The 43-year-old actor will be bestowed with the honour during the annual awards ceremony, the French equivalent of the Academy Awards, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
"Penelope Cruz has the talent to shine in international productions as much as in (smaller) films, whether (she's working) for Ridley Scott, Rob Marshall, Kenneth Branagh, Sergio Castellitto, Fernando Trueba or Asghar Farhadi with whom she has just wrapped 'Everybody Knows' ('Todos Lo Saven') which will come out in May," Alain Terzian, the president of France's Academy of Arts and Techniques of Cinema, said in a statement.
The ceremony will be held on March 2 in Paris.
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