Hayek, Salma

Hayek, Salma

▪ Mexican-Lebanese actress, director, and producer
in full  Salma Hayek-Jiminez 
born Sept. 2, 1966, Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mex.

      Mexican-Lebanese actress, director, and producer known for her sultry good looks and intelligence. At the end of the 20th century, she broke barriers as one of the first Latina actresses to establish a successful film career in the United States.

      Hayek grew up in Mexico but attended Catholic school in New Orleans before enrolling at the Universidad Iberoamericana in Mexico City. In the capital she was noticed by television producers who cast her in the Mexican daytime television drama Teresa (1989). In 1991 Hayek moved to Los Angeles to pursue a film career. After taking a small part in Mi Vida Loca (1993; My Crazy Life), she was noticed by director Robert Rodriguez, who cast her in Desperado (1995), alongside Antonio Banderas (Banderas, Antonio). Exposure in the action film catapulted the young actress into stardom. Her next major role was in another Rodriguez film, From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), a gory vampire movie that also starred George Clooney (Clooney, George) and Quentin Tarantino. In 1997 she appeared opposite Matthew Perry in the romantic comedy Fools Rush In and two years later portrayed an exotic dancer and muse in the religious satire Dogma (1999).

      In 2002 Hayek both produced and starred in Frida, a biopic about the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (Kahlo, Frida). The film was nominated for six Academy Awards, including a best actress nod for Hayek. She also earned critical praise for her directorial debut, the television movie The Maldonado Miracle (2003). The inspirational drama, set in a struggling small town that becomes the site of an alleged miracle, earned Hayek an Emmy Award for outstanding direction. In 2006 she became executive producer of the hit television series Ugly Betty, a comedy set at a fashion magazine; she also had a recurring role on the sitcom. Hayek's later films include Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003), with Banderas and Johnny Depp (Depp, Johnny), After the Sunset (2004), Ask the Dust (2006), and Lonely Hearts (2006).

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