139-1455: Berrios or Berríos is a Spanish surname . Notable people with the surname include: Celebrity Gabriela Berrios (born 1990), Puerto Rican model and Miss Universe Puerto Rico 2014 Music Danny Berrios (born 1961), American singer Steve Berrios (1945–2013), American jazz drummer and percussionist Politics Ángel O. Berríos (1940–2006), Puerto Rican politician Baudilio Vega Berríos (1902–1987), Puerto Rican politician Carmen Berríos , Puerto Rican politician Carmen Luz Berríos , Puerto Rican politician Joseph Berrios (born 1952), American politician Maria Antonia Berrios (born 1977), American politician Rubén Berríos (born 1939), Puerto Rican lawyer and politician Science Eugenio Berríos (1947–1992), Chilean biochemist Reyes Manuel Berríos, Puerto Rican chemist and musician G. E. Berrios , Peruvian psychiatrist Sports Braxton Berrios (born 1995), American football player Gregory Berrios (born 1979), Puerto Rican volleyball player Harry Berrios (born 1971), American baseball player and coach Héctor Berríos (born 1986), Chilean footballer José Berríos (born 1994), Puerto Rican baseball player Mario Esteban Berríos (born 1981), Chilean footballer Mario René Berríos (born 1982), Honduran footballer [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
278-922: A Primetime Emmy Award and four Golden Globe Awards . Cruz made her acting debut on television at 16, and her feature film debut the following year in Jamón Jamón (1992). Her subsequent roles included Belle Époque (1992), Open Your Eyes (1997), Don Juan (1998), The Hi-Lo Country (1999), The Girl of Your Dreams (2000) and Woman on Top (2000). She is known for her frequent collaborations with Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar in Live Flesh (1997), All About My Mother (1999), Volver (2006), Broken Embraces (2009), I'm So Excited! (2013), Pain and Glory (2019) and Parallel Mothers (2021). For her role in Woody Allen 's romantic drama Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), Cruz won
417-403: A cinephile at ten or eleven, her father bought a Betamax machine, which was then quite rare in her neighborhood. As a teenager, Cruz became interested in acting after seeing the film Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! (1990) by Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar . She did casting calls for an agent but was rejected several times because the agent felt that she was too young. Cruz commented on
556-469: A guinea pig spy named Juarez. G-Force was a commercial success, making over $ 290 million worldwide. Also in 2009, she appeared in the film Broken Embraces as Lena. Stephanie Zacharek of Salon.com noted in her review for the film that Cruz "doesn't coast on her beauty in Broken Embraces , and she has the kind of role that can be difficult to flesh out". Cruz received nominations from
695-631: A spokesmodel for French cosmetics company L'Oréal to promote products such as the L'Oréal Paris hair dye Natural Match and L'Oreal mascara products. She receives $ 2 million a year for her work for the company. Cruz has appeared in print ads for Mango and had a contract with Ralph Lauren in 2001. Cruz and her sister designed their second collection for Mango in 2007. It was inspired by Brigitte Bardot and summers in St Tropez . Cruz ranked as No. 58 in Maxim 's "Hot 100" of 2007 list, and
834-431: A Briton with the name "Sarah Jane Smith" could become either "Sarah Jane Smith Smith" or "Sarah Jane Smith Jones" upon acquiring Spanish citizenship. Formally, Spanish naming customs would also mean that the forename "Sarah" and middle name "Jane" would be treated as a compound forename: "Sarah Jane". Historically, flamenco artists seldom used their proper names. According to the flamenco guitarist Juan Serrano , this
973-774: A Goya Award and European Film Award, and was nominated for the Golden Globe , the Screen Actors Guild Award , the BAFTA Award , and the Academy Award for Best Actress in a leading role. With this nomination, Cruz became the first Spanish actress ever nominated for an Academy Award . In 2007, Cruz appeared in the lead female role in Manolete , a biopic of bullfighter Manuel Laureano Rodríguez Sánchez , playing Antoñita "Lupe" Sino. The film
1112-732: A Limited Series or Movie . In addition, Cruz reteamed with Bardem on the Spanish-language psychological thriller film Everybody Knows , directed by Asghar Farhadi . The film opened the 2018 Cannes Film Festival to positive reviews. Justin Chang of The Los Angeles Times praised the performances from the two leads writing, "Bardem and Cruz have such a natural, unforced chemistry". In 2021, Cruz starred alongside Antonio Banderas in Gastón Duprat & Mariano Cohn 's film Official Competition and reunited with Almodóvar for
1251-632: A blockbuster about Queen Isabella I of Castile . Selected to be shown in the Berlinale Special section of the 67th Berlin International Film Festival , the Spanish comedy drama was screened to lukewarm reviews, but received five nominations at the 31st Goya Awards , earning Cruz her ninth nomination. Loving Pablo , a Spanish drama film directed by Fernando León de Aranoa was released in 2017, starring Cruz in
1390-544: A cameo role. A commercial success, the comedy film was largely panned by critics. Cruz appeared in her biggest Hollywood turn to date in Rob Marshall 's Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides , the fourth installment of the film series , opposite Johnny Depp . In the film, Cruz portrayed Angelica , a former love interest of Jack Sparrow , who blames him for her corruption. Cruz was
1529-739: A candle to her cocaine-huffing enabler in Blow ". Cruz's last film in 2001 was Captain Corelli's Mandolin , film adaption of the novel of the same name . She played Pelagia, who falls in love with another man while her fiancé is in battle during the Second World War. Captain Corelli's Mandolin was not well received by critics, but made $ 62 million worldwide. In 2002, she had a minor role in Waking Up in Reno . It had negative reviews and
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#17327718834541668-402: A child's identity as composed of a forename (simple or composite) and the two surnames ; however, a child can be religiously baptized with several forenames, e.g. Felipe Juan Froilán de Todos los Santos . Until the 1960s, it was customary to baptize children with three forenames: the first was the main and the only one used by the child; if parents agreed, one of the other two was the name of
1807-522: A defamation lawsuit against Australian magazine New Idea over an article it published about her relationship with Cruise; the publication had to apologize, pay her legal costs, and donate AU$ 5,000 (US$ 3,200) to her nominated charity. She is known to friends as Pe . Cruz owns a clothing store in Madrid , and designed jewelry and handbags with her younger sister for a company in Japan. Cruz's agent
1946-469: A different film from the rest of the cast." Desson Thompson of The Washington Post was more critical; his comment about the character's "pronounced limp" was that "Cruz (hardly the world's greatest actress) can't even perform without looking fake". The film performed poorly at the box office. She also starred in Sergio Castellitto 's melodrama Don't Move . Cruz, who learned Italian for
2085-543: A lawyer who, tempted by the lure of quick money, finds himself involved in drug dealing with ruthless Mexican cartels . Cruz plays his girlfriend, Laura, the only innocent character in the story. The film received mostly negative reviews from critics and became a moderate commercial success at the international box offices. The same year, Cruz, along with Antonio Banderas , made a cameo appearance in Pedro Almodóvar's farcical comedy I'm So Excited , which marked
