Birthdate: April - 28, 1974
Birthname: Penelope Cruz Sanchez
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Nationality: Spanish
Height: 157 cm
Voted the 7th Sexiest Female Movie Star in the Australian Empire Magazine September 2002. 2006 Oscar Nominee for Actress in a Leading Role.
Penélope is nominated for her role as Raimunda in Volver. Although Penlope Cruz is commonly listed as 5' 5 1/2", that is close enough for us.
Penlope Cruz also shares a birthday (April 28) with Jessica Alba who by coincidence is five foot six too. Signed by an agent at the age of 15, she made her acting debut at 16 on television, and her feature film debut the following year in Jamón Jamón (1992). Her subsequent roles in the 1990s and 2000s included Belle Époque (1992), Open Your Eyes (1997), The Hi-Lo Country (1999), The Girl of Your Dreams (2000), and Woman on Top (2000). Cruz is also known for her frequent collaborations with director Pedro Almodóvar in Live Flesh (1997), All About My Mother (1999), Volver (2006), Broken Embraces (2009), I'm So Excited! (2013), Julieta (2016), Pain and Glory (2019), and Parallel Mothers (2021), as well as with director Woody Allen in Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008) and To Rome with Love (2012).