Penelope Cruz Sanchez

Penelope Cruz Sanchez was born in Madrid to Eduardo Cruz, a retailer and Encarna Sanchez, hairdresser. When she was a child she was already a fervent performer who would recreate TV commercials for her family's amusement, but she decided to concentrate on dancing. After studying classical ballet for nine years at Spain's National Conservatory, she continued her studies under a group of highly acclaimed dancers. At the age of 15 she followed her calling when she bested over 300 other dancers at a talent agency audition. The agency offered her roles on Spanish television and music videos. This led to many more roles, and opened the doors to a career on the world of big screens. Cruz made her debut in a film in The Greek Labyrinth (1993) (The Greek Labyrinth) and then briefly in the Timothy Dalton thriller Framed (1992). Her third film was the Oscar-winning Belle Epoque (1992), in which she was one of the four sisters vying for the affection of a handsome army deserter. The film has won numerous Goyas, Spanish equivalent of Academy Awards. The actress continued to add films to her list of credits, growing by three or four every year. Soon Cruz was the leading lady in Spanish cinema. Live Flesh (1997) (Live Flesh) offered her the chance to work with renowned Spanish director Pedro Almodovar (who would later be her ticket to international fame), and the same year she was the lead actress in the thriller/drama/mystery/sci-fi film Open Your Eyes (1997), a huge hit in Spain that earned eight Goyas (though none for Cruz). In 1998, her fortunes changed when she received an award for the best Actress Goya for her role in the film industry comedy La Nina De Tus Ojos (1998). Cruz made several more trips into English-language films, but All About My Mother (1999) was her first big international hit. She played an unchaste yet well-meaning nun. Cruz was suddenly in high demand both on the Atlantic and west coast, since the film won many awards and praises. The American comedy Woman on Top (2001) is her next major film, follows an American chef with extraordinary culinary abilities and extreme motion sickness. While she was living in the US,






 




Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Bianca Kajlich

Image
   Bianca Maria Kajlich ( born April 26 1977) is an American actress. Kajlich has appeared in supporting and lead roles in film and television, including Jennifer on the CBS comedy Rules of Engagement (2007 - 2013). Kajlich was also an actress on Bosch as Christina Henry in Season 5 of Amazon Prime. Kajlich is the daughter of Patti and Dr. Aurel Jan “Relo” Kajlich, was born in Seattle, Washington. Her father was Slovak while her mother is Italian. She completed her studies at Bishop Blanchet high school in Seattle, Washington. She also went to Washington State University in Pullman. Kajlich began her professional dance career with the Olympic Ballet Theater in Edmonds, Washington. After seven years she decided to take on acting. She was already in the lead parts in The River, Swan Lake and The Nutcracker by that point. Kajlich was featured in a Kragen Auto Parts ad for her first performance as an actor. She's since appeared in the films Bring It On, 10 Things I Hate About You,...
Read more

Emily Swallow

Image
American actor Emily Swallow was born December 18th, 1979. Her most well-known roles include her roles in The Mentalist's Kim Fischer and Supernatural's 11th season as Amara / The Darkness. She also appears as The Armorer in the live-action Star Wars series The Mandalorian and played a small role as Emily in the video game The Last of Us Part II. Swallow was born on 18 December 1979 in Washington, D.C. Her family lived in Sterling, Virginia, as well as Jacksonville, Florida. Swallow began acting while at Stanton College Preparatory School. She also participated in professional and amateur theatre productions. Swallow graduated from the Stanton College Preparatory School located in Jacksonville in 2001. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Middle Eastern Studies. She was then able to go on to study for an MFA in Acting at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. In 2008 she made her movie debut with The Lucky Ones, a military-themed drama. She was a part of two wo...
Read more

Rena Sherel SOFER

Image
Rena Sherel Sofer is an American actress, known for her performances on the daytime network, occasional guest appearances, and made-for-television films. In 1995, Sofer received a Daytime Emmy Award for her performance of Lois Cerullo in the soap show General Hospital. Since 2013, she's played Quinn Fuller on the CBS soap opera The Bold and The Beautiful. Sofer was the daughter of Susan Sofer (a psychologist professor) and Martin Sofer (a Conservative rabbi). Her family later relocated to Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania. She then moved together with her father David Sofer, to Teaneck, New Jersey in 1970. But, Sofer lived in Western Pennsylvania as a child. The family was brought up in Ambridge, Pennsylvania by their father, Beth Samuels Jewish Center. Later, she attended the Frisch School, a coeducational Mordern Orthodox Jewish high school located in Paramus, New Jersey. Sofer grew up in North Bergen where her father was the rabbi at synagogue Temple Beth El. After graduation from Nort...
Read more