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