Monica Cruz was born on the 6th March 1977 in Madrid, Spain. She is an actress, dance rand model. She danced in Joaquim Cortes's dance company, and she is the sister of actress Penelope Cruz. Monica became famous for playing Silvia Jauregi in the Spanish TV series Un paso adelante, along with actors like Silvia Marty, Beatriz Luengo, Pablo Puyol, Dafne Fernandez and Lola Herrara. She also performed in Davis Bisbal's Llorare las penas videoclip. Monica modelled alongside sister Penelope for Mango's fall 2007 line. In her early career she had a hard time breaking out from her big sister's shadow but her time appears to have come. Monica was exceptionally busy in 2006 and 2007. She logged hours on four large-scale projects: the Spanish TV series La Bella Otero, and the films Caminando (2007), The Blackening (2007) and Asterix aux jeux olympiques (2008), which also stars Gerard Depardieu.
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