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| 3 | ->''"I want to be remembered as somebody that tried to respect her integrity as an artist and as a person. And I don't want to be in any box. I don't want to be one thing."'' |
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| 5 | Penélope Cruz Sánchez (born April 28, 1974 in Alcobendas, UsefulNotes/{{Spain}}) is a Spanish actress. |
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| 7 | She's best known for such movies as ''Film/{{Blow}}'', ''Film/VickyCristinaBarcelona'', ''Film/{{Bandidas}}'', ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides'', and almost every film Creator/PedroAlmodovar has made since 1997. She was nominated for an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward for ''Film/{{Volver}}'' and ''Theatre/{{Nine|Musical}}'', won for ''Film/VickyCristinaBarcelona''. |
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| 9 | She has a nearly identical younger sister who's also an actress (and fashion model), Mónica Cruz. Penelope has been married to actor Creator/JavierBardem since 2010, with whom she has a son and a daughter. |
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| 11 | !!Films of her with pages on TV Tropes: |
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| 13 | * ''Film/BelleEpoque'' (1992) |
| 14 | * ''Film/OpenYourEyes'' (1997) |
| 15 | * ''Film/AllAboutMyMother'' (1999) |
| 16 | * ''Literature/AllThePrettyHorses'' (2000) |
| 17 | * ''Film/{{Blow}}'' (2001) |
| 18 | * ''Literature/CaptainCorellisMandolin'' (2001) |
| 19 | * ''Film/VanillaSky'' (2001) -- American remake of ''Open Your Eyes'' |
| 20 | * ''Film/{{Gothika}}'' (2003) |
| 21 | * ''Film/{{Fanfan la Tulipe|2003}}'' (2003) |
| 22 | * ''Film/HeadInTheClouds'' (2004) |
| 23 | * ''Film/{{Sahara|2005}}'' (2005) |
| 24 | * ''Film/{{Bandidas}}'' (2006) |
| 25 | * ''Film/{{Volver}}'' (2006) |
| 26 | * ''Film/VickyCristinaBarcelona'' (2008) |
| 27 | * ''Film/GForce'' (2009, voice) |
| 28 | * ''Theatre/{{Nine|Musical}}'' (2009) |
| 29 | * ''Film/SexAndTheCity 2'' (2010) |
| 30 | * ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides'' (2011) |
| 31 | * ''Film/ToRomeWithLove'' (2012) |
| 32 | * ''Film/TheCounselor'' (2013) |
| 33 | * ''Film/Zoolander2'' (2016) |
| 34 | * ''Film/{{Grimsby}}'' (2016) |
| 35 | * ''Film/{{Murder on the Orient Express|2017}}'' (2017) |
| 36 | * ''Series/TheAssassinationOfGianniVersace: Series/AmericanCrimeStory'' (2018) |
| 37 | * ''Film/PainAndGlory'' (2019) |
| 38 | * ''Series/HomeMovieThePrincessBride'' (2020) |
| 39 | * ''Film/The355'' (2022) |
| 40 | * ''Film/{{Ferrari}}'' (2023) |
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| 42 | !!Cruz's works provide examples of: |
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| 44 | %%Please do not add any personal tropes. This page is for her works. |
| 45 | * FakeNationality: She has made a career in Hollywood playing either an American or interchangeable Latin American nationalities (Mexican, Colombian...), despite being from Spain. |
| 46 | * HideYourPregnancy: [[invoked]] During the filming of ''Film/PiratesOfTheCaribbeanOnStrangerTides''. |
| 47 | * MakingUseOfTheTwin: [[invoked]] Her nearly identical younger sister Mónica acted as a double of her in some scenes of ''On Stranger Tides'' in order to hide her pregnancy. She has also been a punctual PoorMansSubstitute. |
| 48 | * MsFanservice: Her beauty has been shown off many times throughout her filmography. |
| 49 | * RomanceOnTheSet: [[invoked]] With Creator/TomCruise on ''Film/VanillaSky'', Creator/MatthewMcConaughey on ''Film/{{Sahara 2005}}'', and Creator/JavierBardem in ''Film/VickyCristinaBarcelona'', although with Bardem they have acted together in films several times prior. |
| 50 | * SpicyLatina: She has played a few in her career. |
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