When Zoe Saldaña won her first Oscar in 2025, she made sure to thank her husband, artist Marco Perego Saldaña, and his beautiful, flowing hair. Hairstyle aside, the low-key couple have been married for over a decade and share three children, not to mention a last name: hers.
Get to know the pair with a complete relationship timeline, starting with the latest:
2025
Saldaña wins several prestigious accolades for her work in Emilia Perez, with Marco accompanying her to events including the 2025 Academy Awards.
She kisses him immediately after her name is announced and thanks him in her speech, saying, “And to my husband with that beautiful hair! You’re just—the biggest honor of my life is being your partner.”
He cries. It’s adorbs.
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2024
The Saldañas go on The Drew Barrymore Show and get real about maintaining intimacy amid family life, saying they’ve called sex “playing Legos naked” as a code word. Saldaña also reveals that she has an image of her husband tattooed on her torso.
“Whenever I get undressed around people, they’re like, ‘Are you very religious?’ I’m like, ‘No, why?’” she explains. “It’s like, ‘Well because you have a portrait of Jesus,’ and I’m like, ‘No, that’s my husband.’”
2023
For their 10-year anniversary, Perego Saldaña posts a Polaroid of the two of them to Instagram, writing, “forever to go.”
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2021
Together, the couple cover the spring issue of Lala magazine.
2020
Quarantine brings out their goofy sides.
2016
Boy number three arrives! Zen Anton Hilario is born in December.