2224-467: A little vulgar without shedding an ounce of her natural glamour." Likewise, Carina Chocano of The Los Angeles Times wrote, "Cruz, who has remarked that in Hollywood she's rarely allowed to be anything more than pretty, instills her with an awesome resoluteness and strength of character." She shared a Best Actress award at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival with five of her co-stars, as well as receiving
2363-622: A low caste or social class . Due to this, in 1921 Spanish law started to allow holders of the surname Expósito to legally change their surname. In the Catalan language , the surname Deulofeu ("made by God") was often given out to these children, which is similar to De Dios ("from God") in Castilian. Furthermore, in Aragón abandoned children would receive the surname Gracia ("grace") or de Gracia, because they were thought to survive by
2502-430: A major movie yet". However, Bob Longigo of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution was less enthusiastic about Cruz's and Damon's performance, saying that their "resulting onscreen chemistry would hardly warm a can of beans". 2001 marked a turning point year when Cruz starred in the feature films Vanilla Sky and Blow . In Vanilla Sky , Cameron Crowe 's interpretation of Open Your Eyes , she played Sofia Serrano,
2641-500: A masculine name is often abbreviated in writing as M. (José M. Aznar), Ma. (José Ma. Aznar), or M.ª ( José M.ª Morelos ). It is unusual for any names other than the religiously significant María and José to be used in this way except for the name Jesús that is also very common and can be used as Jesús or Jesús María for a boy and María Jesús for a girl, and can be abbreviated as Sus , Chus and other nicknames. The Registro Civil (Civil Registry) officially records
2780-567: A mature grace and determined strength, all while sizzling with unchecked sensuality." Also in 2000, she played Alejandra Villarreal, who is Matt Damon 's love interest in Billy Bob Thornton 's film adaptation of the western bestselling novel All the Pretty Horses . Susan Stark of The Detroit News commented that in the film Thornton was able to guide Damon, Henry Thomas and Cruz to "their most impressive performances in
2919-489: A mentally unstable woman, which was received with critical acclaim. Writing for the San Francisco Chronicle , Mick LaSalle noted, "But the revelation is Penélope Cruz, who has never been better in an American film. Suddenly, and for the first time, her stardom makes sense. As Maria Elena, José Antonio's gifted and neurotic ex-wife, Cruz is on fire – hysterically funny, abandoned, passionate, poignant, with
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#17327718834543058-470: A mistake to index Rodríguez Zapatero under Z or García Lorca under L. (Picasso, who spent most of his adult life in France, is normally indexed under "P".) In an English-speaking environment, Spanish-named people sometimes hyphenate their surnames to avoid Anglophone confusion or to fill in forms with only one space provided for the last name: for example, U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez , who
3197-461: A part of a collaboration with performer Residente and Sílvia Pérez Cruz on the track "313", Cruz won a Latin Grammy Award for Best Short Form Music Video in 2024. "The most difficult thing in the world is to start a career known only for your looks, and then to try to become a serious actress. No one will take you seriously once you are known as the pretty woman." In 2006, Cruz became
3336-569: A performance full of shading and wide in range. She's as fun and as powerful as Anna Magnani, and beautiful besides. Cruz just needed somebody to turn her loose." Likewise, Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian singled her out for praise, writing: "Cruz, playing Maria Elena, the passionate and crazy ex-wife of a moody Picasso-ish artist, looks as if she has wandered in from a more hefty film entirely; everything she does and says seems to mean more, count for more. This isn't to say that she gets bigger laughs, or perhaps any laughs, but she certainly walks off with
3475-495: A pregnant nun with AIDS. The film received favorable reviews, and was commercially successful, grossing over $ 67 million worldwide, although it performed better at the box office internationally than domestically. In 2000, she appeared in Woman on Top in the lead female role as Isabelle, a world-class chef who suffered from motion sickness since birth, her first American lead role. Lisa Nesselson of Variety magazine praised
3614-549: A pretty face second, then here it is". A writer for Film4 commented that "Cruz herself is the inevitable focus of the film" but noted that overall the film "looks great". Cruz's role as Macarena has been viewed as her "largest role to date". For her performance, Cruz received a Goya Award and Spanish Actors' Union Award, and was nominated for a European Film Award . In 1999, Cruz worked with Almodóvar again in All About My Mother , playing Sister María Rosa Sanz,
3753-556: A prostitute who gives birth on a bus and in Et hjørne af paradis (A Corner of Paradise) as Doña Helena. Cruz's final appearance in 1997 was the Amenabar-directed Spanish sci-fi drama, "Abre Los Ojos"/ Open Your Eyes . She plays Sofia, the love interest of Eduardo Noriega 's lead character. Open Your Eyes received positive reviews, and was later remade by U.S. director Cameron Crowe as "Vanilla Sky" (who cast Cruz in
3892-416: A return to the director's light, campy comedies of the 1980s and 1990s. The film received mixed reviews, but earned a worldwide gross of more than US$ 11 million. In 2015, Cruz co-produced and starred in the Spanish drama film Ma Ma , directed by Julio Medem . In it, she plays Magda, a gutsy mother and unemployed teacher, who is diagnosed with breast cancer , a role which Cruz later cited as "one of
4031-558: A room in a greenish glow, which is right out of Hitchcock's picture [ Vertigo ]." In 1998, Cruz appeared in her first American film as Billy Crudup 's consolation-prize Mexican girlfriend in Stephen Frears' western film The Hi-Lo Country . Cruz stated that she had difficulties understanding people speaking English while she was filming The Hi-Lo Country . The film was critically and commercially unsuccessful. Kevin Lally of
4170-485: A singer who is in an on-and-off relationship with Antonio Resines 's character Blas. They are part of a Francoist film troupe that travels from Spain during the Spanish Civil War to Nazi Germany for a joint production with UFA . Cruz's performance in the film was praised by film critics, with Jonathan Holloland of Variety magazine writing "if confirmation is still needed that Cruz is an actress first and
4309-770: A singer. She also has a paternal half-sister, Salma. She was raised as a Roman Catholic . Cruz grew up in Alcobendas, and spent long hours at her grandmother's apartment. She said she had a happy childhood. Cruz remembers "playing with some friends and being aware that I was acting as I was playing with them. I would think of a character and pretend to be someone else." Initially, Cruz focused on dance: she studied classical ballet for nine years at Spain's National Conservatory . She took three years of Spanish ballet training and four years of theatre at Cristina Rota 's school. She said that ballet instilled discipline that proved important in her acting career. When she became
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4448-532: A single or composite given name ( nombre in Spanish) and two surnames ( apellidos in Spanish). A composite given name is composed of two (or more) single names; for example, Juan Pablo is considered not to be a first and a second forename, but a single composite forename. The two surnames refer to each of the parental families. Traditionally, a person's first surname is the father's first surname ( apellido paterno ), while their second surname
4587-514: A special Cannes Razzie for a performance of purest teak". In 2004, Cruz appeared in the Christmas film Noel as Nina, the girlfriend of Paul Walker 's character and as Mia in the 1930s set romantic drama Head in the Clouds , set in the 1930s. Bruce Birkland of Jam! Canoe wrote, "The story feels forced and the performances dreary, with the notable exception of Cruz, who seems to be in
