WALLPAPERS : Salma Hayek

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Salama Hayek's Biography

Name : Salma Hayek

Real Name : Salma Hayek Jimenez

Date Of Birth : September 2, 1966

Place of Birth : Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico

Height : 5'2''

Weight : 115 lbs

Eyes : Dark brown

Hair : Black

Occupation : Actress

Education : College dropout

Companion : Edward Norton

Fan Mail : C/O William Morris Agency151 El Camino DriveBeverly Hills, CA 90212USA.

Detail Info:

Widely considered to be the first Mexican actress to become a Hollywood movie star since Dolores Del Rio, Salma Hayek is known for bringing a fiery presence and striking, dark-eyed beauty to the screen. A soap star in her native Mexico, Hayek risked her entire career to come to L.A., where she struggled to be taken seriously. Her discovery by director Robert Rodriguez, who cast her in his 1995 film Desperado, gave Hayek her breakthrough, and she subsequently gained a reputation as one of Hollywood's sexiest and busiest actresses.The daughter of a Spanish mother and Lebanese father, Hayek was born in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico, on September 2, 1966. Raised in a devoutly Catholic family, she was sent to a Louisiana boarding school at the age of 12. After getting into trouble for terrorizing the nuns, Hayek returned to Mexico, but she was eventually sent to Houston, Texas, to live with her aunt, where she stayed until she was 17. She subsequently moved to Mexico City, where she studied International Relations as a university student, but, to the chagrin of her family, decided to drop out in order to pursue a career as an actress. Starting out in local theatre productions, she eventually moved to television and landed a starring role in the popular soap opera Teresa. The show's success made Hayek a celebrity in her native country, but, desiring something more, she shocked her fans by deciding to quit the show in order to pursue a career in L.A.After taking a year to learn English and study acting with Stella Adler, Hayek got her first break when Allison Anders cast her in a supporting role in Mi Vida Loca (1993). The role allowed Hayek to obtain a Screen Actors Guild card, and after doing so, she continued to audition until she appeared on a Spanish-language cable access talk show that happened to count director Robert Rodriguez amongst its viewers. Rodriguez tracked Hayek down and promptly cast her in Desperado, his bigger-budget 1995 sequel to El Mariachi. The film, which also starred Antonio Banderas, succeeded in giving the actress her own plot on the Hollywood map, and Rodriguez again demonstrated his faith in her when he cast her in his next project, the vampire extravaganza From Dusk Till Dawn (1996). Unfortunately for Hayek, the film, which also starred George Clooney, failed to do as well as expected, and Hayek's next few projects were similarly lackluster. The Faculty (1998), a teen thriller that cast Hayek as a teacher who turns into an alien, was an exception, and Kevin Smith's Dogma (1999), which featured her as a celestial muse, was fairly successful with critics and audiences. Also in 1999, Hayek had a starring role in what was to be her biggest film to date, Barry Sonnenfeld's Wild Wild West, which also starred Will Smith and Kevin Kline. Unfortunately for all involved, the film was a turkey. In 2000, Hayek could be seen in smaller, edgier ventures, including the independent comedy Chain of Fools, in which she played a centerfold-turned- cop, and Mike Figgis' experimental Time Code, which cast her as Jeanne Tripplehorn's lover. If these films ultimately didn't provide Hayek with a role that would draw attention to her genuine talent, this would soon change with the long awaited /biography of tragic artist Frida Kahlo. With her role as the epnoymous character in Frida (2002), Hayek disappeared into her subject so convincingly that not only would she return to the good graces of critics, but earn an Oscar nomination as well. Rebecca Flint, All Movie Guide

Salma Hayek Filmography:

Actor

2006: Lonely Hearts

2006: Ask the Dust

2005: Sian Ka'an

2005 Paint

2005: Bandidas

2004: After the Sunset

2003: V-Day: Until the Violence Stops

2003: Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

2003: Saturday Night Live: Salma Hayek

2003: Once Upon a Time in Mexico

2002: Frida

2002: Death to Smoochy

2002: Searching for Debra Winger

2001: Hotel

2001: The Concert For New York City

2000: Chain of Fools

2000: In the Time of the Butterflies

2000: La Gran Vida

2000: Timecode

1999: Dogma

1999: El Coronel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba

1999: Wild Wild West

1999: Forever Hollywood

1998: 54

1998: The Faculty

1998: The Velocity of Gary

1997: The Hunchback

1997: Breaking Up

1997: Fools Rush In

1996: From Dusk Till Dawn

1996: Fled

1995: El Callejón De Los Milagros

1995: Desperado

1995: Fair Game

1995: Four Rooms

1994: Roadracers

1993: My Crazy Life

Director

2002: The Maldonado Miracle

Executive Producer

2006: Ugly Betty [TV Series]

2002: The Maldonado Miracle

2000: In the Time of the Butterflies

Producer

2002: Frida