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 Salma Hayek

Salma Hayek Jiménez  born September 2, 1966  is a Mexican American film actress, director and producer. She began her career in Mexico starring in the successful Mexicantelenovela Teresa and went on to star in the successful Mexican film El Callejón de los Milagros (Miracle Alley) for which she was nominated for an Ariel Award. In 1991 Hayek moved to Hollywood and came to prominence with roles in Hollywood movies such asDesperado (1995), Dogma (1999), and Wild Wild West (1999).

Her breakthrough role was in the 2002 film Frida as Frida Kahlo which she received anAcademy Award, BAFTA Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and Golden Globe Awardnomination for Best Actress. The movie received widespread attention and was a critical and commercial success. She won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Children/Youth/Family Special in 2004 and received an Emmy Award nomination forOutstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2007 after guest-starring in the ABCtelevision series Ugly Betty.

Hayek's recent films include Grown Ups (2010) acting alongside Adam Sandler, and Puss in Boots (2011), which also features former collaborator Antonio Banderas, wherein she is the voice of the character 'Kitty Softpaws'.

Early life

Hayek was born Salma Hayek Jiménez in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico. She is the daughter of Diana Jiménez Medina, an opera singer and talent scout, and Sami Hayek Dominguez, an oil company executive who once ran for mayor of Coatzacoalcos.Hayek's father is of Lebanese descent while her mother is of Spanish descent. Her first given name, Salma, is Arabic for "safe". Raised in a wealthy, devoutly Roman Catholic family, she was sent to the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau, Louisiana, at the age of twelve. While there, she was diagnosed with dyslexia. She attended university in Mexico City, where she studied International Relations at theUniversidad Iberoamericana.

Career

 

At the age of 23, Hayek landed the title role in Teresa (1989), a successful Mexican telenovela that made her a star in Mexico.^[10] 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.^[11]

Early Hollywood acting work

Hayek moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1991 to study acting under Stella Adler.^[12] Due to dyslexia, she had limited fluency in English.^[13] Robert Rodriguez and his producer and then wife Elizabeth Avellan soon gave Hayek a starring role opposite Antonio Banderas in 1995's Desperado.^[4] She followed her role in Desperado with a brief role as a vampire queen in From Dusk Till Dawn, in which she performed a table-top snake dance.

Hayek had a starring part opposite Matthew Perry in the 1997 romantic comedy Fools Rush In. In 1999, she co-starred in Will Smith's big-budget Wild Wild West, and played a supporting role in Kevin Smith's Dogma.^[4] 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.

Director, producer and actress

Hayek and Banderas at the Puss in Boots premiere in Australia.

Around 2000, Hayek founded film production company Ventanarosa, through which she produces film and television projects. Her first feature as a producer was 1999's El Coronel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba, Mexico's official selection for submission for Best Foreign Film at the Oscars.^[14]

Frida, co-produced by Hayek, was released in 2002. Starring Hayek as Frida Kahlo, and Alfred Molina as her unfaithful husband, Diego Rivera, the film was directed by Julie Taymor and featured an entourage of stars in supporting and minor roles (Valeria Golino, Ashley Judd, Edward Norton,Geoffrey Rush) and cameos (Antonio Banderas). She earned a Best Actress Academy Award nomination for her performance.^[4]

In the Time of the Butterflies is a 2001 feature film based on the Julia Álvarez book of the same name, covering the lives of the Mirabal sisters. In the movie, Salma Hayek plays one of the sisters, Minerva, and Edward James Olmos plays the Dominican dictator Rafael Leónidas Trujillo whom the sisters opposed.^[15]

In 2003, Hayek produced and directed The Maldonado Miracle, a Showtime movie based on the book of the same name, winning her a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Children/Youth/Family Special.^[16] In December 2005, she directed a music video for Prince, titled "Te Amo Corazon" ("I love you, sweetheart") that featured Mía Maestro.^[17]

Hayek was an executive producer of Ugly Betty, a television series that aired around the world from 2006 to 2010. Hayek adapted the series for American television with Ben Silverman, who acquired the rights and scripts from the Colombian telenovela Yo Soy Betty La Fea in 2001. Originally intended as a half hour sitcom for NBC in 2004, the project would later be picked up by ABC for the 2006–2007 season with Silvio Horta also producing. Hayek guest-starred on Ugly Betty as Sofia Reyes, a magazine editor. She also had a cameo playing an actress in the telenovela within the show. The show won a Golden Globe Award for Best Comedy Series in 2007. Hayek's performance as Sofia resulted in a nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series at the 59th Primetime Emmy Awards.^[18]

