The Museum of Modern Art in New York last night paid tribute to the Spanish actress Penelope Cruz as an “artist of global importance.”
The New York Museum of Modern Art last night paid a tribute to the Spanish actress Penelope Cruz What “Artist of global importance”, at a gala in which the interpreter wore an impressive red Chanel dress.
Penelope Cruz attended the gala alone, but was surrounded by many colleagues who accompanied the protagonist of Parallel Mothers, the last movie of Pedro Almodovar which will premiere on Christmas Eve in the United States.
The actress thanked the tribute that “she would not receive if she had not worked with brilliant directors”, that have made him the artist and the person he is today.
A joint thank you that you personalized in the director, Pedro Almodovar that -he commented- taught her to “trust” in herself “ and with the one that continues “Learning to act, as well as about human behavior and about me” and that it helped him break boundaries.
Among the attendees were, among others, the singer Rosalía, the model Diane Kruger or the actress Anne Hathaway and the Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin, with whom he worked on the television series Inside Look: The Assassination of Gianni Versace – American Crime Story (2017-18) and who never tires of saying that “Penelope is the best”.
The gala, which helps raise funds for the MoMA Film Department, paid tribute in 2020 to George Clooney, and ten years ago to Pedro Almodóvar.
“Penelope Cruz has amazed film audiences since 1992 as a compelling artist, in action and adventure films as well as auteur films”MoMA’s Film Commissioner said in a statement, Rajendra Roy.
Penelope was the first Spanish actress to win an Oscar from the Hollywood Academy for her performance in Vicky Cristina Barcelona from Woody Allen and recently won the Volpi Cup for best actress at the Venice Film Festival for Parallel Mothers. (I)
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