Actress Salma Hayek is one of the most notable figures of Mexican descent in Hollywood today. She is most famous for her work in the 2002 film Frida, for which she was nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award. In 2001 she received Glamour magazine's Woman of the Year Award, and then in 2005, Time Magazine's "25 Most Influental Hispanics" award. Salma comes from a prominent Veracruz family of Spanish and Lebanese descent. She was raised Roman Catholic, and at a young age attended boarding school in the United States where she was diagnosed with dyslexia. Salma later studied International Relations in Mexico City at the Universidad Iberomericanan. Her first name, Salma, is Arabic for "peace". It wasn't until the age of 23 that Hayek began her acting career with a role in the successful Mexican TV series, Teresa. She instantly became a Mexican hero, and five years later starred in El Callejon de los Milagros, a film that won more awards than any other in Mexican history. At the age of 25, Salma moved to Los Angeles and started her Hollywood career. Robert Rodriguez cast Salma in his 1995 film Desperado, which she starred in with actor Antonio Banderas. The film was a major success and Salma was even nominated for Best Supporting Actress. This kickstarted her career and over the next decade, she starred in over 25 films that include Frida (2002), Wild Wild West (1999), and Fools Rush In (1997). Salma is married to French billionaire Francois Pinault, and together the couple has one daughter, Valentina. In her personal life, Salma is strongly involved with charitable organizations dealing with Women's rights advocacy.
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Movie | The Roads Not Taken | Dolores | 2020-03-13 |
Movie | The Hummingbird Project | Eva Torres | 2019-03-15 |
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Movie | La Folie Disneyland Paris : L'Anniversaire des 25 ans du Parc | Self | 2017-04-19 |
Movie | How to Be a Latin Lover | Sara | 2017-03-06 |
Movie | Beatriz at Dinner | Beatriz | 2017-06-09 |
Movie | The Hitman's Bodyguard | Sonia Kincaid | 2017-08-16 |
Movie | I Saved My Belly Dancer | 2016-02-03 | |
Movie | Sausage Party | Teresa Taco (voice) | 2016-07-11 |
Series | Chelsea | Herself | 2016-05-11 |
Movie | Tale of Tales | Queen of Longtrellis | 2015-05-14 |
Movie | Septembers of Shiraz | Farnez | 2015-09-15 |
Movie | Some Kind of Beautiful | Olivia | 2015-07-16 |
Movie | Muppets Most Wanted | Herself | 2014-03-20 |
Movie | The Prophet | Kamila (voice) | 2014-09-06 |
Movie | Everly | Everly | 2014-09-20 |
Movie | $ellebrity | Self | 2013-01-11 |
Movie | Girl Rising | Narrator - Peru (voice) | 2013-03-07 |
Movie | Grown Ups 2 | Roxanne Chase-Feder | 2013-07-11 |
Movie | The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! | Cutlass Liz (voice) | 2012-03-12 |
Movie | Savages | Elena | 2012-07-06 |
Movie | Here Comes the Boom | Bella Flores | 2012-10-10 |
Movie | Puss in Boots | Kitty Softpaws (voice) | 2011-10-27 |
Movie | As Luck Would Have It | Luisa | 2011-11-30 |
Movie | Americano | 'Lola' | 2011-11-30 |
Movie | Grown Ups | Roxanne Chase-Feder | 2010-06-24 |
Movie | The Women of SNL | Adriana (archive footage) | 2010-11-01 |
Movie | Home | Narrator (voice) | 2009-06-03 |
Movie | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | Madame Truska | 2009-10-23 |
Series | The Graham Norton Show | Herself | 2007-02-22 |
Movie | Across the Universe | Singing Nurse | 2007-09-14 |
Movie | Ask the Dust | Camilla Lopez | 2006-02-02 |
Movie | Bandidas | Sara Sandoval | 2006-01-18 |
Movie | Lonely Hearts | Martha Beck | 2006-04-30 |
Series | 30 Rock | Unknown | 2006-10-11 |
Series | Ugly Betty | Unknown | 2006-09-28 |
Movie | After the Sunset | Lola Cirillo | 2004-11-12 |
Series | Celebrities Uncensored | Unknown | 2003-06-04 |
Series | Punk'd | Herself | 2003-03-17 |
Movie | Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over | Cesca Giggles | 2003-07-25 |
Series | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Unknown | 2003-09-08 |
Movie | Once Upon a Time in Mexico | Carolina | 2003-09-11 |
Movie | Searching for Debra Winger | Self | 2002-07-13 |
Movie | Frida | Frida Kahlo | 2002-08-29 |
Movie | Chain of Fools | Kolko | 2001-03-03 |
Movie | Hotel | Charlee Boux | 2001-09-12 |
Movie | In the Time of the Butterflies | Minerva | 2001-10-21 |
Movie | America | A Tribute to Heroes | Herself | 2001-09-21 |
Movie | The Concert for New York City | Self | 2001-10-20 |
Movie | Timecode | Rose | 2000-04-28 |
Movie | Traffic | Rosario (uncredited) | 2000-12-27 |
Movie | Living It Up | Lola | 2000-10-11 |
Movie | Get Bruce! | Herself | 1999-01-01 |
Movie | Forever Hollywood | Herself | 1999-01-01 |
Movie | No One Writes to the Colonel | Julia | 1999-06-02 |
Movie | Wild Wild West | Rita Escobar | 1999-06-30 |
Movie | The Velocity of Gary | Mary Carmen | 1999-07-16 |
Movie | Dogma | Serendipity | 1999-11-12 |
Movie | 54 | Anita Randazzo | 1998-08-28 |
Movie | Full Tilt Boogie | Herself | 1998-07-31 |
Movie | Welcome to Hollywood | Salma Hayek | 1998-10-01 |
Movie | The Faculty | Nurse Rosa Harper | 1998-12-25 |
Movie | The Hunchback | Esmeralda | 1997-03-16 |
Movie | Fools Rush In | Isabel Fuentes | 1997-02-14 |
Series | The View | Unknown | 1997-08-11 |
Movie | Who the Hell Is Juliette? | Herself | 1997-09-05 |
Movie | Breaking Up | Monica | 1997-10-17 |
Movie | From Dusk Till Dawn | Santanico Pandemonium | 1996-01-19 |
Movie | Fled | Cora | 1996-07-19 |
Movie | Midaq Alley | Alma | 1995-05-05 |
Movie | Desperado | Carolina | 1995-08-25 |
Movie | Fair Game | Rita | 1995-11-03 |
Movie | Four Rooms | TV Dancing Girl | 1995-12-09 |
Movie | Mi Vida Loca | Gata | 1994-06-08 |
Series | Inside the Actors Studio | Unknown | 1994-08-14 |
Movie | Roadracers | Donna | 1994-07-22 |
Series | GMTV | Unknown | 1993-01-01 |
Series | Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Unknown | 1993-09-13 |
Series | The Sinbad Show | 1993-09-16 | |
Series | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno | Unknown | 1992-05-25 |
Series | Jack's Place | Unknown | 1992-05-26 |
Series | Wetten, dass..? | Unknown | 1981-02-14 |
Series | Saturday Night Live | Unknown | 1975-10-11 |
Series | The Oscars | Salma Hayek | 1953-03-19 |