Penelope Cruz Sanches was born on 28th April 1974 at Madrid, Spain to the couple of Eduardo Cruz who (an auto mechanic) and Encarna Cruz (a hairdresser and manager). She is the eldest daughter of all, having a brother named Eduardo and sister Monica. From her childhood days Penelope had great interests in arts, most importantly in ballet and jazz.
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Penelope completed her education from National Conservatory, Madrid, Spain (majored in Classical Ballet) and Cristina Rota's School in Nueva York (4 years of theater). She totally devoted her 9 years in learning classical ballet. Leaving this she spent another three years learning Spanish ballet from Angela Garrido. But the year of 1991 was a golden time of her life when she made her debut in 'El Laberinto Griego' and later went on to work for the next seven years in Spanish cinema.
At the age of 17 she got a huge break when she was cast in 'Jamon, Jamon' and 'Belle Epoque'. Penelope went on to play one of four daughters of a rich man. Penelope was nominated and later achieved the 1999 Best Actress Goya award for her work in 'La NiƱa de Tus Ojos'.
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This adorable sexy actress has been declared by People magazine as one of their '50 most beautiful folks of 2000'. Such is her beauty that once producer Alan Poul commented 'She can actually stop traffic. When you see her in motion, you can't help but stare'.
She is not only a beautiful figure but also has a beautiful mind and heart. Penelope donated her first official Hollywood paycheck to the Mother Theresa's children's sanctuary in Kolkata, India. She once said to Vanity Fair 'Not everybody can do what they want to do and still eat. I'm very lucky and it's getting better and better'. Penelope also supports the 'Sabera Foundation' an organization developed for helping homeless girls and people suffering from tuberculosis in Kolkata, India. She has got help from Nacho Cano and other Spanish entertainers. To help them they went on to set up a home, a school and a clinic. They also prepared two documentaries for Spanish TV on this aspect and the other one in English for the US market.
As far her private life goes Penelope has been romantically linked with Matt Damon and Nicolas Cage, her former co-stars. She has been also linked with the handsome 'Vanilla Sky' co-star, Tom Cruise. Recently she broke up with Tom.