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On Sunday, Zoe Saldaña made history as the first Dominican American actress to win an Oscar. “My grandmother came to this country in 1961,” she told the audience through tears, “I am a proud child of immigrant parents.” She went on to also introduce a lot of people to the fact that she’s married to a long-haired Italian film producer named Marco Perego, who was sitting next to her at the awards ceremony.
Saldaña, who won Best Supporting Actress for her role in Emilia Pérez, thanked Perego and his now-infamous locks, saying, “Thank you to my husband, with that beautiful hair, you’re just … the biggest honor in my life is being your partner. You hung the moon in our beautiful perfect sons, Cy, Bowie, and Zen. They fill our skies every night with stars.”
For the many uninitiated, Saldaña and her husband met on an airplane in 2013 and married a few months later — when you know, you know, I guess. The pair both added on the other’s last names to the end of their names, so technically her full name is Zoe Saldaña-Perego. They share three children together, twins Cy Aridio and Bowie Ezio and Zen Anton, and also have each other’s faces tattooed on their body, because of course they do.
Someone get this man a Pantene partnership.