4726-502: A young woman who is expecting her first child with a man whose mother does not approve of the relationship and attempts to sabotage it by paying Javier Bardem 's character to seduce her. People magazine noted that after Cruz appeared topless in the film, she became "a major sex symbol". In an interview with the Los Angeles Daily News in 1999, Cruz commented that "it was a great part, but...I wasn't really ready for
4865-486: Is Hylda Queally , shared with Cate Blanchett and Kate Winslet . Cruz has been recognised by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the following performances: She has also received two British Academy Film Award nominations, four Golden Globe Award nominations, a Primetime Emmy Award nomination, five Screen Actors Guild Award nomination, and fourteen Goya Award nominations. In 2006 she received
5004-450: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Spanish surname Spanish names are the traditional way of identifying, and the official way of registering, a person in Spain . They are composed of a given name (simple or composite ) and two surnames (the first surname of each parent). Traditionally, the first surname is the father's first surname, and the second is
5143-447: Is his first surname. Furthermore, Mr. Gómez might be informally addressed as Very formally, he could be addressed with an honorific such as don José Antonio or don José . It is not unusual, when the first surname is very common, like García in the example above, for a person to be referred to formally using both family names, or casually by their second surname only. For example, José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero (elected President of
5282-401: Is in patronymic and toponymic surname formulæ, e.g. Gonzalo Fernández de Córdoba , Pedro López de Ayala , and Vasco Núñez de Balboa , as in many conquistador names. In names of persons, the prepositional particle de is written in lower-case when the forename has been included, e.g. José Manuel de la Rúa ("of the street") and Cunegunda de la Torre ("of the tower"); when
5421-604: Is married to Spanish actor Javier Bardem . Bardem was her co-star in her breakthrough role as Silvia in Jamón jamón (1992), as well as starring alongside her in Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008). They were also both in the 2013 film The Counselor , as well as in Everybody Knows in 2018. Cruz began dating Bardem in 2007 and they married in early July 2010 in a private ceremony at a friend's home in
5560-514: Is not used in everyday settings and has no legal value. Similarly, a widow may be identified using the abbreviation "vda." for "viuda" ("widow" in Spanish), as in Leocadia Blanco vda. de Pérez . In the generational transmission of surnames, the paternal surname's precedence eventually eliminates the maternal surnames from the family lineage . Contemporary law (1999) allows the maternal surname to be given precedence, but most people observe
5699-409: Is of Puerto Rican heritage, is named "Ocasio-Cortez" because her parents' surnames are Ocasio-Roman and Ocasio-Cortez (née Cortez). She has publicly corrected people who referred to her as "Cortez" rather than "Ocasio-Cortez". In Spanish-speaking countries, hyphenated surnames arise when someone wants both the paternal and maternal surnames passed to future generations, and the next generation receives
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5838-422: Is otherwise dropped in favour of a more American-influenced naming order. The conjunction y avoids denominational confusion when the paternal surname might appear to be a (first) name: without it, the physiologist Santiago Ramón y Cajal might appear to be named Santiago Ramón (composite) and surnamed Cajal , likewise the jurist Francisco Tomás y Valiente , and the cleric Vicente Enrique y Tarancón . Without
5977-566: Is patronymic. Due to the letters z and s being pronounced alike in Latin American dialects of Spanish, many non-patronymic surnames with an -es have come to be written with an -ez . In Hispano-American Spanish , the -ez spellings of Chávez ( Hugo Chávez ), Cortez ( Alberto Cortez ) and Valdez ( Nelson Valdez ) are not patronymic surnames, but simply variant spellings of the Iberian Spanish spelling with -es , as in
6116-454: Is the mother's first surname ( apellido materno ). For example, if a man named Eduardo Fernández Garrido marries a woman named María Dolores Martínez Ruiz (note that women do not change their name with marriage) and they have a child named José , there are several legal options, but their child would most usually be known as José Fernández Martínez . Spanish gender equality law has allowed surname transposition since 1999, subject to
6255-408: Is to insert y between the paternal and maternal surnames. In case of illegitimacy – when the child's father either is unknown or refuses to recognize his child legally – the child bears both of the mother's surnames, which may be interchanged. Occasionally, a person with a common paternal surname and an uncommon maternal surname becomes widely known by the maternal surname. Some examples include
6394-643: The Deseret News describing Cruz's portrayal of Silvia as "enchanting". Writing for the Chicago Sun-Times , film critic Roger Ebert wrote "it stars actors of considerable physical appeal, most particularly Penélope Cruz as Silvia". For her performance, Cruz was nominated for a Spanish Actors Union Newcomer Award and a Goya Award for Best Actress. The same year she appeared in the Academy Award-winning Belle Époque as
6533-623: The Film Journal International commented in his review for the film that "in an ironic casting twist, the Spanish actress Penélope Cruz [...] is much more appealing as Josepha [than in her previous roles]". For her performance in the film, she was nominated for an ALMA Award for Best Actress. Also in 1998, Cruz appeared in Don Juan and the Spanish period drama The Girl of Your Dreams . In The Girl of Your Dreams (La niña de tus ojos), Cruz portrayed Macarena Granada,
6672-511: The Houston Chronicle noted that Cruz "goes all out" with her appearance and Patrick Peters of Empire magazine commented that the film's director, who also appears in the film, was able to draw a "sensitive performance" from Cruz. Cruz appeared alongside her good friend Salma Hayek in the 2006 Western comedy film Bandidas . Randy Cordova of The Arizona Republic said the film "sports" Cruz and her co-star Salma Hayek as
6811-445: The 2005 Cannes Film Festival and released the following year. Mathew Turner of View London said Cruz's character Gloria, a cancer-riddled prostitute, is "actually more interesting than the main storyline" while Time Evan's of Sky Movies wrote, "The Cruz/Ifans storyline—featuring the only two remotely sympathetic characters—never really fuses with the main plot." Her final 2005 film was Don't Move playing Italia. Eric Harrison of
6950-607: The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress . Her other Oscar-nominated roles were in Volver (2006), Nine (2009) and Parallel Mothers (2021). Other notable films include Vanilla Sky (2001), Blow (2001), Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011), The Counselor (2013), Murder on the Orient Express (2017), Everybody Knows (2018), Official Competition (2022), L'immensità (2022) and Ferrari (2023). For her role as Donatella Versace in
7089-474: The Nintendo 3DS XL in which she played the role of Mario in the ad. She spoke Italian again, this time in Woody Allen 's romantic ensemble comedy film To Rome with Love , in which she portrayed a street-smart prostitute who agrees to pretend to be the wife of a newlywed. Fond to work with her again, Allen compared Cruz's play in the film with that of Italian icons Anna Magnani and Sophia Loren . While
