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Salma Hayek

Name: Salma Hayek-Jimenez
Birthdate: September 2nd, 1966
Birthplace: Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Brown
Height: 5'2"

Biography: The amazing Salma Hayek was born on September 2, 1966, in the oil boomtown of Coatzacoalcos, Mexico. Hayek has freely admitted that she and her brother Sami were spoiled rotten by her well-to-do Lebanese-Mexican businessman father and her Mexican-born opera-singing mother. After having seen Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) in a local movie theatre, Salma decided she wanted to become an actress. Her education included a stint at a New Orleans convent school, where she pulled pranks on the nuns by setting their clocks back three hours. She was soon expelled. Only after attending Mexico City's Universidad Iberoamericana did she feel ready to pursue acting seriously.

Born to a Lebanese father and a Mexican mother in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, Hayek was a huge star in Mexican soap operas before deciding to try and make it in Hollywood. Although she didn't speak much English and was leaving behind a very lucrative career, Hayek was determined to try and paint on a bigger canvas. "Everybody thought I was crazy and stupid and ridiculous," she says about her move from Mexico to Hollywood. "Nobody leaves when you're doing so good, but I believe in instinct."

Her instincts proved correct as she learned some English and began getting minor roles. After her appearance in the action film Desperado (1995) opposite Antonio Banderas, it was difficult for audiences and filmmakers not to notice her. In the next five years she added 13 films to her resume, including From Dusk till Dawn (1996), The Faculty (1998), Wild Wild West (1999) and Dogma (1999).

Hayek has never forgotten her roots though. After completing Desperado (1995), she returned to Mexico to film CallejÃƒÂ³n de los Milagros(1995) and was nominated for an Ariel (Mexican Academy Award). She has also formed her own production company, Ventanarosa (pink window) to promote the Latin-American genre. Hayek is considered to be the first Mexican actress to become a Hollywood movie star since Dolores Del Réo.

She also produced and starred in Frida (2002), earning her Golden Globe, Oscar and Screen Actors Guild nominations.

In 2004, she won a Daytime Emmy for her directorial debut with the TV movie, The Maldonado Miracle, which she also produced.

Filmography
Puss in Boots (2011) (voice)
Grown Ups (2010)
Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant (2009)
Across the Universe (2007)
Lonely Hearts (2006)
Ask the Dust (2006)
Bandidas (2006)
After the Sunset (2004)
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
Frida (2002)
Death To Smoochy (2001)
Hotel (2001)
Chain Of Fools (2000)
Dogma (1999)
Wild Wild West (1999)
The Faculty (1998)
54 (1998)
The Velocity of Gary (1998)
Breaking Up (1997)
Follow Me Home (1997)
Fools Rush In (1997)
Ã‚Â¿QuiÃƒÂ©n diablos es Juliette? (1997)
Fled (1996)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Fair Game (1995)
Desperado (1995)
El CallejÃƒÂ³n de los milagros (1995)
Four Rooms (1995)
Mi vida loca (1993)

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