In the 2000s she has appeared in films from a wide range of genres, including the comedy Waking Up in Reno (2002), the thriller Gothika (2003), the Christmas movie Noel (2004), the action adventure Sahara (2005), the animated G-Force and the musical drama Nine. Penélope Cruz Sánchez was born in Alcobendas, Community of Madrid, Spain, the daughter of Encarna Sánchez, a hairdresser and personal manager, and Eduardo Cruz, a retailer and auto mechanic. Cruz is the oldest of three siblings; she has a younger brother, Eduardo, who is a singer, and a younger sister, Mónica, who is an actress. She received three years of Spanish ballet training and four years of theater at Cristina Rota’s New York school. When Cruz was a teenager, she began having an interest in acting after seeing the film Tie Me Up. Tie Me Down. People magazine noted that Cruz’s role as Luz showed that she was versatile. She portrays Diana, a fan of The Beatles band member John Lennon; she tries unsuccessfully to meet him.