In April 2007, Hayek finalized negotiations with MGM to become the CEO of her own Latin themed film production company, Ventanarosa.^[19] The following month, she signed a two year deal with ABC for Ventanarosa to develop projects for the network.^[20]

Hayek stars as the wife of Adam Sandler in Grown Ups, which also co-stars Chris Rock and Kevin James.^[21] At his insistence, Hayek co-starred with Antonio Banderas in the Shrek spin-off filmPuss in Boots as the voice of the character Kitty Softpaws, who serves as Puss's female counterpart and love interest.^[22]

Singing credits

Hayek has been credited as a song performer in three movies. The first was Desperado for the song Quedate Aquí. In Frida she performed the Mexican folk song La Bruja with the band Los Vega. She also recorded Siente mi amor, which played during the end credits of Once Upon a Time in Mexico.^[23] Hayek along with actor Joe Anderson sing together a cover of The Beatles song "Happiness Is A Warm Gun" on "Across the Universe" motion picture soundtrack.

Promotional work

Hayek has been a spokesperson for Avon cosmetics since February 2004.^[24] She formerly was a spokesperson for Revlon in 1998. In 2001, she modeled for Chopard and was featured in 2006 Campari adverts, photographed by Mario Testino.^[25] On April 3, 2009, she helped introduce La Doña, a watch by Cartier inspired by fellow Mexican actress María Félix.^[26]

In 2011, Hayek launched her own line of cosmetics, skincare and haircare products called Nuance by Salma Hayek, to be sold at CVSstores in North America.^[27] She was inspired to create a cosmetic line from her grandmother, who used to make her own facial care products.

Hayek was also featured in a series of Spanish language commercials for Lincoln cars.

In art

In spring 2006, the Blue Star Contemporary Art Center in San Antonio, Texas displayed 16 portrait paintings by muralist George Yepes and filmmaker Robert Rodriguez of Hayek as Aztec goddess Itzpapalotl.^[28]

Personal life

Salma Hayek and François-Henri Pinaultin 2012 at the Deauville American Film Festival.

Hayek is a naturalized United States citizen.^[29] She studied at Ramtha's School of Enlightenment,^[30] and is a practitioner of yoga.^[31] Her brother, Sami Hayek,^[32] is a designer with his own line of products at Target^[33] and clients that include Louis Vuitton,Brad Pitt, and the Mexican Government.^[34]

On March 9, 2007, Hayek confirmed her engagement to French billionaire and PPR CEOFrançois-Henri Pinault as well as her pregnancy. On September 21, 2007, she gave birth to daughter Valentina Paloma Pinault at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California. On July 18, 2008, Hayek and Pinault announced the end of their engagement.^[35]They later reconciled and were married on Valentine's Day, 2009 in Paris.^[36] On April 25, 2009, they were married a second time in Venice.^[37]

In July 2011, Hayek's husband was named in a paternity case. According to reports, Pinault is the father of supermodel Linda Evangelista's four-year-old son, Augustin James. He denied all allegations,^[38][39] although the reports were later substantiated.

Activism

Hayek's charitable work includes increasing awareness on violence against women and discrimination against immigrants.^[40] On July 19, 2005, Hayek testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary supporting reauthorizing the Violence Against Women Act.^[41] In February 2006, she donated $25,000 to a Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, shelter for battered women and another $50,000 to Monterrey based anti-domestic violence groups.^[42]Hayek is a board member of V-Day, the charity founded by playwright Eve Ensler.

Since the birth of her daughter, Hayek has worked to help mothers in developing nations worldwide, teaming up with Pampers and UNICEF to help stop the spread of life-threatening maternal and neonatal tetanus. She is a global spokesperson for the Pampers/UNICEF partnership 1 Pack = 1 Vaccine to help raise awareness of the program.^[43]

Hayek also advocates breastfeeding. During a UNICEF fact-finding trip to Sierra Leone, she breastfed a hungry week-old baby whose mother could not produce milk.^[44]

In 2010, Hayek's humanitarian work earned her a nomination for the VH1 Do Something Awards.^[45]

Awards

• Recipient of Glamour magazine Woman of the Year Award in October 2001.^[46]
• Recipient of Producers Guild of America Celebration of Diversity Award in 2003.
• Recipient of Harvard Foundation Artist of the Year Award in February 2006.^[47]
• Recipient of Time magazine 25 Most Influential Hispanics in 2005.^[48]
• Knight (Chevalier) of the National Order of the Legion of Honour (France, December 30, 2011)^[49]

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.^[50] 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".^[51] In 2008, she was awarded the Women in Film Lucy Award in recognition of her excellence and innovation in her creative works that have enhanced the perception of women through the medium of television^[52] In December of that year, Entertainment Weekly ranked Hayek number 17 in their list of the "25 Smartest People in TV."^[53]

