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Water baby: Cruz takes a swim with her hair flowing loose

There's nothing mumsy about Penelope Cruz, even in the dowdiest of roles the actress simmers with a unique elegance and beauty that just can't be disguised.

So it's interesting to see that the role she refers to as her 'biggest transformation yet,' that of being a mother to seven-month-old Leo, hasn't extinguished that trademark flame.

In fact, the 37-year-old has never looked more beautiful than in these shots of her relaxing with her son and husband, fellow Oscar winner, Javier Bardem, 42.


Just beautiful: Cruz looked stunning in her one-piece


Wearing a stunning white one-piece swimsuit, reminiscent of Italian pin-up Sophia Loren, the new mother left her envy-inducing tresses loose while she doted on Leo, and took a swim.

The family relocated to Southern Italy at the weekend after enjoying a trip to Roses on their native Spain's Costa Brava with Penelope's 26-year-old brother Eduardo and his girlfriend Eva Longoria.

The Desperate Housewives actress, 36 , and Penelope's younger brother have been dating since early this year, not long after Eva's divorce from ex-husband Tony Parker was finalised.

They seemed particularly happy in each other's company, with Eva throwing an arm around Eduardo as they lunched outside.


The look of love: Cruz smiles happily at Bardem as they securely place Leo into his pushchair

But Penelope and Javier, who married in July 2010 in the Bahamas, obviously wanted some time alone with their beautiful young son.

Both parents are understandably besotted and took turns to dote over their beautiful boy, later Penelope tied her hair into a loose chignon and threw on a white beach dress to tackle the little one's push chair as they returned to their lodgings.

But that wonderful hair was free again after the couple changed their clothes to take Leo on a stroll of the surrounding countryside, this time Penelope in vibrant green and Javier in blue.

The couple are based in both Madrid and Los Angeles, but Penelope has spent much time in Italy recently while she shoots a new Woody Allen film in Rome.


Look, darling!: The proud parents show Leo around the countryside


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Yummy madre!: Penélope Cruz looked sensational in a tiny red dress with black dots on it as she filmed the new Woody Allen film in Rome today

She's regularly voted one of the sexiest women in the world - and Woody Allen appears to be playing on Penélope Cruz's sensuous reputation for his new movie.

The 37-year-old sexbomb has been shooting scenes for new movie Bop Decameron in Rome wearing a tight strapless scarlet mini dress and skyscraper red patent peeptoe heels.

The star also demonstrated she'd easily got her figure is back to it's sensational best after giving birth to first baby Leo at the start of the year


Va-va-voom: The mother-of-one showed she's got her pre-baby body back already on the set in Rome


Later on in the scenes, she was seen wrapping up in a silk black and white polka dotted gown.

Woody previously directed Penélope to Oscar winning effect in 2008's Vicky Christina Barcelona.

Their latest collaboration isn’t set to hit the big screen until 2012 but includes 30 Rock star Alec Baldwin, Juno star Ellen Page and The Social Network actor Jesse Eisenberg.


Street walking: The all-red outfit is far more tarty than Penélope would ever wear in real life


Penelope won the gold statuette for her role as Maria Elena in 2008's Vicky Cristina, she played opposite Bardem as one of his girlfriends, the other being Scarlett Johansson.

This time round of course, the pair are married with a six-month-old son.

Cruz arrived in Rome with just Leo and two bodyguards and husband Javier Bardem has already been out to visit them both on breaks from his filming schedule.


Rear-ly lovely: The new mother-of-one is regularly voted one of the world's sexiest women


'I'm really happy to be in Rome and to shoot a film with Woody Allen,' Cruz said when she arrived in the city a fortnight ago.

The film will be a modern-day take on Giovanni Boccaccio's The Decameron and will consist of four vignettes.

In his story, Allen and his wife travel to Rome and meet the family of the Italian man that their daughter is going to marry; Cruz is rumoured to be playing his wife.



Curvaceous: The star looked in incredible shape as she covered up with a silk polka dotted gown


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Looking good: Penelope Cruz makes an appearance on the Jay Leno show where she revealed she set her hair on fire while blowing out candles on a cake


Penelope Cruz has told how she set her hair on fire blowing out candles on her birthday cake.

The 37-year-old actress said she gets flustered celebrating because she doesn't know how to act around people.

Appearing on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, she said: 'I always get nervous celebrating the birthday.


Kiss from me: The actress told Leno she gets flustered at birthday parties, which caused her to set her hair on fire when blowing out the candles


'[This year] I had dinner with friends and family.

'I get nervous when people sing 'Happy Birthday', I get nervous when I have to open the presents in front of them.

'I get more nervous even than at the Oscars.'

She then explained how she even managed to set her hair on fire because she was so flustered when she went to blow out the candles during on birthday celebration.

The actress, who is set to appear in the upcoming Pirates Caribbean movie, attended the Met Gala fashion event in New York on Monday night.


Leggy: Penelope wore a stunning low-cut off-white dress for her interview


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