- Her father was an Extremaduran retailer and car mechanic who died in 2015.
- Her mother is an Andalusian hairdresser and personal manager.
- Her father bought her a Betamax machine.
- Her sister Monica is an actress and her brother is a singer.
- She is the first and only Spanish actress to be nominated for and to win an Academy Award.
- She is the sixth Hispanic person to ever receive the award.
- She is the first Spanish actress to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She received the 2,436th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
- She learned Italian for her role in Don't Move.
- She voiced guinea pig spy, Juarez in G-Force.
- She was honored at the Museum of Modern Art in New York for being “an artist of global importance” in December 2021.
- She was a guest editor for the French Vogue magazine in 2010.
- Esquire named her the Sexiest Woman Alive in 2014.

Penelope Cruz Trivia
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