Los Angeles, January 26: Hollywood stars Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem have welcomed their first child.
The Academy award winning actress gave birth to the baby on Tuesday, but the notoriously private couple have not yet disclosed the child”s gender or name, reported People magazine online.
The news was revealed by Spanish newspaper El Pais, which reported that the baby was born in Los Angeles at the world-renowned Cedars Sinai hospital.
The 36-year-old actress married fellow Spaniard and Oscar winner Bardem, 41, at a low-key ceremony in the Caribbean in July last year.
The pair started dating in 2007 after starring together in the Woody Allen movie ”Vicky Cristina Barcelona”.
The couple have known one another for 16 years after meeting on the set of Penelope”s 1992 debut film, the Spanish comedy drama ”Jamon Jamon”.
——–PTI