Career in Movies
Penelope‘s career in Spanish movies kick started with her bagging a role in Laberinto griego, El (1993) (The Greek Labyrinth), a brief appearance in the Timothy Dalton thriller Framed (1992) (TV). Then came the Oscar-winning Belle epoque (1992), in which she played one of four sisters vying for the love of a handsome army deserter.
She ended up getting Goya for the movie which is just as big as academy awards in Spain.
With her outing into the international cinema [Almodóvar's Todo sobre mi madre (1999)
that changed her luck, and her earlier works with Carne trémula (1997) and best actress award winning movie-industry comedy Niña de tus ojos, La (1998) . She was ready to enter the Hollywood scene. This year was seen as marked one in her career with more credit acclaimed movies in her name and her first Hollywood venture The Hi-Lo Country (1998) directed by Stephen Frears.
The year 2000 brought her first starring role in the form of Women On Top, where she convincingly played a Brazilian chef with witching culinary skills. She also signed up Blow (2001) opposite Johnny Depp a Drug-trafficking drama and opposite Matt Damon in Billy Bob Thornton's All the Pretty Horses (2000).
The crowning glory however was her bagging a role opposite Tom Cruise in Cameron Crowe’s Vanilla Sky (2001). The then recently divorced Cruise found solace in the arms of Penelope which brought the lady under the notice of the media eye.
A variety of movies later namely Head in the Clouds (2004) and Gothika (2003)
in the following years that cemented her stay in Hollywood . with her getting split with Tom Cruise turned out to be in favor of her as now the world rose to notice Penelope’s acting prowess in stead of witnessing her love life splashed over every magazine.
Penelope‘s career in Spanish movies kick started with her bagging a role in Laberinto griego, El (1993) (The Greek Labyrinth), a brief appearance in the Timothy Dalton thriller Framed (1992) (TV). Then came the Oscar-winning Belle epoque (1992), in which she played one of four sisters vying for the love of a handsome army deserter.
She ended up getting Goya for the movie which is just as big as academy awards in Spain.
With her outing into the international cinema [Almodóvar's Todo sobre mi madre (1999)
that changed her luck, and her earlier works with Carne trémula (1997) and best actress award winning movie-industry comedy Niña de tus ojos, La (1998) . She was ready to enter the Hollywood scene. This year was seen as marked one in her career with more credit acclaimed movies in her name and her first Hollywood venture The Hi-Lo Country (1998) directed by Stephen Frears.
The year 2000 brought her first starring role in the form of Women On Top, where she convincingly played a Brazilian chef with witching culinary skills. She also signed up Blow (2001) opposite Johnny Depp a Drug-trafficking drama and opposite Matt Damon in Billy Bob Thornton's All the Pretty Horses (2000).
The crowning glory however was her bagging a role opposite Tom Cruise in Cameron Crowe’s Vanilla Sky (2001). The then recently divorced Cruise found solace in the arms of Penelope which brought the lady under the notice of the media eye.
A variety of movies later namely Head in the Clouds (2004) and Gothika (2003)
in the following years that cemented her stay in Hollywood . with her getting split with Tom Cruise turned out to be in favor of her as now the world rose to notice Penelope’s acting prowess in stead of witnessing her love life splashed over every magazine.
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