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Name
Salma Hayek Pinault

Known For
Acting

Birthday
1966-09-02 (60 years old)

Place of Birth
Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico

Biography

Salma Valgarma Hayek Pinault is a Mexican and American actress and film producer. She began her career in Mexico by starring in the telenovela Teresa (1989–1991) and the romantic drama Midaq Alley (1995). She soon established herself in Hollywood, appearing in films such as Desperado (1995), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), Wild Wild West(1999), and Dogma (1999).

Hayek's portrayal of painter Frida Kahlo in the biopic Frida (2002), which she also produced, made her the first Mexican actress nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In subsequent years, Hayek focused more on producing while starring in the action-centred pictures Once Upon a Time in Mexico(2003), After the Sunset (2004) and Bandidas(2006). She achieved further commercial success with the comedies Grown Ups (2010), Grown Ups 2 (2013) and The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017). She lent her voice to the animated Puss in Boots(2011), Sausage Party (2016) and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022). She also earned critical acclaim for her performances in the dramas Tale of Tales (2015), Beatriz at Dinner (2017) and House of Gucci (2021). She played Ajak in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Eternals (2021), which emerged as her highest-grossing live-action film.

Hayek's directing, producing and acting work on television has earned her four Emmy Awards nominations. She won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Children's Special for The Maldonado Miracle (2004). She received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations, one for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series and the other for Outstanding Comedy Series, for her work on the ABC television comedy-drama Ugly Betty (2006–2010). She also produced and played Minerva Mirabal in the Showtime film In the Time of the Butterflies (2001) and guest-starred on the NBC comedy series 30 Rock (2009–2013).

As a public figure, Hayek has been cited as one of Hollywood's most powerful and influential Latina actresses and one of the world's most beautiful women by various media outlets. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2023. In 2021, she was honoured with a Hollywood Walk of Fame star. She is married to business magnate François-Henri Pinault, with whom she has a daughter.

Known For

Movies

Tv Shows

1995 Four Rooms as TV Dancing Girl
2017 11th Hour as Maria José
2006 Lonely Hearts as Martha Beck
2002 Frida as Frida Kahlo
2003 Once Upon a Time in Mexico as Carolina
1996 From Dusk Till Dawn as Santanico Pandemonium
1999 Dogma as Serendipity
2004 After the Sunset as Lola Cirillo
1997 Fools Rush In as Isabel
2006 Ask the Dust as Camilla Lopez
2006 Bandidas as Sara Sandoval
1998 54 as Anita
2001 Chain of Fools as Kolko
2001 In the Time of the Butterflies as Minerva Mirabal
1995 Desperado as Carolina
2009 Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant as Madame Truska
1999 Wild Wild West as Rita Escobar
2003 Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over as Cesca Giggles
1997 Breaking Up as Monica
1998 The Faculty as Nurse Harper
2021 Eternals as Ajak
1994 Roadracers as Donna
2000 Living It Up as Lola
2000 Timecode as Rose
1997 Follow Me Home as Veronica
2010 Grown Ups as Roxanne Chase-Feder
1996 Fled as Cora
1995 Midaq Alley as Alma
1999 Get Bruce! as Self
2012 Savages as Elena
2012 The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists! as Cutlass Liz (voice)
2011 As Luck Would Have It as Luisa
2022 Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals as Self - Ajak
2012 Here Comes the Boom as Bella Flores
2011 Americano as 'Lola'
1999 No One Writes to the Colonel as Julia
2022 Puss in Boots: The Last Wish as Kitty Softpaws (voice)
2013 Grown Ups 2 as Roxanne Chase-Feder
2022 Movie Money Confidential as Self
2014 Muppets Most Wanted as Salma Hayek
1997 The Hunchback as Esmeralda
1999 The Velocity of Gary as Mary Carmen
2023 Magic Mike's Last Dance as Maxandra Mendoza
2013 Girl Rising as Narrator - Peru (voice)
2025 Without Blood as Nina
2001 Hotel as Charlee Boux
2014 Some Kind of Beautiful as Olivia
2013 $ellebrity as Self
2015 Everly as Everly
2014 Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet as Kamila (voice)
2016 Sausage Party as Teresa Taco (voice)
2015 Tale of Tales as Queen of Longtrellis
Soon Seesaw Monster
1994 Mi Vida Loca as Gata
1995 Fair Game as Rita
2015 Septembers of Shiraz as Farnez
2021 We Are Cinema as Self (archive footage)
1995 Sinatra: 80 Years My Way as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
2019 Drunk Parents as Nancy
2026 Sacrifice as Gloria Bracken
2017 The Hitman's Bodyguard as Sonia Kincaid
2007 Across the Universe as Singing Nurse
2000 Traffic as Rosario (uncredited)
2011 Puss in Boots as Kitty Softpaws (voice)
1997 Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life as Self
2017 How to Be a Latin Lover as Sara
2017 Beatriz at Dinner as Beatriz
2000 Welcome to Hollywood as Salma Hayek
1997 ¿Quién diablos es Juliette? as Herself
2019 The Hummingbird Project as Eva Torres
2001 The Concert for New York City as Self
2020 Like a Boss as Claire Luna
2020 The Roads Not Taken as Dolores
2021 Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard as Sonia Kincaid
2010 The Women of SNL as Adriana (archive footage)
2017 La Folie Disneyland Paris : L'Anniversaire des 25 ans du Parc as Self
1999 Forever Hollywood as Self
2021 Bliss as Isabel Clemens
2016 I Saved My Belly Dancer
1999 Wild Wild West: Wardrobes of the West as Self
1999 It's a Whole New West: The Making of 'Wild, Wild West' as Self - Host
2001 America: A Tribute to Heroes as Self
1997 Sweet Release as Carmelita
2002 Searching for Debra Winger as Self
2021 House of Gucci as Pina Auriemma
2004 Celia Cruz | ¡Azúcar! as Self
2021 Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend as Self (archive footage)
2023 A Journey to Sundance as Self
2002 The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2017 Plankton Salesmen as Self (archive footage)
Soon Untitled Puss in Boots Sequel as Kitty Softpaws (voice)
Soon Grown Ups 3 as Roxanne Chase-Feder
Soon Arena

