Mónica

Mónica Cruz Sánchez is a Spanish actress and dancer. She is the younger sister of actress Penélope Cruz. She was born in the working-class town of Alcobendas, Madrid, Spain, the daughter of Encarna Sánchez, a hairdresser, and Eduardo Cruz, a retailer and auto mechanic. Throughout her childhood, Cruz lived in Alcobendas. Cruz is the middle child of three siblings; she has an older sister, Penélope, who is an actress, and a younger brother, Eduardo, who is a singer. Her parents divorced in 1999, and her father remarried Carmen Moreno in 2003. Moreno gave birth to a baby girl, Salma Cruz, on February 24, 2012. Penélope and Mónica distinguished themselves as promising young dancers and both received professional instruction; Penélope attended Spain’s National Conservatory while Mónica enrolled in The Royal Academy of Dance to study traditional ballet and flamenco.

Mónica Patricia Jaramillo Giraldo is a Colombian journalist, news presenter, model and former beauty pageant contestant. Her parents are Hernando Jaramillo and Nora Giraldo, they have together two sons more, Juan Fernando and Adriana, respectively. Mónica studied at the Pontifical Bolivarian University, where she majored in Social communication and journalist, subsequently completed a master's degree in Political Science at the University of Los Andes in 2013.