Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role 2009
Penélope Cruz Vicky Cristina Barcelona 2009
SEX WORKER ROLE
Anna in To Rome with Love 2012
Character Is A Prostitute
Penélope Cruz in To Rome with Love 2012
In “To Rome With Love,” Penélope plays the role of Anna, a good-natured, high-class prostitute. Anna finds herself in the wrong suite as a result of a string of weird mishaps. Occupying the suite is a couple just married, who have never had sex before. They feel ashamed to be around Anna, who is sexually experienced, because they are not. To help the couple out, Anna decides to teach them about love.
Penélope has this to say about her character:
“This is a character that doesn’t think, doesn’t have a filter. She’s completely in the moment. She’s like a child that way. She doesn’t mind offending somebody. I’m much more controlling than she is, so it’s very liberating to play somebody that is so free.”
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