15 Apr, 2017 @ 14:02
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Penelope Cruz cast as Donatella Versace in new USA TV drama series

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powerful-women-penelope-cruzPENELOPE Cruz has been cast as Donatella Versace in an upcoming TV drama series.

Versace: American Crime Story, will follow the story of Italian fashion designer Gianni Versace, who was shot and killed outside his Miami Beach home in the summer of 1997.

Cruz, from Madrid, will play his sister Donatella, who took over the fashion empire following his tragic death.

The series, created by Ryan Murphy with FX, will air in 2018.

42-year-old Cruz was the first actress from Spain to be nominated for and win an Academy Award.

She picked up her Oscar for best supporting actress in Vicky, Cristina Barcelona in 2009.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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