Trivia: Penelope Cruz - Actor

Her ex-boyfriends include Matthew McConaughey (in 2005) and Tom Cruise (in 1990).

Speaks three languages: Spanish, Italian and English.

Is a huge fan of Indian cinema and has expressed interest in working with Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan someday.

The second Spanish actress to be nominated for an Oscar after her husband, Javier Bardem.

Best friends with actresses Goya Toledo and Salma Hayek.

After filming All the Pretty Horses (2000), she became a vegetarian.

Known outside her native country as the "Spanish enchantress".

She joined volunteer activity in Uganda in 1997.

She won a Goya Award for Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Volver, and The Girl of Your Dreams.