Getting back to work after her big win, Cruz starred in “Nine” (2009), Rob Marshall’s musical loosely based on Fellini’s “8 ½” (1963) that focused on a struggling film director (Daniel Day-Lewis) who tries to make a movie while dealing with all the demanding women in his life – his wife (Marion Cotillard), his mistress (Cruz), his star (Nicole Kidman) and even his diseased mother (Sophia Loren). For her work in the film, she received nominations at the Golden Globes and Screen Actors Guild awards for Best Supporting Actress. She next reunited with director and old friend Almodóvar for “Broken Embraces” (2009), a neo-noir about a writer blinded from a car accident who pines for the lost love of his life (Cruz).
