Penelope Cruz named Esquire's Sexiest Woman Alive 2014

Penelope Cruz is Esquire's “Sexiest Woman Alive” in 2014.

Cruz, 40, is the 11th woman to be given the title by the magazine. Previous honorees include Angelina Jolie, Halle Berry, Rihanna, Charlize Theron and Scarlett Johansson.

The Academy Award-winning actress, who is married to Javier Barden and has two young children, is keeping quiet about her personal life. She declined to comment to the magazine about her actor-husband as well as their two children. She says, "That is for us."

She said while she was attracted to drama in her young age, now she thrives on planning.

“I had an attraction to drama,” she said. “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.”