and Penelope Cruz. Picture: Getty Penelope got her start in acting pretty early on. When she was just a teenager, she beat out 300 other girls in a talent agency audition which kickstarted ...

Born in 1974 in Alcobendas, near Madrid (Spain), Penélope Cruz was immersed in an artistic environment from a very early age. Her first passion? Dance. From the age of 5, Penélope Cruz immersed ...

Penélope Cruz was Oscar-nominated for her performance in 'Nine', also featuring Daniel Day-Lewis and Judi Dench, but she initially had doubts about it.

Cruz spoke of her early passion for acting before thanking director Michael Mann for choosing her to play “complex character" Laura Ferrari — the wife of Italian former race car driver and ...