After having participated in “Live Flesh” and “All About my Mother”, Penélope has worked with Pedro Almodóvar again. After studying acting in Cristina Rota’s school, she worked with some of the most important directors in Spain: Bigas Luna, in “Jamón, jamón” and “Volaverunt”, Fernando Trueba, in “Belle Epoque” and “The Girl of your Dreams” (for which she received the Goya for Best Actress), Alejandro Amenábar in “Open Your Eyes”, and Agustín Díaz Yanes in “Don’t Tempt Me”. Added to this is a more than notable international career that includes films like “The Hi-Lo Country” (Stephen Frears), “All the Pretty Horses” (Billy Bob Thornton), “Blow” (Jonathan Demme), “Captain Corelli’s Mandolin” (John Madden) and “Vanilla Sky” (Cameron Crowe).

With “Don’t Move”, by Sergio Castellito, she won the David di Donatello award and the Best Actress Award from the Academy of European Cinema (People’s Choice Award). The New York Times chose her performance in this film as one of the ten best female performances of the year. After “Volver”, she worked in “The Good Night” (Jake Paltrow) and is about to begin shooting on “Manolete” (Meno Meyjes). With her sophisticated, Mediterranean beauty, she has been the image of Ralph Lauren for years. Her interests include that of becoming a photographer.

Filmography: All About My Mother, Bandidas, Blow, Gothika, Head in the Clouds, Sahara, Vanilla Sky, Volver,

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