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TAPE_NUMBER: EF01/0150 IN_TIME: 14:21:53 LENGTH: 01:06 SOURCES: APTN RESTRICTIONS: No re-use/re-sale of film/video/tv clips without clearance FEED: VARIOUS (THE ABOVE TIME-CODE IS TIME-OF-DAY) SCRIPT: xfa TITLE: PENELOPE CRUZ LOCATION: FILE DATE: 6 FEBRUARY 2001 Known outside her native country as the Spanish enchantress, PEN?LOPE CRUZ, 26, is being named as the 'other woman' as one of Hollywood's most dazzling double acts disintegrates after ten years But reports that the end of the marriage of TOM CRUISE and NICOLE KIDMAN was caused by infidelity were denied yesterday by Pat Kingsley, who represents both of them Cruise had been pictured arm in arm with the stunning Spanish actress on the set of their new film 'Vanilla Sky' and there were reports of them having cosy dinners together in New York Lawyer Pam Kingsley said: 'There is absolutely no third party There is nobody else I have had people ask if Nicole has gone with Ewan McGregor but she hasn't seen him since they stopped filming Moulin Rouge months ago in Australia 'And people are asking about Tom and Penelope Cruz and that is certainly not true' Miss Cruz told a British newspaper: 'I did not break up Tom Cruise's marriage I am not having an affair with Tom Cruise I am just one of his leading ladies in a film He is a very nice actor, that's all' Cruz is one of the leading lights in showbiz's recent Latino revolution Born in Madrid, she studied ballet before her big acting break in the Oscar-winning 'Belle ?poque' (1992), in which she played one of four sisters vying for the love of a handsome army deserter The film also garnered several Goyas, the Spanish equivalent of the Academy Awards Her resum? continued to grow by three or four films each year, and soon Cruz was a leading lady of Spanish cinema Her first big international hit was Pedro Almodsvar's 'Todo sobre mi Madre' (All About My Mother), in which she played an unchaste but well-meaning nun As the film was showered with awards and accolades, Cruz suddenly found herself in demand on both sides of the Atlantic Her next big project was 'Woman on Top' (2000), an American comedy about a chef with bewitching culinary skills and a severe case of motion sickness She also signed up to star opposite Johnny Depp in the drug-trafficking drama 'Blow' and with Matt Damon (another rumoured paramour) in Billy Bob Thornton's 'All the Pretty Horses' Meanwhile, she also stars in the blockbuster 'Captain Corelli's Mandolin' with Nicolas Cage (another lover, according to the tabloids) The film is due out this summer SHOTLIST: 1 VS PENELOPE CRUZ (APTN FILE - CANNES 2000) 2 SOT PENELOPE CRUZ 3 MS PENELOPE CRUZ?