1994 Inside the Actors Studio ( 1 episode ) as Self
2003 The Ellen DeGeneres Show ( 3 episodes ) as Self
1993 The Sinbad Show ( 26 episodes )
2003 Punk'd ( 1 episode ) as Self
1997 The View ( 2 episodes ) as Self
1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno ( 4 episodes )
2006 30 Rock ( 7 episodes ) as Elisa Padriera
2006 Ugly Betty ( 7 episodes ) as Sofia Reyes
2015 The Late Show with Stephen Colbert ( 1 episode ) as Self
1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien ( 3 episodes ) as Self - Guest
2003 Celebrities Uncensored ( 1 episode ) as Self
1998 Vivement dimanche ( 1 episode ) as Self
1998 Vivement dimanche prochain ( 1 episode )
1995 Viva el lunes ( 1 episode ) as Self
1988 LIVE with Kelly and Mark ( 3 episodes ) as Self
1953 The Oscars ( 6 episodes ) as Self
1993 GMTV ( 1 episode ) as Self
1992 Jack's Place ( 1 episode )
2011 Black Mirror ( 1 episode ) as TV Joan / Salma Hayek Pinault
1981 Wetten, dass..? ( 1 episode ) as Self
1975 Saturday Night Live ( 1 episode ) as Self - Host
2018 Red Table Talk ( 1 episode ) as Self
2015 Hot Ones ( 1 episode ) as Self
2016 Chelsea ( 1 episode ) as Self
2007 The Graham Norton Show ( 6 episodes ) as Self
2019 The Kelly Clarkson Show ( 2 episodes ) as Self
2003 Jimmy Kimmel Live! ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
2009 Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
1984 Goldene Kamera ( 1 episode ) as Self
1948 Bambi ( 1 episode ) as Self
1989 Teresa ( 125 episodes ) as Teresa Martínez
1982 Champs-Elysées ( 1 episode ) as Self
1990 Dream On ( 1 episode ) as Carmella
2014 The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ( 4 episodes ) as Self - Guest
1999 Action ( 1 episode ) as Salma Hayek
2014 Variety Studio: Actors on Actors ( 1 episode ) as Self
1944 Golden Globe Awards ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Presenter
2015 The Late Late Show with James Corden ( 1 episode ) as Self - Guest
1994 Rebel Highway ( 1 episode ) as Donna
1988 Nuevo amanecer ( 75 episodes ) as Fabiola Ramírez Anthony
1993 Late Show with David Letterman ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Guest
2010 The Talk ( 1 episode ) as Self

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