Acting on Instinct

THE SPANISH ACTRESS TAPS INTO HER MATERNAL SIDE IN HER NEW MOVIE, PARALLEL MOTHERS

Her beauty and acting chops made her a star in her native Spain at 18 before she found fame in America thanks to movies like Vanilla Sky and Vicky Cristina Barcelona. Now Penélope Cruz is winning raves — along with a best actress Oscar nomination — for the heartrending Spanish drama Parallel Mothers. She plays Janis, a free-spirited photographer who embraces her unexpected pregnancy but later finds herself wrestling with a terrible secret. “I’ve had a very strong maternal instinct since I can remember,” says the actress. As a child playing with dolls, “I always picked the role of [the] mother, and I was always acting and pretending to be one.” Penélope, 47, who shares son Leo, 11, and daughter Luna, 8, with actor husband Javier Bardem, 53 — and…

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