Salma Hayek

The most successful Latin American actress in Hollywood since Carmen Miranda, Hayek has appeared in more than thirty films, and is arguably the most important Mexican star in Hollywood today.

Despite limited fluency in English, Hayek moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1991 to study acting with the hopes of starting a career in Hollywood. Robert Rodriguez and his producer wife Elizabeth Avellan soon gave Hayek the break she needed, starring opposite Antonio Banderas in 1995's Desperado. She followed her success in Desperado with a brief but memorable role in From Dusk Till Dawn. 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 2003 she reprised her role from Desperado by appearing in the final film of the Mariachi Trilogy, Once Upon a Time in Mexico.

Public name: Salma Hayek
Birth Name: Salma Hayek Jiménez
Date of Birth: September 2, 1966
Place of Birth: Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico

Filmography

Keep Coming Back, 2007
"Ugly Betty", 2006 TV Episode
Lonely Hearts, 2006
Ask the Dust, 2006
Bandidas, 2006
Sian Ka'an, 2005
After the Sunset, 2004
Once Upon a Time in Mexico, 2003
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over, 2003
"Saturday Night Live", 2003 TV Episode
Frida, 2002
In the Time of the Butterflies, 2001 (TV)
Hotel, 2001
Traffic, 2000
Gran vida, La, 2000
Chain of Fools, 2000
Timecode, 2000
Wild Wild West, 1999
Coronel no tiene quien le escriba, El, 1999
Dogma, 1999
The Faculty, 1998
The Velocity of Gary, 1998
54, 1998
Breaking Up, 1997
The Hunchback, 1997 (TV)
Fools Rush In, 1997
Sistole Diastole, 1997
Fled, 1996
From Dusk Till Dawn, 1996
Follow Me Home, 1996
"Vuelo del águila, El", 1996 TV Series
Fair Game, 1995
Four Rooms, 1995
Desperado, 1995
Callejón de los milagros, El, 1995
Roadracers, 1994 (TV)
"The Sinbad Show", 1993 TV Series
Mi vida loca, 1993
"Nurses", 1992 TV Episode
"Dream On", 1992 TV Episode
"Street Justice", 1992 TV Episode
"Teresa", 1989 TV Series
"Nuevo amanecer, Un", 1988 TV Series

Awards

Hispanic Imagen Awards Best Actress "Frida" 2003
Imagen Foundation's Creative Achievement Award 2003
TV Novela Award Best Actress "Teresa" 1989
TV Novela Award Best Newcomer "Nuevo Amancer" 1989

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