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Penélope Cruz: ‘I would never let anyone silence me when it comes to speaking out against the brutal treatment of civilians and children’

2 May 2026 at 04:00

“While they were putting on my wig, I had a doctor on the phone who told me, ‘It looks like you have a brain aneurysm,’” says Penélope Cruz, 51, the actress who has starred in some of the most memorable scenes in cinema of recent decades, both in Spain and abroad.

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Styling:

Juan Cebrián

Make-up and hair:

Pablo Iglesias (NS Management) for Chanel.

Set design:

Virginia Sancho.

Production:

Cristina Serrano.

Photography assistants:

Marcos Jiménez and Mario Val.

Digital assistant:

Orlando Gutiérrez.

Styling assistants:

Paula Alcalde and Carmen Cruz.

Production assistant:

Marina Marco.

Nails:

Laura Hurtado

© Gorka Postigo (EL PAÍS)

Penélope Cruz wears a wool jacket, silk pants, and metal and crystal earrings from CHANEL’s Métiers d’art 2026 collection.
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