Penélope Cruz and Salma Hayek: hand in hand on the red carpet

Penélope Cruz (50) and Salma Hayek (58) cause excitement with a joint appearance. The two actresses appeared together on the WSJ red carpet. Magazine’s Innovator Awards in New York City. They beamed and posed for the photographers while holding each other’s hands.

Hayek wowed in a floor-length, strapless red dress with a slightly flared hip. Cruz kept the glamor going in a glittering gown with a high leg slit and cowl neckline. The two Hollywood stars let their hair fall over their shoulders in light waves.

The event also attracted other high-profile actors to the Museum of Modern Art, including Ariana Grande, Aubrey Plaza, Cynthia Erivo, Reese Witherspoon, Emily Ratajkowski and Sarah Paulson.

Penélope Cruz and Salma Hayek have been close friends for decades. (66), Cruz revealed in 2022 that their friendship dates back to their early days in Hollywood. The Spaniard came to Los Angeles for the first time to shoot a film and didn’t know anyone there, except that she had spoken to Hayek on the phone. “She picked me up and said, ‘You’re not going to a hotel. You’re coming to my house because it’s hard at first and you’re going to feel very lonely.’ So she took me to her house and that’s why we’re like sisters today,” the Oscar winner recalled.

In the end, she even shared a room with Hayek and held her hand at night. She found her colleague’s selflessness towards a stranger at the time “astonishing”. “I love her so much. From day one she acted that way towards me,” Cruz said.

In 2006, the friends played the main roles side by side in the film “Bandidas”. Salma Hayek can currently be seen in the film “Without Blood” directed by Angelina Jolie (49).