Bibliography. Penélope Cruz. She is a spanish actress and model. Signed by an agent at the age of 15, she made her acting debut at 16 on television and her feature film debut the following year in Jamón Jamón (1992). She is married to Spanish actor Javier Bardem. She began dating Bardem in 2007 and they married in early July 2010 in a private ceremony at a friend's home in the Bahamas . They have a son born in 2011 in Los Angeles, and a daughter born in 2013. She has become a public advocate of breastfeeding since the birth of her children. Both Cruz and Bardem are the only Spanish actors to win an Academy Award , obtaining Best Supporting Actress and Best Supporting Actor respectively. Cruz is a friend of Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar , whom she has known for more than two decades and with whom she has worked on films. She has a clothing store in Madrid and ...