The Big Picture: Penelope Cruz Career & Biographical Notes: Born in Madrid Has worked with director Pedro Almodovar twice Appeared in both Abre los ojos and its American version, Cameron Crowe's Vanilla Sky Has 'no idea' where those rumors about her and Salma Hayek started

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Penelope Cruz Trivia Quizzes
at HowWellDoYouKnow.com:

• Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides
• That's Not My Movie (Actresses Edition)
• Vicky Cristina Barcelona

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Recent Movies:

Film	Date	Rating	Screens	Opening	Total	Box Office
Nine	12/18/09	PG-13			8.97	Info
G-Force	7/24/09	N/A
Vicky Cristina Barcelona	8/15/08				4.70	Info
The Good Night	10/5/07	N/A
Volver	11/3/06	R	5	0.20	12.90	Info
Bandidas	9/22/06	N/A
Sahara	4/8/05	PG-13	3154	18.07	68.64	Info
Head in the Clouds	9/17/04	R	10	0.05	0.40	Info
Gothika	11/21/03	R	2382	19.29	59.59	Info
Don't Tempt Me	8/22/03	R	3	0.02	0.07	Info
Masked and Anonymous	7/23/03	PG-13	4	0.03	0.53	Info
Vanilla Sky	12/14/01	R	2742	25.02	100.61	Info
Captain Corelli's Mandolin	8/17/01	R	1595	7.21	25.53	Info

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Awards:

2008
Elegy

• Win: Best Supporting Actress, Los Angeles Film Critics
• Runner-up: Best Supporting Actress, Golden Satellites

Vicky Cristina Barcelona

• Win: Best Supporting Actress, Academy Awards
• Win: Best Supporting Actress, Boston Film Critics
• Win: Best Supporting Actress, Spirit Awards
• Win: Best Supporting Actress, Los Angeles Film Critics
• Win: Best Supporting Actress, New York Film Critics
• Win: Best Supporting Actress, Southeastern Film Critics Association
• Nominee: Best Supporting Actress, Screen Actors' Guild
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Dallas Fort Worth Critics
• Nominee: Best Supporting Actress, Golden Globes
• Nominee: Best Supporting Actress, Broadcast Film Critics Association
• Nominee: Best Supporting Actress, Chicago Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Supporting Actress, Online Film Critics Association

2006
Volver

• Runner-Up: Best Actress, Academy Awards
• Runner-Up: Best Actress - Drama, Golden Globes
• Runner-Up: Best Actress - Drama, Golden Satellites
• Runner-Up: Best Actress, Los Angeles Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Actress, Broadcast Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Actress, Dallas Fort Worth Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Actress, Chicago Film Critics
• Runner-Up: Best Actress, Online Film Critics Association
• Runner-Up: Best Actress, Screen Actors' Guild

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