Penelope Cruz - Milestones

• 2005: Cast as a destitute woman, who becomes involved with an upper-crust physician in "Non ti muovere"
• 2005: Co-starred with Matthew McConaughey in "Sahara" based on a Clive Cussler novel
• 2004: Starred with Charlize Theron and Stuart Townsend in the 1930's war drama "Head in the Clouds"
• 2003: Starred with Halle Berry in the thriller "Gothika"
• 2001: Had female lead in the triangular romance "Captain Corelli's Mandolin", starring Nicolas Cage and Christian Bale
• 2001: Selected by Ralph Lauren to appear in an advertising campaign for his products
• 2001: Cast as the drug-addled wife of a cocaine dealer in "Blow"
• 2001: Starred opposite Tom Cruise in "Vanilla Sky", an American adaptation of "Open Your Eyes" directed by Cameron Crowe; played same role as she did in the original
• 2000: Starred as a South American chef in the comedy "Woman on Top", opposite Mark Feuerstein
• 1999: Portrayed a nun in Almodovar's award-winning "Todo sobre mi madre/All About My Mother"
• 1999: Cast as Matt Damon's love interest in "All the Pretty Horses" (released in 2000)
• 1998: Reteamed with Trueba for the comedy "La Nina de tus Ojos/The Girl of Your Dreams"
• 1998: Played a bookish barmaid in the romantic comedy "Twice Upon a Yesterday/If Only/The Man with Rain in His Shoes"
• 1998: Had featured role in "Open Your Eyes/Abre los Ojos"
• 1998: Appeared as Billy Crudup's Mexican girlfriend in Stephen Frears' "The Hi-Lo Country"
• 1997: Co-starred as a pregnant prostitute in Pedro Almodovar's "Live Flesh"
• 1994: First English-language film role, as the young charge of an Irish governess in "Talk of Angels" (released in USA in 1998)
• 1993: English-language acting debut, the British TV miniseries "Framed" (aired on A&E in USA in 1993)
• 1992: First leading film role, "Jamon, Jamon"
• 1992: Feature debut, "El Laberinto Griego/The Greek Labyrinth"
• 1992: Had featured role in Fernando Trueba's Oscar-winning "Belle Epoque"
• Joined the cast of "Chromophobia, a psychological drama starring Ralph Fiennes and Kristin Scott Thomas (lensed 2004)
• Co-hosted the Spanish TV talk show "Quinta Marcha"