Penélope Cruz turns 50: photos of Chanel’s muse

Happy birthday Penélope Cruz: the most beloved Spanish actress turns 50. Born on April 28, 1974 in Alcobendas, a small town in the province of Madrid, quickly became the muse of Pedro Almodóvar, who wanted her with him in many of his films. Was directed over the years by great directors such as Sergio Castellitto, Woody Allen and Ridley Scott starting from that “Ham, ham” by Bigas Luna which launched her while still a minor. And Oscar (and she was the first Spanish actress to win it), a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles (2011) and many experiences as a producer, director of short films and even a singer. Over the years she has been chosen several times as a testimonial by fashion and beauty brands including Lancome and Chanel: she is Karl Lagerfeld himself wanted her as a testimonial in 2018and a few months later in homage to the Kaiser of fashion Penélope goes up on the catwalk for the commemorative parade following his death. A relationship with fashion that became more intense when she was called to play the character of Donatella Versace in the second season of “American Crime Story” dedicated to the murder of Gianni Versace.
It’s not just Penélope’s films that make the public dream, but hers too famous loves: first, the one that binds her for three years to Tom Cruise, met on the set of Vanilla Sky in 2001. Once the affair ended, Cruz dated another American colleague for two years, Matthew McConaughey, from 2004 to 2006, but to find stability she returned “home” and got engaged to her Spanish colleague Javier Bardem, with whom she got married in 2010 and with whom she gave birth to her two children, Leonardo (2011) and Luna (2013). Their love and intellectual complicity make them one of the most admired couples.