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Her luck finally changed in 1998, when the movie-industry comedy The Girl of Your Dreams (1998) won her a Best Actress Goya. Cruz made a few more forays into English-language film, but her first big international hit was Almodóvar's All About My Mother (1999) , in which she played an unchaste but well-meaning nun.
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- 'Volver' (2006) Director: Pedro Almodóvar. Volver illustrates Raimunda and her sister as they mourn their mother, Irene, who had died several years ago in a house fire.
- 'All About My Mother' (1999) Director: Pedro Almodóvar. In this Oscar-winning film (it won Best Foreign Movie in 1999), audiences watch a woman (Cecilia Roth) as she struggles to get her life back in order and cope with the tragic loss of her 17-year-old son (Eloy Azorín) on his birthday.
- 'Parallel Mothers' (2021) Director: Pedro Almodóvar. The powerful drama Madres paralelas — or Parallel Mothers — tells the story of two women: middle-aged Janis (Cruz) and teenager Ana (Milena Smit).
- 'Broken Embraces' (2009) Director: Pedro Almodóvar. Broken Embraces finds an ex-filmmaker (Lluís Homar) forced to confront his past when he is triggered by the death of a movie director whom he used to work with, Ernesto Martel (played by frequent Almodóvar collaborator, José Luis Gómez).
Penélope Cruz Sánchez (born 28 April 1974) is a Spanish actress. Prolific in Spanish and English-language films, she has received various accolades, including an Academy Award and a BAFTA Award, in addition to nominations for a Primetime Emmy Award and four Golden Globe Awards.
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1. All the Pretty Horses. 2000 1h 56m PG-13. 5.8 (16K) Rate. 55 Metascore. Two Texas cowboys head to Mexico in search of work, but soon find themselves in trouble with the law after one of them falls in love with a wealthy rancher's daughter. Director Billy Bob Thornton Stars Matt Damon Penélope Cruz Henry Thomas. 2. Blow. 2001 2h 4m R. 7.5 (275K)
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