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Penélope Cruz is a Spanish actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the Woody Allen comedy-drama Vicky Cristina Barcelona. She is the first and only Spanish actress to both win and be nominated for an Academy Award in an acting category. She also was Oscar-nominated for her roles in the drama Volver, the romance musical Nine, and the melodrama Parallel Mothers. She made her acting debut at the age of 16 on television and her feature film debut the following year in the romantic tragicomedy Jamón Jamón. Her subsequent roles in the 1990s and 2000s included Belle époque, Open Your Eyes, The Hi-Lo Country, The Girl of Your Dreams and Woman on Top. During this time she gained acclaim for her numerous collaborations with Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar in Live Flesh, All About My Mother, Volver, Broken Embraces, I'm So Excited!, Pain and Glory, and Parallel Mothers. Wikipedia