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Penelope CruzPenelope Cruz nominated for OscarsPosted at Thursday, 25 January 2007 09:01 IST Los Angeles, Jan 25: Actress Penelope Cruz has been nominated in the Best Actress category for the Oscars, which will be presented on February 25, Sahara Samay sources said. The 32-year-old, played the leading role in the film "Volver" directed by Pedro Almodovar and was nominated for her performance in it. Cruz will face tough competition from other nominees including British actresses Helen Mirren for her role in "The Queen," Judy Dench for "Notes on a Scandal" and Kate Winslet for "Little Children." Penelope Cruz's role in "Volver" is considered her best performance. Her character, Raimunda, is an uneducated woman who faces life and death with kindness and limitless vitality. Penelope Cruz Celebrates Oscar Nomination With Salma HayekPenelope Cruz celebrated her Oscar nomination last night by hitting Hollywood with best pal Salma Hayek, who was upset she wasn't allowed to read the Spaniard's name out. Hayek joined Sid Ganis, the President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, at the nominations announcement yesterday morning, and when she spotted her friend's name on the card, she begged to be able to read it out. After yelping, "Yes," when Ganis read out her friend's name, the star told reporters, "I wanted to say her name. I fought for it, but they wouldn't let me." As soon as an emotional Cruz saw the video footage of her friend at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, where the nominations were read out, she excused herself in the middle of an interview with TV show "Extra" to call Hayek. Salma Hayek begged to be allowed to read Penélope Cruz’s Oscar nominationSalma Hayek has revealed she begged to be allowed to read out her friend Penélope Cruz’s nomination for this year’s Best Actress Oscar but she wasn’t allowed. Salma co-presented the nominations announcement ceremony yesterday with the President of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences, Sid Ganis. Salma later told reporters when she spotted Penélope’s name on the card: “I wanted to say her name. I fought for it, but they wouldn’t let me.” Instead she just cried out “yes!” when Sid read out the name and Penelope, who was being interviewed for TV show Extra when the nominations were read out, excused herself in the middle of the interview to call Salma. She was heard saying: “You’re coming out with me tonight. To dinner. To celebrate.” Profile: Penelope CruzReal Name: Penelope Cruz Sanchez Image: Spanish screen siren who has conquered Hollywood Birth Date: April 28, 1974 Best Known For: Starring in cult film Vanilla Sky opposite Tom Cruise. Early Life: Penelope was born in Madrid to retailer dad Eduardo Cruz and hairdresser mum Encarna Sanchez. She was sent to classical ballet school and was talent spotted in a music video for a Spanish pop group. Her first major film Belle Epoque won an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, and in 2000 she starred in her first US movie All The Pretty Horses. Career High: Winning the prestigious Best Actress award at this year's Cannes Film Festival for Spanish film Volver. Love Life: Penelope has a habit of dating her hunky co-stars. Her three-year romance with Tom Cruise thrust her into the limelight. She then dated Matthew McConaughey for a year after they filmed Sahara and is now rumoured to be seeing Manolete co-star Adrien Brody. Orlando Bloom dating Penelope Cruz?Hollywood stars Orlando Bloom and Penelope Cruz are reported to be dating, after being seen socialising together on several occasions. According to ITV, the pair were spotted together at Bloom's 30th birthday celebrations. They were also reported to have attended one of Justin Timberlake's concerts together earlier this week. Rumours of a romance between Bloom and Cruz started last year when they were reportedly spotted holding hands, but both stars denied that they were involved at the time. Penelope Cruz | Penelope Cruz 1 | Penelope Cruz 3 | Penelope Cruz 4 | Penelope Cruz 5
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