Hayek is not the only Mexican actress to succeed in Hollywood. Others include Dolores del Río, Lupe Vélez, and Katy Jurado.^[54]

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1993	Mi Vida Loca	Gata
1994	Roadracers	Donna
1995	El Callejón de los Milagros	Alma	(Midaq Alley) Spanish-language Nominated—Ariel Award for Best Actress[11]
1995	Desperado	Carolina	Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actress Nominated—MTV Movie Award for Best Kiss (Shared with Antonio Banderas)
1995	Fair Game	Rita
1995	Four Rooms	TV Dancing Girl
1996	From Dusk Till Dawn	Santanico Pandemonium
1996	Follow Me Home	Betty
1996	Fled	Cora
1997	Fools Rush In	Isabel Fuentes	Nominated—Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film
1997	Breaking Up	Monica
1997	Sistole Diastole	Carmelita
1997	The Hunchback	Esméralda
1998	54	Anita	Nominated—Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film
1998	The Velocity of Gary	Mary Carmen	Producer
1998	The Faculty	Nurse Harper
1999	Dogma	Serendipity
1999	El Coronel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba	Julia	(No One Writes to the Colonel) Producer; Spanish-language
1999	Wild Wild West	Rita Escobar	Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actress – Action Nominated—Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film
2000	Timecode	Rose
2000	La Gran Vida	Lola	(Living it Up) Spanish-language
2000	Chain of Fools	Sgt. Meredith Kolko	Direct-to-video release
2000	Traffic	Rosario	uncredited
2001	Hotel	Charlee Boux
2001	In the Time of the Butterflies	Minerva Mirabal
2002	Frida	Frida Kahlo	Producer Golden Camera for Best International Actress Imagen Award for Best Actress – Film Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actress Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated—Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress Nominated—Chicago Film Critics Association Award for Best Actress Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama Nominated—Satellite Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama Nominated—Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role
2003	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Francesca Giggles
2003	Once Upon a Time in Mexico	Carolina
2003	V-Day: Until the Violence Stops	herself
2004	After the Sunset	Lola Cirillo
2006	Ask the Dust	Camilla Lopez
2006	Bandidas	Sara Sandoval
2006	Lonely Hearts	Martha Beck	Nominated—San Sebastián International Film Festival Award for Best Actress
2007	Across the Universe	Bang Bang Shoot Shoot Nurses
2009	Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant	Madame Truska
2010	Grown Ups	Roxanne Chase-Feder
2011	Puss in Boots	Kitty Softpaws	(Voice) Pending—Teen Choice Award for Choice Movie Actress: Action
2011	Americano	Lola	Nominated—San Sebastián International Film Festival Award for Best Actress
2011	La chispa de la vida	Luisa	Nominated—Goya Awards for Best Supporting Actress
2012	The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists	Cutlass Liz	(Voice)
2012	Savages	Elena
2012	Here Comes the Boom	Bella Flores	post-production
2013	Grown Ups 2	Roxanne Chase-Feder	post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Un Nuevo Amanecer		Spanish-language telenovela
1989	Teresa	Teresa	Spanish-language telenovela
1992	Dream On	Carmela	October 10; episode "Domestic Bliss"
1993	The Sinbad Show	Gloria Contreras	recurring character
1994	Roadracers	Donna
1994	El Vuelo del Águila	Juana Cata	Spanish-language telenovela
1997	The Hunchback	Esmeralda	Nominated—ALMA Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Made-for-Television Movie or Mini-Series in a Crossover Role
1997	Gente Bien	Teresa	guest star; Spanish-language telenovela
1999	Action	Herself	guest star
2001	In the Time of the Butterflies	Minerva Mirabal	Producer; feature Nominated—ALMA Award for Outstanding Actor/Actress in a Made for Television Movie or Miniseries Nominated—Broadcast Film Critics Association for Best Actress in a Picture Made for Television
2003	The Maldonado Miracle		Feature; producer, director. Emmy for Outstanding Directing in a Children/Youth/Family Special
2003	Saturday Night Live	Guest Host	March 15
2006– 2007	Ugly Betty	Sofia Reyes/Nurse in Telenovela	Producer and guest star Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress – Comedy Series — 2007 Nominated—Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series — 2007 Nominated—Producers Guild of America Television Producer of the Year Award
2009	30 Rock	Elisa	guest star

Event appearances

• Was a member of the 2005 Cannes Film Festival jury.^[55]
• Co-hosted the annual Nobel Peace Prize concert with Julianne Moore in Oslo, Norway on December 11, 2005.^[56]

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