With her expressive brown eyes, lustrous dark hair and flawless olive skin, Penelope Cruz burst on the scene as a teenager lending an air of sultry innocence and a flair for drollery and nudity as the sexy ingénue in Bigas Lunas' American art-house hit "Jamon Jamon" (1992). She solidified her status as a rising star playing the virginal Luz in Ferdinand Trueba's 1994 Oscar-winning "Belle Epoch.” Born in Madrid, Cruz began studying dance as a teenager.

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