This year, the title of Esquire‘s Sexiest Woman Alive has been given to Penelope Cruz.
The actress of the upcoming Spanish-language film Ma Ma and Grimsby with Sacha Baron Cohen is the 10th honoree of the annual title.
“I’ve played a lot of tricks on myself,” she says in the magazine’s cover story. “I’ve made it hard for me sometimes, especially in my teens and 20s. I had an attraction to drama. Most of us have that, especially if you are an artist — you feel like you are tempted to explore the darkness. I could not be less interested now. For me, the most attractive, charming, cool, fun, interesting thing — how could I call it? A plan.”
Previous recipients of the magazine’s title include Scarlett Johansson, Mila Kunis, Rihanna, Minka Kelly, Kate Beckinsale, Halle Berry, Charlize Theron, Jessica Biel and Angelina Jolie.
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