MoMa Film Benefit
For the past 14 years, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City has hosted a Film Benefit to raise money for the acquisition and preservation of key film works. In celebration of this, the evening honors an individual for their significant impact on the film industry.
Penélope Cruz
In 1989, she made her acting debut at the age of 15, appearing in a music video for Spanish group, Mecano.
In 1991, she made her film debut in Jamón, jamón - she appeared topless and became a major sex symbol. She also worked with her future husband, Javier Bardem.
From 93-96 she appeared in ten Spanish and Italian films.
In 1997, she worked with Spanish film director, Pedro Almodóvar, for the first time - the two would go on to work together on eight films total.
In 1998, she was cast in her first American film, The Hi-Lo Country. She had only recently learned English and had trouble understanding people on set. Although the film didn't do well, she was nominated for an ALMA Award (formerly known as a Latin Oscars Award).
She also starred in the Spanish period piece, The Girl of Your Dreams, which earned her the praise as an actress first, and a pretty face second.
Her breakout roles here were in 2001's Vanilla Sky and Blow. Vanilla Sky was Cameron Crowe's interpretation of Abre Los Ojos, a Spanish film from 1997 in which she played the same character, Sofia.
In 2011, she appeared in her "biggest Hollywood turn to date" for the fourth installment of Pirates of the Caribbean. Prior to the film's release, she became the first Spanish actress to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
And this year, she has reteamed with Almodóvar for Parallel Mothers.
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