Salma Hayek was born on September 2, 1966 in
Coatzacoalcos, Mexico to Sami Hayek Dominguez
(businessman) and Diana Hayek (opera singer).
She also has a younger brother, Sami Hayek.
She was sent to the U.S. in 1978 to attended a
Louisiana Covent boarding school in New Orleans,
but because of her ill behavior, the school sent
her back home. However, she was set back to the
states to live with her aunt in Houston to go to
an American High School. She returned back to
Mexico in 1983.
She attended Universidad Iberoamericana college
in Mexico City, majoring in International
Relations, however, school did not interest her
very much, and she dropped out to do something
she loved, acting.
Without any prior experience, she began doing
local theater. This experience, and her beauty,
brought about work with commercials. This then
led to her big break in Mexico with the role of
Teresa on the popular Mexican soap opera
Nueva Amenecer in 1988.
He popularity began to reach the notice of
people in the United States. In order to
further her career, she moved back to the United
States (Los Angeles) in 1991, and began to take
English lessons while auditioning for roles in
Hollywood.
Her first film onscreen came in 1993, with a
small part in the movie In Vida Loca.
She originally auditioned for another role.
Although she did not get that role, the director
(Allison Anders) liked Salma, so she cast her in
In Vida Loca so she could become a member
of the Screen Actors Guild.
Her big break came with the 1995 release of the
movie Desperado, with Antonio Banderas.
The director of the film (Robert Rodriquez)
selected Salma for the role after seeing her on
a Spanish Cable Talk Show while flipping through
the channels. The film enabled her to become
popular and gain a large world-wide fan base,
and she was nominated for the MTV Movie Award
for Best Kiss with Antonio Banderas. [Trivia:
She sings the song "Quedate Aqui" on the
Desperado soundtrack.]
Over the next few years she appeared in such
films as Fools Rush In (1997) (nominated
for the ALMA Award for Outstanding Actress in a
Feature Film), The Hunchback (1997)
(nominated for the ALMA Award for Outstanding
Individual Performance in a Made-for-Television
Movie or Mini-Series in a Crossover Role), 54
(1998) (nominated for the ALMA Award for
Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film), Wild
Wild West (1999) (won the Blockbuster
Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting
Actress – Action and nominated for the ALMA
Award for Outstanding Actress in a Feature
Film), and In the Time of Butterflies
(2001) (won the ALMA Award for Outstanding
Actor/Actress in a Made for Television Movie or
Miniseries and nominated for the BFCA Award for
Best Actress in a Picture Made for Television).
She formed her own production company,
Ventanarosa.(pink window) in 1998 to promote
Latino and actors/actresses as well as create
and develop Latino films.
In 1999, she also began a highly publicized
relationship with actor Ed Norton which ended in
2003. She also dated actor Josh Lucas between
August 2003 - July 2004.
It was her role in Frida in 2002 (playing
the role of the same name) that won her critical
acclaim for her as a serious actor and she won
many awards, including the Imagen Award for Best
Actress and the Golden Camera Award. Some of the
awards she was nominated for include the Screen
Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance
by a Female Actor in a Leading Role; Golden
Satellite Award for Best Performance by an
Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama; Golden Globe
Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a
Motion Picture – Drama; CFCA Award for Best
Actress; BFCA Award for Best Actress; BAFTA
Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a
Leading Role; and an Academy Award for Best
Actress in a Leading Role.
She also went on to do specials, such as the
Maldanado Miracle where she won the Daytime
Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a
Children/Youth/Family Special and was nominated
for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding
Children/Youth/Family Special.
She continues to work on new movie roles and
appears in a few new movies being released over
the next two years, including Ask the Dust
where she plays a Mexican woman during the
depression trying to marry a rich American;
Paint, a satire of the New York City Art
culture; Bandidas, where she plays a bank
robber and Lonely Hearts, a murder
thriller with
John Travolta.
The
most current rumor about her love life is that
she is dating actor
Jamie Foxx.
Biography by Ian Ripley,
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Year
1988
1989
1993
1993
1994
Selection N/A
Selection N/A
Selection N/A
Title
Un Nuevo Amanecer (TV)
Teresa (TV)
Mi Vida Loca
The Sinbad Show (TV)
Roadracers (TV)
Role
Fabiola
Teresa
Gata
Gloria Contreras
Donna
Year
1995
1995
1995
1995
1996
Title
Desperado
El Callejón de Los Milagros
Fair Game
Four Rooms
Fled
Role
Carolina
Alma
Rita
TV Dancing Girl
Cora
Year
1996
1996
1996
1997
1997
Selection N/A
Selection N/A
Title
Follow Me Home
From Dusk Till Dawn
El Vuelo Del Aguila (TV)
Breaking Up
Fools Rush In
Role
uncredited
Santanico Pandemonium
Juana Cata
Monica
Isabel Fuentes
Year
1997
1997
1998
1998
1998
Selection N/A
Title
The Hunchback (TV)
Sistole Diastole
54
The Faculty
The Velocity of Gary
Role
Esmeralda
Carmelita
Anita Randazzo
Nurse Rosa Harper
Mary Carmen
Year
1999
1999
1999
2000
2000
Title
El Coronel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba
Dogma
Wild Wild West
Chain of Fools
La Gran Vida
Role
Julia
Serendipity
Rita Escobar
Kolko
Lola
Year
2000
2000
2001
2001
2002
Title
Timecode
Traffic
Hotel
In the Time of the
Butterflies (TV)
Frida
Role
Rose
Rosario
Charlee Boux
Minerva Mirabal
Frida Kahlo
Year
2003
2003
2004
2005
Coming 2005
Selection N/A
Selection N/A
Title
Once Upon a Time in
Mexico
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
After the Sunset
Sian Ka'an
Ask the Dust
Role
Carolina
Cesca Giggles
Lola Cirillo
Maria (voice)
Camilla
Year
Coming 2005
Coming 2006
Coming 2006
Selection N/A
Selection N/A
Selection N/A
Title
Paint
Bandidas
Murphy's Law
Role
Sara
Martha Beck
SALMA HAYEK DISCOGRAPHY
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Year
1995
Album Title
Desperado Soundtrack
Tracks
1. Canción del Mariachi (Morena de
Mi Corazón) - Antonio Banderas & Los Lobos
2. Six Blade Knife - Dire
Straits
3. Jack the Ripper - Link Wray & the Wraymen
4. Manifold de Amour - Latin Playboys
5. Forever Night Shade Mary - Latin Playboys
6. Pass the Hatchet - Roger & the Gypsies
7. Bar Fight - Los Lobos
8. Strange Face of Love - Tito & Tarantula
9. Bucho's Garcias/Navajas Attacks - Los Lobos
10. Bulletproof - Los Lobos
11. Bella - Santana
12. Quedate Aqui - Selma Hayek
13. Rooftop Action - Los Lobos
14. Phone Call - Los Lobos
15. White Train (Showdown) - Tito & Tarantula
16. Back to the House That Love Built - Tito & Tarantula
17. Let Love Reign - Los Lobos
18. Mariachi Suite - Los Lobos