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#17327718834547228-601: The Virgin Mary , by appending either a shrine, place, or religious-concept suffix-name to María . In daily life, such women omit the "Mary of the ..." nominal prefix, and use the suffix portion of their composite names as their public, rather than legal, identity . Hence, women with Marian names such as María de los Ángeles (María of the Angels), María del Pilar ( María of the Pillar ), and María de la Luz (María of
7367-402: The grace of God. In Spain, foreign immigrants retain use of their cultural naming customs, but upon becoming Spanish citizens , they are legally obliged to assume Spanish-style names (one forename and two surnames). If the naturalized citizen is from a one-surname culture, either their current surname is doubled or their mother's maiden name is adopted as the second surname. For example,
7506-471: The orthographic option of conjoining the surnames with the conjunction particle y , or e before a name starting with 'I', 'Hi' or 'Y', (both meaning "and") (e.g., José Ortega y Gasset , Tomás Portillo y Blanco , or Eduardo Dato e Iradier ), following an antiquated aristocratic usage. Patrilineal surname transmission was not always the norm in Spanish-speaking societies. Prior to
7645-444: The surname Berrios . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Berrios&oldid=1133164083 " Categories : Surnames Spanish-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
7784-599: The "lusty dream team" and that they were the "marketing fantasy" for the film. Also in 2006, Cruz received favourable reviews for her performance as Raimunda, a working-class woman forced to go to great lengths to protect her 14-year-old daughter Paula, in Pedro Almodóvar 's Volver . A.O. Scott of The New York Times remarked, "With this role Ms. Cruz inscribes her name near the top of any credible list of present-day flesh-and-blood screen goddesses, in no small part because she manages to be earthy, unpretentious and
7923-692: The Aragonese painter Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746–1828), the Andalusian artist Pablo Diego Ruiz y Picasso (1881–1973), and the Madrilenian liberal philosopher José Ortega y Gasset (1883–1955). In Hispanic America, this spelling convention was common among clergymen (e.g. Salvadoran Bishop Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez ), and sanctioned by the Ley de Registro Civil (Civil Registry Law) of 1870, which required birth certificates to indicate
8062-779: The Bahamas . They have a son named Leo Encinas Cruz who was born in January 2011 in Los Angeles, and a daughter named Luna Encinas Cruz who was born in July 2013 in Madrid. She became an advocate of breastfeeding in public following the birth of her children. Cruz had a three-year relationship with Tom Cruise after they appeared together in Vanilla Sky (2001). The relationship ended in January 2004. In June 2003, Cruz settled
8201-587: The English analogue is "Jr." ( junior ). Following the Visigothic invasion of the Iberian peninsula, the local population adopted to a large extent a patronymic naming system: the suffix -icī (a Latin genitive meaning son of ) would be attached to the father's forename to create a patronymic for the son. This suffix gradually evolved into different local forms, depending on the language. For example,
8340-579: The Fringe the later of which she also served as a producer. Guy Lodge of Variety praised her performance in L'immensità writing, "If it was through the lens of Pedro Almodóvar that Cruz really established herself as her generation’s stand-in for Sophia Loren , Crialese takes the likeness one step further, planting the Spaniard in Loren’s hometown of Rome, as the kind of beautifully wounded housewife that
8479-557: The Gifts"), etc. are often used. Also, parents can simply name a girl María , or Mari without a suffix portion. It is common for a boy's formal name to include María , preceded by a masculine name, e.g. José María Aznar , Juan María Vicencio de Ripperdá or Antonio María Rouco Varela . Equivalently, a girl can be formally named María José , e.g. skier María José Rienda , and informally named Marijose , Mariajo , Majo , Ajo , Marisé or even José in honour of St. Joseph. María as
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#17327718834548618-520: The Italian icon perfected in the films of Crialese’s youth." She portrayed Laura, Enzo Ferrari's wife, alongside Adam Driver and Shailene Woodley in the biopic Ferrari , directed by Michael Mann . The film chronicled the life of Enzo Ferrari , founder of the Ferrari brand. In 2023, Cruz became a brand ambassador for Emirates appearing in advertisements for the airline, as well as Geox . As
8757-524: The Light), are normally addressed as Ángeles (Angels), Pilar (Pillar), and Luz (Light); however, each might be addressed as María . Nicknames such as Maricarmen for María del Carmen , Marisol for "María (de la) Soledad" ("Our Lady of Solitude", the Virgin Mary), Dolores or Lola for María de los Dolores ("Our Lady of Sorrows"), Mercedes or Merche for María de las Mercedes ("Our Lady of
8896-479: The Orient Express (2017), the fourth adaptation of Agatha Christie 's 1934 novel of the same name . The mystery – drama ensemble film follows world-renowned detective Hercule Poirot , who seeks to solve a murder on the famous European train in the 1930s. Cruz plays missionary and passenger Pilar Estravados, a Hispanic version of the novel's Swedish Greta Ohlsson. The film was a financial success but received mixed to positive reviews from critics, with praise for
9035-492: The Satellite Awards and European Film Awards for her performance in Broken Embraces . Cruz's final 2009 film was the film version of the musical Nine , playing the character Carla Albanese, the lead character's mistress. Variety reported that Cruz originally auditioned for the role of the film within a film's star, Claudia, which eventually went to Nicole Kidman . Cruz said that she trained for three months for
9174-789: The Sexiest Woman Alive in 2014. In May 2023, she was appointed as the brand ambassador for Emirates Airline . Cruz has donated money and time to charity. In addition to work in Nepal , she has volunteered in Uganda and India, where she spent a week working with Mother Teresa that included assisting in a leprosy clinic. That trip inspired Cruz to help start a foundation to support homeless girls in India, where she sponsors two young women. She donated her salary from her first Hollywood film, The Hi-Lo Country , to Mother Teresa's mission. In
9313-699: The Spanish López and the Basque Arriortúa are discrete surnames in Spanish and Basque respectively. This pattern was also in use in other Basque districts, but was phased out in most of the Basque-speaking areas and only remained in place across lands of heavy Romance influence, i.e. some central areas of Navarre and most of Álava . To a lesser extent, this pattern has been also present in Castile, where Basque - Castilian bilingualism
9452-545: The Spanish Government in the 2004 and 2008 general elections) is often called simply Zapatero, the name he inherited from his mother's family since Rodríguez is a common surname and may be ambiguous. The same occurs with another former Spanish Socialist leader, Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba , with the poet and dramatist Federico García Lorca , and with the painter Pablo Ruiz Picasso . As these people's paternal surnames are very common, they are often referred to by their maternal surnames (Rubalcaba, Lorca, Picasso). It would nonetheless be
9591-428: The Spanish TV channel Telecinco 's talk show La Quinta Marcha , a programme that was hosted by teenagers, aimed at a teenage audience. She also played in the " Elle et lui " episode of an erotic French TV series called Série rose in 1991, where she appeared nude. In 1991, Cruz made her feature film debut as the lead female role in the comedy drama art house film Jamón, jamón . In the film, she portrayed Silvia,
