Penelope Cruz reveals her stunning post-pregnancy figure as she receives a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame

By DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Immaculate: Penelope flaunted her post-pregnancy curves in a stunning purple lace fitted dress as she received a star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame today


Penelope Cruz was the picture of gorgeous glowing health today as she received her star on the Hollywood Walk Of Fame.

The 36-year-old who just recently welcome a son into the world, revealed her post-pregnancy curves in a stunning purple lace fitted dress as she addressed a crowd of fans in a ceremony outside the El Capitan Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard.

The outfit highlighted her curvaceous figure after giving birth to her son Leo Encinas Cruz just over two month ago.


Big moment: With her husband Jarvier Bardem watching from the crowd and her close friend and co-star Johnny Depp in tow, the actress posed in front of her star situated on the famous Hollywood strip


For the ceremony she let her golden-tipped brown locks flow naturally and slipped on a pair of sky-high Christian Louboutins.

With her husband Jarvier Bardem watching from the crowd, and her close friend and co-star Johnny Depp in tow, the actress posed in front of her star situated on the famous Hollywood strip.

Leaning down to touch the honourable plaque, the Spanish-born actress beamed with happiness.

Before the star was unveiled, Penelope took to the stage and gave a sentimental and gracious speech.


Proud: Johnny got up to the stage and said a few words about his co-star and friend


With a light humour, she credited her Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides co-star Johnny Depp as being the one who helped her learn English when she first moved to Los Angeles.

'I want to thank the man with the hat. Let me tell you about the man with the hat. I came to Los Angeles for the first time in 1994, I spoke no English. I only knew how to say two things, two sentences. One was, 'How are you?', the other one was, 'I want to work with Johnny Depp.

'In the last 10 years I have worked with him twice and that has improved my English, so now I know how to say, 'I want to work with Johnny Depp again!


Friends: The pair have known each other for 10 years and starred in two films together


'Thank you Johnny for your friendship, your friendship, your talent, you are such an inspiration to so many of us, always.'

The Vanilla Sky star also thanked her Pirates Of The Caribbean director Rob Marshall, who gave the actress a glowing review as he introduced her to the stage.

'Thank you Rob Marshall for being here today and the beautiful things you said.

Thank you for your continued generosity and kindness, you are a big heart with a pair of legs walking around this world always with a smile on your face,' she said.


Hugs: The two actors embraced after the ceremony was over


Lovers: Penelope left with her proud husband Jarvier Bardem


Following the ceremony, Penelope embraced Johnny for a cuddle before leaving with her husband Bardem.

In Pirates Of The Caribbean: On Stranger Tides, Penelope plays the daughter of pirate Blackbeard and the love interest of Johnny Depp's character, Captain Jack Sparrow.

She is the 2,436 person in the entertainment industry to receive the top honour of a star.


Crowd pleaser: The audience went wild for Johnny


Her first major film was 1992 drama Jamon Jamon, where she played a woman who finds herself pregnant by a man that her mother does not approve of, prompting the mother to hire an underwear model to seduce her.

It was her real-life husband Jarvier Bardem who played that role.

Penelope starred in her first English-language film The Hi-Lo Country in 1998.
She later starred in many acclaimed dramas including Vanilla Sky, Blow, Captain Corelli's Mandolin and many others.

She is also the first Spanish-born actress to win an Academy Award, scoring a Best Supporting Actress nod in 2009 for her performance in Vicky Cristina Barcelona, in which she also co-starred alongside Bardem.

Penelope and Javier welcomed their first child at the end of January.

'Both parents and baby are doing great,' her representative said at the time in a statement.

The baby was born in Los Angeles at the world-renowned Cedars Sinai hospital
They married in early July 2010 in a private ceremony at a friend's home in the Bahamas.


Penelope Cruz Received Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on April 1th



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