Penelope Cruz

Penélope Cruz is a Spanish actress who rose to international prominence in the late 1990s and 2000s.

She won an Academy Award for *Vicky Cristina Barcelona* (2008) and is known for frequent collaborations with director Pedro Almodóvar.

Her name sometimes appears anglicized without the accent: Penelope Cruz stars in the new film.

Opposites
celebrity obscurity

Penelope Cruzhas-been

Former notable, now irrelevant

nobody

cultural/aesthetic persona

Penelope CruzTilda Swinton

Kristen Stewart · Frances McDormand · girl next door · plain Jane

geographic/cultural origin in cinema

Penelope CruzMeryl Streep

Jennifer Lawrence · Scarlett Johansson

Family

penned, penning, cruise, cruises, cruised, cruising, cruiser

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G