Salma Hayek Hot Biography
Salma Hayek Jiménez (born September 2, 1966) is a Mexican-Lebanese and American actress, director, television and film producer. Hayek has appeared in more than 30 films and performed as an actress outside of Hollywood in Mexico and Spain. Hayek's charitable work includes increasing awareness on violence against women and discrimination against immigrants.
Hayek is the first Mexican national to be nominated for a Academy Award for Best Actress. She is one of the most prominent Mexican figures in Hollywood, since the legendary Dolores del Rio. She is also, after Fernanda Montenegro, the second of three Latin American actresses to achieve a Best Actress Oscar nomination.
In July 2007, The Hollywood Reporter ranked Hayek fourth in their inaugural Latino Power 50, a list of the most powerful members of the Hollywood Latino community. That same month, a poll found Hayek to be the "sexiest celebrity" out of a field of 3,000 celebrities (male and female); according to the poll, "65 percent of the U.S. population would use the term 'sexy' to describe her". In December 2008, Entertainment Weekly ranked Hayek number 17 in their list of the "25 Smartest People in TV."
Career
Mexico
At the age of 23, Hayek landed the title role in Teresa (1989), a successful Mexican telenovela that made her a star in Mexico. In 1994, Hayek starred in the film El Callejón de los Milagros (Miracle Alley), which has won more awards than any other movie in the history of Mexican cinema. For her performance, Hayek was nominated for an Ariel Award.
Early Hollywood acting work
Bikini-clad Salma Hayek, as Santanico Pandemonium, performs an erotic dance with a snake in this promotional still for From Dusk Till Dawn.
Hayek moved to Los Angeles, California in 1991 to study acting under Stella Adler, hoping for a career in Hollywood, despite limited fluency in English, attributed to her suffering from dyslexia. Robert Rodriguez and his producer wife Elizabeth Avellan soon gave Hayek the break she needed, a starring role opposite Antonio Banderas in 1995's Desperado. The movie caught Hollywood's attention, as moviegoers proved to be dazzled by Hayek as Rodriguez had been. Due to Hayek's loyalty to the director, she would later decline playing the role Catherine Zeta-Jones eventually took in The Mask of Zorro after Rodriguez abandoned the project. She has also appeared in the Spy Kids trilogy.
Hayek had a starring part opposite Matthew Perry in the romantic comedy Fools Rush In. She followed her success in Desperado with a brief but memorable role as a vampire queen in From Dusk Till Dawn, where she provocatively danced on a table. In 1999, she co-starred in Will Smith's big-budget Wild Wild West, and played a supporting role in Kevin Smith's Dogma. In 2000, Hayek had an uncredited acting part opposite Benicio del Toro in Traffic. In 2003, she reprised her role from Desperado by appearing in Once Upon a Time in Mexico, the final film of the Mariachi Trilogy.
Filmography
Film
Year Title Role Other credits and/or notes
1993 Mi Vida Loca Gata
1995 El Callejón de los Milagros (Midaq Alley) Alma Spanish-language
Desperado Carolina
Fair Game Rita
1996 From Dusk Till Dawn Santanico Pandemonium
Follow Me Home Betty
Fled Cora
1997 Fools Rush In Isabel Fuentes
Breaking Up Monica Direct-to-video release.
Sistole Diastole Carmelita
1998 54 Anita
The Velocity of Gary Mary Carmen Producer; direct-to-video release.
The Faculty Nurse Harper
1999 Dogma Serendipity
El Coronel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba (No One Writes to the Colonel) Julia Producer; Spanish-language.
Wild Wild West Rita Escobar
2000 Timecode Rose
La Gran Vida (Living it Up) Lola Spanish-language
Chain Of Fools Sgt. Meredith Kolko Direct-to-video release.
Traffic Rosario uncredited
2001 Hotel Charlee Boux
2002 Frida Frida Kahlo Producer; Academy Award nomination.
2003 Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over Cesca Giggles
Once Upon a Time in Mexico Carolina
2004 After the Sunset Lola Cirillo
2005 Sian Ka'an Maria (voice)
2006 Ask the Dust Camilla Lopez Best Nude Movie Scene of the Year[39]
Bandidas Sara Sandoval
2007 Lonely Hearts Martha Beck
Across the Universe Singing Nurse
2008 Beverly Hills Chihuahua Foxy (voice)
2009 Cirque du Freak Madame Truska post-production
Television
Year Title Role Other credits and/or notes
1988 Un Nuevo Amanecer Spanish-language telenovela
1989 Teresa Teresa Spanish-language telenovela
1993 The Sinbad Show recurring character
1994 Roadracers Donna feature
El Vuelo del Águila Juana Cata Spanish-language telenovela
1997 The Hunchback Esmeralda feature
1999 Action Herself guest star
2001 In the Time of the Butterflies Minerva Mirabal Producer; feature
2003 The Maldonado Miracle not applicable Feature; producer, director. Emmy for Outstanding Directing in a Children/Youth/Family Special.
Saturday Night Live Guest Host March 15
2006 Ugly Betty Sofia Reyes Producer and guest star
2008 30 Rock Elisa guest star
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