Salma Hayek Biography

Salma Hayek

Salma Hayek (born September 2, 1966, in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico) is a Mexican actress. Considered by many to be the most successful Latin American actress in Hollywood since Dolores del Río, Hayek, having appeared in more than thirty films and secured a nomination for an Oscar, is arguably the most important Mexican star in Hollywood today.

Early Career in Mexico

Raised in a devoutly Catholic family, Salma Hayek was sent to a Louisiana boarding school at the age of 12. After getting into trouble for terrorizing the nuns, Hayek returned to Mexico, but Salma Hayek was eventually sent to Houston, Texas, to live with Salma Hayek's aunt, where Salma Hayek stayed until Salma Hayek was 17. Salma Hayek subsequently moved to Mexico City, where Salma Hayek studied International Relations as a university student, but, to the chagrin of Salma Hayek's family, decided to drop out in order to pursue a career as an actress .

At the age of 23 Salma Hayek landed the title role in Teresa (1989), a successful telenovela which earned Salma Hayek's star status in Salma Hayek's native Mexico. Later, in 1994, Salma starred in El Callejón de los Milagros, which would later become the most awarded movie in the Cinema of Mexico.

Career in Hollywood

In 1991, not fluent in English, Hayek moved to Los Angeles, California, to study acting with the hopes of starting a career in Hollywood. Robert Rodriguez and his producer wife Elizabeth Avellan soon gave Salma Hayek's her big break, starring opposite Antonio Banderas in Desperado which brought Salma Hayek's to Hollywood's attention. The moviegoers proved to be as dazzled with Hayek as Rodriguez had been.

In 2002, Frida, co-produced by Hayek, was released, starring Hayek as Kahlo, and Alfred Molina as Salma Hayek's unfaithful husband Diego Rivera. The film also featured an entourage of stars in supporting roles, including Antonio Banderas, Ashley Judd, Geoffrey Rush, Edward Norton and Valeria Golino. Salma Hayek's performance won Salma Hayek's a nomination for the 2002 Academy Awards, although some have suggested that the nomination was more a credit to Salma Hayek's perseverance in seeing the film made.

Filmography

Sanj's Hot Lover 2 (2006)
Lonely Hearts (2006)
Bandidas (2006)
Paint (2005)
Ask the Dust (2005)
Sian Ka'an (voice) (2005)
After the Sunset (2004)
The Maldonado Miracle (2003) (Director)
Once Upon A Time In Mexico (2003)
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
Frida (2002)
In the Time of the Butterflies (2001)
Hotel (2001)
Traffic (2000)
La Gran Vida (2000)
Chain Of Fools (2000)
Timecode (2000)
Wild Wild West (1999)
El Coronel No Tiene Quien le Escriba (No One Writes to the Colonel, 1999)
Dogma (1999)
The Faculty (1998)
The Velocity Of Gary (1998)
54 (1998)
Sistole Diastole (1997)
Breaking Up (1997)
The Hunchback (TV) (1997)
Fools Rush In (1997)
Fled (1996)
Follow Me Home (1996)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Fair Game (1995)
Desperado (1995)
El Callejón de los Milagros (Midaq Alley, 1995)
Roadracers (TV) (1994)
The Sinbad Show (series) (1993)
Mi Vida Loca (1993)

Salma Hayek - Latest News

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Movies Salma Hayek has stared in:

Salma Hayek has stared in Dogma

Salma Hayek has stared in The Faculty

Salma Hayek has stared in Time Code

Salma Hayek has stared in Mild, mild mess

Salma Hayek has stared in Wild Wild West

Some Films Salma Hayek has stared in:

Salma Hayek has stared in Dogma

Salma Hayek has stared in The Faculty

Salma Hayek has stared in Time Code

Salma Hayek has stared in Mild, mild mess

Salma Hayek has stared in Wild Wild West

Salma Hayek Related Quotes

The nerve that never relaxes, the eye that never blanches, the thought that never wanders, the purpose that never wavers - these are the masters of victory. by Burke, Edmund

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...But nature does not say that cats are more valuable than mice; nature makes no remark on the subject. She does not even say that the cat is enviable or the mouse pitiable. We think the cat superior because we have (or most of us have) a particular philosophy to the effect that life is better than death. But if the mouse were a German pessimist mouse, he might not think that the cat had beaten him at all. He might think he had beaten the cat by getting to the grave first. by Chesterton, G.K.

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It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth. by Colton, Charles C.

And our last Salma Hayek Related Quote

All animals but men know that the principle business of life is to enjoy it -and they do enjoy it as much as man and other circumstances will allow it. by Butler, Samuel

Salma Hayek News

Cruise, Hayek offices face anthrax threat (New Kerala)

Washington, Aug 9 : The building in which offices of actor Tom Cruise and actress Salma Hayek are housed has received a security threat involving anthrax.

Cruise, Hayek Offices Threatened With Anthrax (E! Online via Yahoo! News)

What has more potential explosions than a Tom Cruise movie? A Tom Cruise office building, it turns out.

Cruise, Hayek Offices Threatened With Anthrax (E! Online)

What has more potential explosions than a Tom Cruise movie? A Tom Cruise office building, it turns out. For the second time this week, Los Angeles' MGM Tower, a professional complex...

Even worse than a bomb at the box office? A bomb at the office, period.

Travel: Holidays (The Times of India)

Actress Penelope Cruz (R) poses with Salma Hayek in Los Angeles. (Reuters Photo)

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Cruise, Hayek Offices Evacuated in Bomb Scare (E! Online)

Even worse than a bomb at the box office? A bomb at the office, period. E! News has confirmed that the headquarters of United Artists, the production company Tom Cruise resuscitated with...

Crafty Chica debuts product line at Michaels (East Valley Tribune)

�If craft stores had illuminated marquees, Kathy Cano-Murillo?s name would be in lights outside one of the biggest craft chains in the country: Michaels.

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