9730-424: The artist Pablo Ruiz Picasso , the poet Federico García Lorca , and the politician José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero . With a similar effect, the foreign paternal surname of the Uruguayan writer Eduardo Hughes Galeano (his father was British) is usually omitted. (As a boy, however, he occasionally signed his name as Eduardo Gius , using a Hispanicized approximation of the English pronunciation of "Hughes".) Such use of
9869-445: The cast's performances, but criticism for not adding anything new to previous adaptations. In 2018, Cruz made her television debut by co-starring in the role of Donatella Versace in the second season of the FX anthology series American Crime Story entitled The Assassination of Gianni Versace . Her performance was highly praised by critics and she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress in
10008-469: The condition that every sibling must bear the same surname order recorded in the Registro Civil ( civil registry ), but there have been legal exceptions. Since 2013, if the parents of a child were unable to agree on the order of surnames, an official would decide which is to come first, with the paternal name being the default option. The only requirement is that every son and daughter must have
10147-472: The conjunction, the footballer Rafael Martín Vázquez , when referred to by his surnames Martín Vázquez mistakenly appears to be forenamed Martín rather than Rafael , whilst, to his annoyance, the linguist Fernando Lázaro Carreter occasionally was addressed as Don Lázaro , rather than as Don Fernando (Lázaro can be either forename or surname). When the conjunction y is used and the maternal surname begins with an i vowel sound — whether written with
10286-519: The dance routine in the film. Claudia Puig of USA Today commented that while Cruz "does a steamy song and dance", her "acting is strangely caricatured". Cruz's performance as Carla was nominated for Best Supporting Actress at the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, and SAG Awards. Cruz's only film in 2010 was Sex and the City 2 , the sequel to the 2008 film , in which she appeared as a banker in
10425-511: The day's saint. Nowadays, baptizing with three or more forenames is usually a royal and noble family practice. In Spain, upon marrying, one does not change one's surname. In some instances, such as high society meetings, the partner's surname can be added after the person's surnames using the preposition de (of). An example would be a Leocadia Blanco Álvarez , married to a Pedro Pérez Montilla , may be addressed as Leocadia Blanco de Pérez or as Leocadia Blanco Álvarez de Pérez . This format
10564-588: The early 2000s, she spent time in Nepal photographing Tibetan children for an exhibition attended by the Dalai Lama . She also photographed residents at the Pacific Lodge Boys' Home, most of whom are former gang members and recovering substance abusers. She said: "These kids break my heart. I have to control myself not to cry. Not out of pity, but seeing how tricky life is and how hard it is to make
10703-589: The eighteenth century, the Spanish nobility fully embraced the French custom of using de as a nobility identifier; however, since many commoners also bore the same particle, the use of de became unclear. Thus, nobility was emphasised with the surname's lineage. In the sixteenth century, the Spanish adopted the copulative conjunction y ("and") to distinguish a person's surnames; thus the Andalusian Baroque writer Luis de Góngora y Argote (1561–1627),
10842-475: The experience, "I was very extroverted as a kid.... I was studying when I was in high school at night, I was in ballet and I was doing castings. I looked for an agent and she sent me away three times because I was a little girl but I kept coming back. I'm still with her after all these years." In 1989, at the age of fifteen, Cruz won an audition at a talent agency at which more than 300 other girls had applied. In 1999, Katrina Bayonas , Cruz's agent, commented, "She
10981-425: The film Parallel Mothers , in which she played Janis, a professional photographer entangled in a relationship with a married man, leading to an affair and resulting in her pregnancy. Both films premiered at the 78th Venice International Film Festival , where the latter received rave reviews. Parallel Mothers also screened at the 59th New York Film Festival , where it was received positively. Her performance in
11120-797: The film Cruz "expertly mines the contrast between chic, compliant, white-clad Anna and funky, street-wise Melody, who treats [Martin Freeman's character] Gary like the world-class drag he is". In 2008, Cruz starred alongside Ben Kingsley in Isabel Coixet 's film Elegy , which was based on the Philip Roth story The Dying Animal , as the lead female role, Consuela Castillo. Ray Bennett of The Hollywood Reporter described Cruz's performance as being "outstanding in an otherwise lame male fantasy [film]." That same year, Cruz appeared in Woody Allen 's Vicky Cristina Barcelona as María Elena,
11259-417: The film received generally negative reviews from critics, who felt that it had "more celebrity cameos than laughs." Cruz's other film that year was Louis Leterrier 's British spy comedy Grimsby , in which she played a powerful philanthropist, opposite Sacha Baron Cohen and Mark Strong . Cruz was reportedly offered $ 400,000 for her role. The film received mixed reviews, with critics suggesting that Cruz
11398-500: The film received mixed reviews, Cruz was reviewed favourably for her "exuberantly, cartoonishly sexy" performance, which The Week cited as a stand out. The same year, Cruz also reunited with Italian director Sergio Castellitto in his war tale Twice Born about an infertile Italian woman who returns to relive her past in Sarajevo . An adaptation of Castellitto's wife Margaret Mazzantini 's same-titled bestseller, Cruz portrayed
11537-456: The film was lauded, winning the Volpi Cup for Best Actress and receiving her second Academy Award nomination for Best Actress, her fourth nomination overall. Stephanie Zacharek from Time stated that "Cruz is astonishing here, in what may be the best performance of her career so far. Janis' fragility and her fortitude are two sides of one coin, and Cruz can shift from one to the other in
11676-411: The film". Cruz received a Goya Award and her first Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress. She also received a Golden Globe and SAG nomination. With her Oscar win, Cruz became the first, and to date only, Spanish actress to ever be awarded an Academy Award, as well as the sixth Hispanic performer to have received the award. Cruz's next film was the kid-friendly G-Force , voicing
11815-654: The first surname is very common (e.g., Federico García Lorca , Pablo Ruiz Picasso or José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero ) to get a more distinguishable name. In these cases, it is even common to use only the second surname, as in "Lorca", "Picasso" or "Zapatero". This does not affect alphabetization: "Lorca", the Spanish poet, must be alphabetized in an index under "García Lorca", not "Lorca" or "García". Spanish naming customs were extended to countries under Spanish rule, influencing naming customs of Hispanic America and Philippines to different extent. Currently in Spain, people bear
11954-425: The following generations – especially when the paternal surname is socially undistinguished. José María Álvarez del Manzano y López del Hierro is an example, his name comprising the composite single name José María and two composite surnames, Álvarez del Manzano and López del Hierro . Other examples derive from church place-names such as San José. When a person bears doubled surnames, the means of disambiguation
