Person Details

Birthday: 1966-09-02 04:20:38

Aliases: 셀마 헤이엑 , Σάλμα Χάγιεκ , Са́льма Ха́йек

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico

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Movie Involvements: 57

TV Involvements: 12


Most Famous Work

Biography

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.

Most Famous Work

Bambi Awards
Average
9

Bambi Awards

(1948) Self
Goldene Kamera Verleihung
Average
4
Black Mirror
Average
8

Black Mirror

(2011) TV Joan / Salma Hayek Pinault
Eternals
Average
7

Eternals

(2021) Ajak
GMTV
Average
6

GMTV

(1993) Self
House of Gucci
Average
7

House of Gucci

(2021) Giuseppina 'Pina' Auriemma
From Dusk Till Dawn
Average
7

From Dusk Till Dawn

(1996) Santanico Pandemonium
The Faculty
Average
7

The Faculty

(1998) Nurse Rosa Harper

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Maxandra Mendoza
2022 Kitty Softpaws (voice)
self
Self - Ajak
2021 Self (archive footage)
Giuseppina 'Pina' Auriemma
Ajak
Sonia Kincaid
Isabel Clemens
2020 Dolores
Claire Luna
2019 N/A
Eva Torres
Nancy
2018 Self
2017 Maria José
Sonia Kincaid
Beatriz
Self
Sara
2016 Teresa Taco (voice)
Self
N/A
2015 Farnez
Self
Olivia
Queen of Longtrellis
Self
2014 Self
Everly
Kamila (voice)
Salma Hayek
2013 Roxanne Chase-Feder
Narrator - Peru (voice)
Self
2012 Bella Flores
Elena
Cutlass Liz (voice)
2011 TV Joan / Salma Hayek Pinault
'Lola'
Luisa
Kitty Softpaws (voice)
2010 Adriana (archive footage)
Roxanne Chase-Feder
2009 Madame Truska
Self - Guest
Narrator (spanish voice)
2007 Singing Nurse
Self
Self - Guest
2006 Elisa Padriera
Sofia Reyes
Martha Beck
Camilla Lopez
Sara Sandoval
2004 Lola Cirillo
Self
2003 Carolina
Self
Self - Guest
Cesca Giggles
Self
Self
Self
2002 Frida Kahlo
Self
2001 Minerva Mirabal
Self
Self
Charlee Boux
Kolko
2000 Rosario (uncredited)
Lola
Rose
1999 Self
Serendipity
Mary Carmen
Rita Escobar
Self - Host
Julia
(voice)
Self
Self
1998 Nurse Rosa Harper
Salma Hayek
Self
N/A
Anita
1997 Monica
Herself
Self
Esmeralda
Veronica
Isabel Fuentes
Carmelita
1996 Cora
Santanico Pandemonium
1995 TV Dancing Girl
Rita
Self
Carolina
Alma
1994 Self
Donna
Donna
Gata
1993 N/A
Self - Guest
Self
1992 N/A
N/A
1990 N/A
1989 Teresa Martínez
1988 N/A
1982 Self
1981 Self
1975 Self - Host
1966 Self
1953 Self
1948 Self
Nina
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
2023 Producer
Executive Producer
Executive Producer
2022 Executive Producer
2019 Executive Producer
Executive Producer
2014 Producer
2006 Executive Producer
2002 Producer
Executive Producer
Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
2003 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Crew

Year Role Movie/Tv
1996 Choreographer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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