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Penélope Cruz (born 28 April 1974) is a Spanish actress who made history as the first and only Spanish performer to win an Academy Award for acting, earning the Best Supporting Actress Oscar for her role in Woody Allen's comedy-drama Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008). She received three additional Oscar nominations for Volver (2006), Nine (2009), and Parallel Mothers (2021), also winning the Best Actress prize at the Cannes Film Festival for Volver. Cruz launched her career with a television debut at 16 and a film breakthrough in Jamón Jamón (1992), before achieving global fame through numerous collaborations with director Pedro Almodóvar (including All About My Mother and Pain and Glory) and Hollywood hits such as Vanilla Sky, Blow, and Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. She also earned a Primetime Emmy nomination for her portrayal of fashion designer Donatella Versace in The Assassination of Gianni Versace (2018). Her eclectic filmography spans independent auteur dramas, blockbuster action, and international projects like Everybody Knows and Ferrari, cementing her status as a versatile global star.