as a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 37,063 members
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  • Sahara - HD DVD Version (2005)
    Starring: Matthew McConaughey,  Penelope Cruz,  Penelope Cruz
    Director: Breck Eisner
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Dirk (Matthew McConaughey) and Al (Steve Zahn) have been friends since kindergarten, having also gone through college and the Navy together. The two now work for a former admiral travelling around the world and salvaging treasures from the sea with the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA). ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 60 members
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  • Sahara on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Matthew McConaughey,  Penelope Cruz,  Penelope Cruz
    Director: Breck Eisner
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Dirk (Matthew McConaughey) and Al (Steve Zahn) have been friends since kindergarten, having also gone through college and the Navy together. The two now work for a former admiral travelling around the world and salvaging treasures from the sea with the National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA). ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 56,599 members
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  • Blow on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Johnny Depp,  Penelope Cruz,  Penelope Cruz
    Director: Ted Demme
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    George Jung (Johnny Depp) doesn't want to live like his father (Ray Liotta)--always short of money and constantly berated by his mother (Rachel Griffiths). So he sets off for California to live on the beach, where he finds he can make a living selling drugs. Soon George's drug dealing business ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 13,753 members
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  • Blow - BLU-RAY Version (2001)
    Starring: Johnny Depp,  Penelope Cruz,  Penelope Cruz
    Director: Ted Demme
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    George Jung (Johnny Depp) doesn't want to live like his father (Ray Liotta)--always short of money and constantly berated by his mother (Rachel Griffiths). So he sets off for California to live on the beach, where he finds he can make a living selling drugs. Soon George's drug dealing business ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 274 members
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  • Vanilla Sky on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Penelope Cruz,  Penelope Cruz
    Director: Cameron Crowe
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: £2.49
    Director Cameron Crowe (JERRY MAGUIRE, ALMOST FAMOUS) teams up with Tom Cruise once again in an adaptation of Alejandro Amenabar's 1997 Spanish film OPEN YOUR EYES. Cruise plays David Aames, a playboy publisher leading a seemingly charmed life. His most recent playmate is his "friend" Julie Gianni (..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 18,773 members
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  • All The Pretty Horses on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Matt Damon,  Penelope Cruz,  Penelope Cruz
    Director: Billy Bob Thornton
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Billy Bob Thornton's ALL THE PRETTY HORSES is about John Grady Cole (Matt Damon), a young rancher growing up just after WWII. After his mother sells the family ranch, John convinces his best friend, Lacey Rawlins (Henry Thomas), to accompany him to Mexico, where ranching is still a big part of life...read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 1,245 member
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  • Woman On Top on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Penelope Cruz,  Penelope Cruz,  Anne Ramsey
    Director: Fina Torres
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director Fina Torres presents a sweet and sour love story/fairy tale with WOMAN ON TOP, the quirky story of Isabella (Penelope Cruz) a top-notch chef and glowing beauty who suffers from motion sickness. Playing up all of these characteristics, the film explores two of Cruz's love affairs: one with ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 1,734 member
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  • If Only on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Douglas Henshall,  Lena Headey,  Penelope Cruz
    Director: Maria Ripoll
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Almost everyone wishes they could have a second chance at love. This charming British romantic comedy, IF ONLY, dares to revel in the fantasy. Douglas Henshall plays Victor Bukowski, an unemployed man distraught over the fact that his beloved ex is about to marry another man. Magically, he is ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 1,328 member
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  • The Girl Of Your Dreams (1998)
    Starring: Penelope Cruz,  Penelope Cruz,  Antonio Resines
    Director: Fernando Trueba
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on an allegedly true story of how during the fascist era of the 1930s the Nazi Party's head of propaganda, Josef Goebbels, fell head-over-heels in love with the reigning Spanish cinema queen when the latter visited the Ufa studios in Germany. Singer Macarena Granada is shooting a cheesy ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 450 members
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  • Open Your Eyes on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Eduardo Noriega,  Najwa Nimri,  Penelope Cruz
    Director: Alejandro Amenabar
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: £2.49
    Handsome 25-year-old Cesar (Eduardo Noriega) has it all--a successful career, expensive cars, a swank bachelor's pad, and an endless string of beautiful and willing women. Unfortunately, he can't get rid of his latest conquest, Nuria (Najwa Nimri) soon enough. When she crashes his birthday party, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 6,190 members
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  • Noel on DVD
    Starring: Susan Sarandon,  Penelope Cruz,  Penelope Cruz
    Director: Chazz Palminteri
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Watch now: £2.49
    A first-rate cast comes together for this collection of intertwining tales of lonely New Yorkers reaching out to each other on Christmas Eve. Susan Sarandon plays Rose, a widowed editor who spends way too much time at the hospital bed of her Alzheimers-stricken mother. Robin Williams is the ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 3,632 members
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  • Open Your Eyes to Watch Now (1997)
    Starring: Eduardo Noriega,  Penelope Cruz,  Chete Lera
    Director: Alejandro Amenabar
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
    Watch now: £2.49
    Run time: 115 minutes
    Open Your Eyes... appearances can be deceiving. Open Your Eyes is an intriguing mix of fantasy and horror, exploring the collision between dreams and reality. Central to the film is a remarkable performance by the sexy, Spanish enchantress Pen?lope Cruz, star of Volver and Vanilla Sky, which was ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 80% from 13 members
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Penelope Cruz facts

5 most recent films

G-Force - 3.5 stars
G-Force - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Broken Embraces - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Nine - 3.5 stars
Broken Embraces - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Blow - BLU-RAY Version - 3.5 stars
Volver - 3.5 stars
All About My Mother - 3.5 stars
Broken Embraces - 3.5 stars
Blow - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Manolete - 3 stars
G-Force - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Bandidas - 3.0 stars
Broken Embraces - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Elegy - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Penelope Cruz - 36 times - show films
Steve Zahn - 4 times - show films
Patricia Clarkson - 3 times - show films
Matthew McConaughey - 3 times - show films
Lola Duenas - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Pedro Almodovar - 4 times - show films
Breck Eisner - 3 times - show films
Ted Demme - 2 times - show films
Isabel Coixet - 2 times - show films
Fernando Trueba - 2 times - show films