12093-451: The forename has been omitted, the de is capitalized, e.g. doctor De la Rúa and señora De la Torre . Bearing the de particle does not necessarily denote a noble family; especially in names from eastern Castile , Alava , and western Navarre, the de usually meant simply "from", and was applied to the place-name (town or village) from which the person and his or her ancestors originated. This differs from another practice established in
12232-557: The highest-grossing films of all time, grossing more than $ 1.046 billion in box-office receipts worldwide. On 1 April 2011, prior to the film's release, Cruz received the 2,436th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in front of the El Capitan Theatre . She became the first Spanish actress to receive a Star. In 2012, Cruz appeared in the first ever Nintendo commercial to promote New Super Mario Bros. 2 and
12371-683: The last male holdouts to join the Cruz-Rules camp, but her tour de force performance here sucks you right in." In 2001, she also appeared in Don't Tempt Me , playing Carmen Ramos. The film received negative reviews. Jeff Vice of the Deseret News commented that "unfortunately, casting Cruz as a tough girl is a hilariously bad [idea]" and Michael Miller of the Village Voice writing that "as Satan's helper Carmen, Penélope Cruz doesn't hold
12510-432: The late nun's mission. She is the only Spanish actress to have won an Academy Award and to have received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . Cruz was born on 28 April 1974 in the town of Alcobendas , province of Madrid , Spain, to Encarna Sánchez, an Andalusian hairdresser and personal manager, and Eduardo Cruz, an Extremaduran retailer and car mechanic. She has two siblings, Mónica , also an actress, and Eduardo,
12649-489: The love interest of Tom Cruise 's character. The film received mixed reviews, but made $ 200 million worldwide. Her performance was well received by critics, with BBC film critic Brandon Graydon saying that Cruz "is an enchanting screen presence", and Ethan Alter of the Film Journal International noting that Cruz and her co-star Cruise were "able to generate some actual chemistry". Her next film
12788-602: The merest breath." Owen Gleiberman of Variety mentioned that "Cruz acts this part with a mood-shifting immediacy that leaves you breathless", with David Rooney of The Hollywood Reporter describing her performance as "one of the best roles of her career" and "her most outstanding work since Volver." Following the release of these films, she was honoured at the Museum of Modern Art in New York for her career and achievements in film. Luxury fashion house Chanel returned as
12927-465: The mid-eighteenth century, when the current paternal-maternal surname combination norm was adopted, Hispanophone societies often practised matrilineal surname transmission, giving children the maternal surname and occasionally giving children a grandparent's surname (borne by neither parent) for prestige – being perceived as gentry – and profit, flattering the matriarch or the patriarch in hope of inheriting land. A more recent example can be found in
13066-567: The miniseries The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story (2018), she received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Since 2010, Cruz has been married to Spanish actor Javier Bardem . She has done modelling work for Mango , Ralph Lauren and L'Oréal , and along with her younger sister Mónica Cruz , designed clothing for Mango. She has been a house ambassador for Chanel since 2018. She has volunteered in Uganda and India, where she spent one week working with Mother Teresa ; she donated her salary from The Hi-Lo Country to help fund
13205-507: The most complex, beautiful characters I've ever been offered, the most difficult." The melodrama was screened in the Special Presentations section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival , where it received generally negative reviews for its weepie story line. However, Cruz was praised for her "aces performance", which earned her an eighth Goya nomination at the 30th awards ceremony . Cruz's first film of 2016
13344-559: The most famous flops in history" and in 2007, listed it at 24 on its list of "Biggest Box-Office Turkeys of All Time". Lori Hoffman of the Atlantic City Weekly felt Cruz put her "considerable [acting] skills on cruise control as Dr Eva Rojas" and James Berardnelli of ReelViews described Cruz's performance as a "black hole", that she "lacks screen presence". Also in 2005, Cruz appeared in Chromophobia , screened at
13483-460: The mother's first surname. Since 1999, the order of the surnames in a family in Spain is decided when registering the first child, but the traditional order is nearly universally chosen (99.53% of the time). The practice is to use one given name and the first surname generally (e.g. " Penélope Cruz " for Penélope Cruz Sánchez); the complete name is reserved for legal, formal and documentary matters. Both surnames are sometimes systematically used when
13622-554: The name of Francisco de Asís Franco y Martínez-Bordiú (born 1954), who took first the name of his mother, Carmen Franco , rather than that his father, Cristóbal Martínez-Bordiú, 10th Marquis of Villaverde , in order to perpetuate the family name of his maternal grandfather, the Caudillo Francisco Franco . Not every surname is a single word; such conjoining usage is common with doubled surnames (maternal-paternal), ancestral composite surnames bequeathed to
13761-404: The name to its qualifier, such as "Lucía" or "de Lucía"; Paco, or perhaps "el de Lucía", are the only options. Pen%C3%A9lope Cruz Penélope Cruz Sánchez (born 28 April 1974) is a Spanish actress. Prolific in Spanish and English-language films, she has received various accolades , including an Academy Award , a BAFTA Award and a Latin Grammy Award , in addition to nominations for
13900-456: The names of Manuel Chaves , Hernán Cortés and Víctor Valdés . For more on the -z surnames in Spanish see Influences on the Spanish language . A number of the most common surnames with the patronymic suffix -ez: Anonymous abandoned children were a problem for civil registrars to name. Some such children were named after the town where they were found ( toponymic surname ). Because most were reared in church orphanages, some were also given
14039-455: The nudity. [...] But I have no regrets because I wanted to start working and it changed my life." Charlie Rose of 60 Minutes noted that Cruz "became an overnight sensation as much for her nude scenes as for her talent". When Rose asked Cruz if she was concerned about how she would be perceived after her role in the film, Cruz replied, "I just knew I had to do the complete opposite." Jamón, jamón received favorable reviews, with Chris Hicks of
14178-477: The only actress considered for the role, as she fit Marshall's description. He invited her for the role as they wrapped the production of Nine . The actress spent two months working out and learning fencing for the role. During filming, Cruz discovered she was pregnant, leading the costume department to redesign her wardrobe to be more elastic, and the producers to hire her sister Mónica Cruz to double for Penélope in risky scenes. On Stranger Tides ranks among
14317-480: The parents' taste, honouring a relative, the General Roman Calendar nomina (nominal register), and traditional Spanish names. Legislation in Spain under Franco 's dictatorship legally limited cultural naming customs to only Christian (Jesus, Mary, saints) and typical Spanish names (Álvaro, Jimena, etc.). Although the first part of a composite forename generally reflects the gender of the child,
14456-484: The paternal and maternal surnames conjoined with y – thus, Felipe González y Márquez and José María Aznar y López are the respective legal names of the Spanish politicians Felipe González Márquez and José María Aznar López ; however, unlike in Catalan , this usage is infrequent in Spanish. In the Philippines , y and its associated usages are retained only in formal state documents such as police records, but
