Penélope Cruz is a Spanish actress. In 1999, she appeared in Pedro Almodovar's Todo sobre mi madre which won an Academy Award for Foreign Language Film. A Spanish sensation, Penelope Cruz shot to international fame after starring in "All the Pretty Horses", "Blow", "Captain Corelli's Mandolin" and "Vanilla Sky" inside of a year. Penelope gained further public notice when, in the wake of his divorce from Nicole Kidman, she began dating "Vanilla Sky" co-star Tom Cruise.