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 Birth Name: Penelope Cruz Sanches
Date of Birth: April 28, 1974
Place of Birth: Madrid, Spain
Eye Color: Brown
Height: 5 ' 6 "
Family:
Father: Eduardo
Mother: Encarna
Sister: Monica
Brother: Eduardo Jr
Penelope Cruz was born in Madrid, Spain. She has always been fond of the arts, particularly ballet and jazz. Penelope completed 10 years of classical ballet training, 3 years of Spanish ballet training, and 4 years of Theater at Cristina Rota's New York school.
Her first casted role was in El Laberinto griego (1991), and her big break in Spanish film came the year after in the film: Jamon, Jamon. But it was in Belle ?que that Penelope's stardom received its first worldwide exposure. In 2001 Penelope Cruz appeared in the film Captain Corelli's Mandolin, co-starring Nicolas Cage, and Vanilla Sky opposit Tom Cruise. Penelope also had a little fling with actor Tom Cruise. The couple dated between 2001 and spring 2004.
Penelope Cruz met actor Matthew McConaughey while filming Sahara. The couple started dating in the summer of 2004. They are going to team up for the big-screen adaptation of Joe Coomer's novel The Loop (2006), a love story that revolves around the romance between a highway patrolman and a librarian.
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