14595-442: The performances of both Cruz and her co-star, Harold Perrineau , saying they "burst off the screen", and added that Cruz has a charming accent. BBC News film critic Jane Crowther said that "Cruz is wonderfully ditzy as the innocent abroad" but remarked that "it's Harold Perrineau Jr as Monica who pockets the movie". Annlee Ellingson of Box Office magazine wrote "Cruz is stunning in the role—innocent and vulnerable yet possessing
14734-510: The person's place in society . p. (father of): A man named like his son may add the lower-case suffix p. (denoting padre , father) to his surname. An example of this is José Luis Lorena, p. , to distinguish him from his son José Luis Lorena ; the English analogue is "Sr." ( senior ). h. (son of): A man named like his father may append the lower-case suffix h. (denoting hijo , son) to his surname, thus distinguishing himself, Juan Gómez Marcos, h. , from his father, Juan Gómez Marcos ;
14873-506: The phrases "How are you?" and "Thank you". In 1997, Cruz appeared in the Spanish comedy film Love Can Seriously Damage Your Health . She portrays Diana, a fan of the Beatles band member John Lennon ; she tries unsuccessfully to meet him. Years later, after many failed relationships, Diana re-unites with an acquaintance under unusual circumstances. That same year, she appeared in the opening scene of Pedro Almodóvar 's Live Flesh as
15012-620: The presenting sponsor making for an in-sync affair, as Cruz has served as ambassador for the brand since 2018. The following year, she appeared in the female-led spy action film The 355 , directed by Simon Kinberg and starring alongside Jessica Chastain , Lupita Nyongo , Diane Kruger , Fan Bingbing , Sebastian Stan , and Édgar Ramírez . The film was released by Universal Pictures on January 7, 2022. Also in 2022, Cruz acted in Emanuele Crialese 's Italian drama film L'immensità and Juan Diego Botto 's Spanish thriller On
15151-639: The right choices." A pregnant Cruz showed her support for the battle against AIDS by lighting up the Empire State Building with red lights in New York City on 1 December 2010 on International AIDS Day , as part of (RED)'s new awareness campaign, 'An AIDS Free Generation is Due in 2015,' which aims to eradicate the HIV virus from pregnant mothers to their babies. In 2012 and 2018, she posed for ads supporting PETA 's anti-fur campaign. Cruz
15290-566: The role of Virginia Vallejo , and her husband, Javier Bardem , in the role of Pablo Escobar . Based on Vallejo's bestselling memoir Loving Pablo, Hating Escobar , the film was launched to mixed reviews during the 74th Venice International Film Festival . In order to play the role of the Colombian journalist, Cruz studied hundreds of interviews of Vallejo. Cruz had a supporting role in Kenneth Branagh 's mystery film Murder on
15429-524: The role, won the David di Donatello for her performance. She also won the European Film Award for Best Actress for the film in 2004. In 2005, Cruz appeared as Dr. Eva Rojas in the action adventure Sahara . She earned $ 1.6 million for her supporting role. The film grossed $ 110 million worldwide but did not recoup its $ 160 million budget. Moviefone dubbed the film "one of
15568-458: The same order of the surnames, so they cannot change it separately. Since June 2017, adopting the paternal name first is no longer the standard method, and parents are required to sign an agreement wherein the name order is expressed explicitly. The law also grants a person the option, upon reaching adulthood, of reversing the order of their surnames. However, this legislation only applies to Spanish citizens; people of other nationalities are issued
15707-586: The same role and Tom Cruise in Noriega's role), but "Open Your Eyes" was not commercially successful. Kevin N. Laforest of the Montreal Film Journal commented in his September 2002 review that Cruz "has been getting some really bad reviews for her recent American work, but I personally think that she's a more than decent actress, especially here, where she's charming, moving and always believable. [...] There's one shot in particular, where Cruz enters
15846-527: The second last name by itself is colloquial, however, and may not be applied in legal contexts. Also rarely, a person may become widely known by both surnames, with an example being a tennis player Arantxa Sánchez Vicario – whereas her older brothers Emilio and Javier , also professional tennis players, are mainly known only by the paternal surname of Sánchez in everyday life, although they would formally be addressed as Sánchez Vicario . Where Basque and Romance cultures have linguistically long coexisted,
15985-440: The second personal name need not (e.g. José María Aznar ). At present, the only naming limitation is the dignity of the child, who cannot be given an insulting name. Similar limitations applied against diminutive, familiar, and colloquial variants not recognized as names proper, and "those that lead to confusion regarding sex"; however, current law allows registration of diminutive names. Girls are often named María , honouring
16124-480: The sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, in which de could be applied to one's own name as a way of denoting the bearer's noble heritage, to avoid the misperception that he or she was either a Jew or a Moor. In that time, many people, regardless of their true origins, used the particle, e.g. Miguel de Cervantes , Lope de Vega , etc.; moreover, following that fashion, a high noble such as Francisco Sandoval Rojas called himself Francisco de Sandoval y Rojas . During
16263-455: The son of Fernando would be called: This system was most common in, but not limited to, the central region of Castile . Bare surnames, i.e. the father's name without the suffix -itz/-ez/-is/-es, can also be found, and are especially common in Catalonia . This said, mass migration in the 20th century has led to a certain levelling of such regional differences. In Catalan speaking areas ,
16402-721: The suffixed surname Ferrandis is most common in the South (the Valencian Country ) while in the North ( Catalonia ) the bare surname Ferran is more common. Furthermore, language contact led to the creation of multiple hybrid forms, as evidenced by the multiple Catalano-Castillan surnames, found especially in the Valencian Country: Fernàndez , Fernandis , Fernàndiz , Ferrandez , Ferràniz , Ferranis , etc. Not every surname that resembles this pattern
16541-546: The surname indicated by the laws of their original country. Each of these two surnames can also be composite in itself, with the parts usually linked by: For example, a person's name might be Juan Pablo Fernández de Calderón García-Iglesias , consisting of a forename ( Juan Pablo ), a paternal surname ( Fernández de Calderón ), and a maternal surname ( García-Iglesias ). A man named José Antonio Gómez Iglesias would normally be addressed as either señor Gómez or señor Gómez Iglesias instead of señor Iglesias , because Gómez
16680-434: The surnames Iglesia or Iglesias (church[es]) and Cruz (cross). Blanco (with the meaning "blank", rather than "white") was another option. A toponymic first surname might have been followed by Iglesia(s) or Cruz as a second surname. Nameless children were sometimes given the surname Expósito / Expósita (from Latin exposĭtus , "exposed", meaning "abandoned child"), which marked them, and their descendants, as of
16819-470: The surnames denote the father's name and the (family) house or town/village. Thus the Romance patronymic and the place-name are conjoined with the prepositional particle de ("from"+"provenance"). For example, in the name José Ignacio López de Arriortúa , the composite surname López de Arriortúa is a single surname, despite Arriortúa being the original family name. This can lead to confusion because
16958-411: The traditional paternal–maternal surname order. Therefore, the daughter and son of Ángela López Sáenz and Tomás Portillo Blanco are usually called Laura Portillo López and Pedro Portillo López but could also be called Laura López Portillo and Pedro López Portillo . The two surnames of all siblings must be in the same order when recorded in the Registro Civil . Spanish naming customs include
