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Penelope Cruz

A picture taken on May 15, 2010 shows Spanish film director Bigas Luna (2ndR) posing during a photocall in homage to Spanish cinema at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival in Canneswith Spanish director Pedro Almodovar, Spanish director Alex de la Iglesia, Spanish director Fernando Trueba, Spanish director Isabel Coixet and French Culture Minister Frederic Mitterrand. Jose Juan Bigas Luna, Spanish director and screenwriter who gave Penelope Cruz her first big screen break, has died aged 67 after a long struggle with cancer on April 6, 2013.

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About Penelope Cruz

Penélope Cruz Sánchez (Spanish pronunciation: [peˈnelope kruθ ˈsantʃeθ]) (born April 28, 1974) is a Spanish actress. Signed by an agent at age 15, she made her acting debut at 16 on television and her feature film debut the following year in Jamón, jamón (1992), to critical acclaim. Her subsequent roles in the 1990s and 2000s included Open Your Eyes (1997), The Hi-Lo Country (1999), The Girl of Your Dreams (2000) and Woman on Top (2000). Cruz achieved recognition for her lead roles in Vanilla Sky and Blow. Both films were released in 2001 and were commercially successful worldwide.

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