Research Paper On Penelope Cruz

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Penelope Cruz has acted in so many films in Spain, and she is now making films in English and Spanish. Her full name is Penelope Cruz Sanchez; she was born in Alcobendas Madrid, Spain on April 28, 1974. She was the eldest of three. When she was young, she acted the television commercials. She took classical ballet for nine years and then moved to New York to dance. She married a Spanish actor named Javier Bardem in July 2010. The couple has two children Leo Encinas Cruz and Luna Encinas Cruz.
At the age of 15 she beat 300 other girls on a talent competition. She then found several roles of dancing in music videos and other stuff. Her first performance was in Jamon Jamon in 1992. She had to wait till she was older in order for her to pursue

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