Born in 1974 in Alcobendas, near Madrid (Spain), Penélope Cruz was immersed in an artistic environment from a very early age. Her first passion? Dance. From the age of 5, Penélope Cruz immersed ...

and Penelope Cruz. Picture: Getty Penelope got her start in acting pretty early on. When she was just a teenager, she beat out 300 other girls in a talent agency audition which kickstarted ...

Cruz spoke of her early passion for acting before thanking director Michael Mann for choosing her to play “complex character" Laura Ferrari — the wife of Italian former race car driver and ...