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In The Girl of Your Dreams, Cruz portrayed Macarena Granada, a singer who is in an on-and-off relationship with Antonio Resines's character, Blas.

They are part of a movie troupe that moved from Spain to Berlin ( Germany ) for a joint production with UFA during the years of Nazis.

Cruz's performance in the film was praised by film critics, with Jonathan Holloland of Variety magazine writing " if confirmation is still needed that Cruz is an actress first and a pretty face second, then here it is.

" A writer for Film4 commented that " Cruz herself is the inevitable focus of the film " but noted that overall the film " looks great.

" Cruz's role as Macerna has been viewed as her " largest role to date.

" For her performance, Cruz received a Goya Award and Spanish Actors Union Award, and was nominated for a European Film Award.

In 1999, Cruz worked with Almodóvar again in All About My Mother, playing Sister María Rosa Sanz, a pregnant nun with AIDS.

The film received favorable reviews, and was commercially successful, grossing over $ 67 million worldwide, although it performed better at the box office internationally than domestically.