Penelope Cruzthe most international film star in our country, turned 50 this Sunday. Born in Alcobendas (April 28, 1974), as she boasts, the performer conquered Hollywood, winning an Oscar and three nominations. Being an actress was one of her greatest dreams, and she dreamed of it so much that it came true: “It has been my passion since I was a child.”

Along the way he has not stopped achieving success. In 2019, she collected the Donostia award but she has others 33 more awards. The last of them was the National Cinematography Award, in 2022. She has several Goya awards and is the only Spanish actress who has the coveted golden statuette.

“It took me about five minutes to be able to look at his face,” he said. An Oscar after which she talked about coincidences: “So many incredible coincidences have occurred throughout my life.” As many as the award coming to him with Vicky Cristina Barcelona. A screen in which we have seen her fall in love with her life partner: Javier Bardem.

Before, his smile had already passed through Hollywood in All the beautiful gentlemen. But she has also known how to be a warrior in front of the cameras in Pirates of the Caribbean, demonstrating his strength without shaking his pulse like in Ferrari. Although Alcobendas has never forgotten its roots, in Spanish cinema there is always one of his favorite directors, Pedro Almodovar, and in which, with the force of a great star, His voice also shines.