17097-500: The transitional character at different phases in her life, ranging from her early twenties to her late forties. Despite receiving little praise from critics, Cruz's performance opposite Emile Hirsch earned positive reviews. In 2013, Cruz appeared in Ridley Scott 's The Counselor , featuring an ensemble cast consisting of Michael Fassbender , Cameron Diaz , Brad Pitt , and husband Javier Bardem . The crime thriller follows
17236-499: The two, hyphenated, as a single (paternal) surname. Occasionally the two are fused into a simple (unhyphenated) name, such as Jovellanos (from Jove and Llanos). Rarely, the two names are left unhyphenated, such as López Portillo , which may lead to confusion. Parents choose their child's given name , which must be recorded in the Registro Civil (Civil Registry) to establish their legal identity. With few restrictions, parents can now choose any name; common sources of names are
17375-468: The virginal Luz. People magazine noted that Cruz's role as Luz showed that she was versatile. From 1993 to 1996, Cruz appeared in ten Spanish and Italian films. At 20, she went to live in New York for two years at Christopher and Greenwich to study ballet and English between films. She recalls learning English "kind of late", previously knowing only the dialogue she had learned for the casting and
17514-463: The vowel I ( Ibarra ), the vowel Y ( Ybarra archaic spelling), or the combination Hi + consonant ( Higueras ) — Spanish euphony substitutes e in place of the word y ; thus the example of the Spanish statesman Eduardo Dato e Iradier (1856–1921). To communicate a person's social identity , Spanish naming customs provide orthographic means, such as suffix-letter abbreviations, surname spellings, and place names, which denote and connote
17653-641: Was Blow , adapted from Bruce Porter's 1993 book Blow: How a Small Town Boy Made $ 100 million with the Medellín Cocaine Cartel and Lost It All . She had a supporting role as Mirtha Jung, the wife of Johnny Depp 's character. The film received mixed reviews, but made $ 80 million worldwide. Nina Willdorf of the Boston Phoenix described Cruz as "multi-talented" and Mark Salvo of The Austin Chronicle wrote "I may be one of
17792-456: Was a box office failure. The following year, Cruz had a supporting role in the horror film Gothika as Chloe Sava, a patient at a mental hospital. David Rooney of Variety wrote that Cruz "adds a serviceably malevolent edge to Chloe's apparent madness". Cruz's performance in Fanfan la Tulipe , also in 2003, was not well received, Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian commenting that Cruz "deserves
17931-489: Was a midwife); Perico del Lunar (because he had a mole); Tomatito (son of a father known as Tomate (tomato) because of his red face); Sabicas (because of his childhood passion for green beans, from niño de las habicas ); Paco de Lucía , born Francisco (" Paco ") Gustavo Sánchez Gomes, was known from infancy after his Portuguese mother, Lucía Gomes (de Lucía = [son] of Lucía). And many more. When referring to these artists by their assumed names, it makes no sense to shorten
18070-466: Was absolutely magic [at the audition]. It was obvious there was something ... impressive about this kid.... She was ... green, but there was a presence. There was just something coming from within." Her father, Eduardo, died at his home in Spain in 2015, aged sixty two, from a heart attack . In 1989, 15-year-old Cruz made her acting debut in a music video for the Spanish pop group Mecano 's song "La Fuerza del Destino". Between 1990 and 1991, she hosted
18209-521: Was because flamenco was considered disreputable and they did not want to embarrass their families: We have to start with the history of the gypsies in Spain. They gained a bad reputation because of the minor crimes they had to commit to survive. They did not have any kind of jobs, they had to do something to live, and of course this created hostility. And Flamenco was the music of the Gypsies, so many high society people did not accept it – they said Flamenco
18348-434: Was chosen by Empire magazine as being one of the 100 Sexiest Movie Stars in the world. Cruz was also ranked on Askmen.com 's Most Desirable Women of 2008 at No. 26, in 2009 at No. 25, and in 2010 at No. 7. In April 2010, she replaced Kate Winslet as the new face and ambassador of Lancôme 's Trésor fragrance. Lancôme signed Cruz as their third superstar spokesmodel, along with Julia Roberts and Winslet. The campaign
18487-498: Was common in northern and eastern areas up to the 13th century. A notable example of this system was Joaquina Sánchez de Samaniego y Fernández de Tejada , with both paternal and maternal surnames coming from this system, joined with an y ("and"). In Spanish, the preposition particle de ("of") is used as a conjunction in two different surname styles, and also used in a kind of placeholder role to disambiguate surnames that might be mistaken as additional forenames. The first style
18626-574: Was critically panned, and Variety felt that Cruz has "clearly been cast to play the kind of red-hot drama queen she's pulled off infinitely better in the films of Pedro Almodovar." After being shelved since 2007, Manolete (originally shot in 2005 ) released on demand via cable, satellite, telco and online on 7 June 2011 under the title A Matador's Mistress . She also appeared in The Good Night , playing two characters, Anna and Melody. TV Guide film critic Maitland McDonagh noted that in
18765-474: Was highly underused and "looking even less invested here than she did in Zoolander 2 ". Also in 2016, Cruz rejoined Fernando Trueba on his Spanish-language period pic The Queen of Spain , a sequel to Trueba's 1998 drama The Girl of Your Dreams . Set in the 1950s, twenty years after the events of the original, Cruz reprised the role of an actress who becomes a Hollywood star and returns to Spain to film
18904-500: Was in the hands of criminals, bandits, et cetera. And the girls, that maybe liked dancing or singing, their parents said, "Oh no, you want to be a prostitute!". This tradition of not using one's proper name has persisted to the present day, even though flamenco is now legitimate. Sometimes the artistic name consists of the home town appended to the first name ( Manolo Sanlúcar , Ramón de Algeciras ); but many, perhaps most, such names are more eccentric: Pepe de la Matrona (because his mother
19043-483: Was not shown. In 2011, The Telegraph reported the most sought after body parts of the rich and famous revealed by two Hollywood plastic surgeons who carried out a survey among their patients to build up the picture of the perfect woman. Under the category of the most sought after body shape, Cruz, known for her voluptuous figure, was voted as having the top body. Men's Health ranked her at No. 32. on their "100 Hottest Women of All-Time" list. Esquire named her
19182-483: Was shot by Mario Testino at Paris 's Hotel de Crillon and debuted in the autumn of 2010. In 2010, Cruz was a guest editor for the French Vogue magazine, focusing on larger-size models in a provocative photo shoot. Almodóvar described her as his muse . On the cover of Spanish Vogue ' s December 2010 issue, she agreed to be photographed by fashion photographer Peter Lindbergh only if her pregnancy
19321-511: Was the American comedy Zoolander 2 , co-starring and directed by Ben Stiller . In the sequel film, Cruz portrayed a secret Interpol agent who enlists models Derek Zoolander (Stiller) and Hansel McDonald, played by Owen Wilson , to help find out who is killing the world's most beautiful people. Specifically written for her persona, Cruz, a fan of the original 2001 film , was one of the first actors to be cast in their parts. Upon its release,
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