FrameThrower · Actors · Penélope Cruz
Penélope Cruz
10 films · 714 frames · top-billed in 7 · 1997–2023
Born 28 April 1974 · Madrid, Spain
Penélope Cruz Sánchez is a Spanish actress. Prolific in Spanish and English-language films, her accolades include an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, a David di Donatello and three Goya Awards.
Cruz made her television acting debut at age 16, and her feature film debut the following year in Jamón Jamón (1992). Her subsequent roles included Belle Époque (1992), Open Your Eyes (1997), Don Juan (1998), The Hi-Lo Country (1999), The Girl of Your Dreams (2000) and Woman on Top (2000).…
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 10 films · 714 frames · top-billed in 7 · 1997–2023
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress2009
- BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role2009
- British Academy of Film and Television Arts
- Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress2006
- Volpi Cup for Best Actress2021
- César Award2018
- Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress2008
- Goya Award for Best Actress2006
- Goya Awards1999
- Goya Award for Best Actress1998
- David di Donatello for Best Actress
- Donostia Award2019
How their films are shot
Measured across 714 frames from the 10 films we hold. This is the look of the work Penélope takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 10 films we hold, 43% of their frames are night, 43% natural — the look of the work Penélope takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
Often with
Shared films in this library, not a full filmography.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 714 frames from Penélope Cruz's 10 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.