Salma Hayek

Actress Salma Hayek is one of the most notable Mexican figures in Hollywood today. She is most famous for her work in the 2002 film Frida, where she was nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award. In 2001 she received  Glamour magazine's  Woman of the Year Award, and then Time Magazine's "25 Most Influental Hispanics" award in 2005.

Salma comes from a prominent Veracruz family of Spanish and Lebanese descent.  She was raised Roman Catholic, and at  young age attended boarding school in the United States where she was diagnosed with dyslexia.  Salma later studied International Relations in Mexico City at the Universidad Iberomericanan. Her first name, Salma, is Arabic for "peace".

It wasn't until the age of 23 that Hayek began her acting career with a role in the successful Mexican TV series, Teresa.  She instantly became an Mexican hereo, and five years later starred in El Callejon de los Milagros, a film that  won more awards than any other in Mexican history.  At the age of 25 Salma moved to Los Angeles and started her Hollywood career.  Robert Rodriguez casted Salma in the in the 1995 film Desperado, where she co-starred with actor Antonio Banderas.  The film was major success and   Salma was even nominated for best supporting actress.  This kick-started her career and over the next decade she starred in over 25 films that include Frida (2002), Wild Wild West (1999), and Fools Rush In (1997).  Salma is married to French billionaire Francois Pinault and together the couple has one daughter, Valentina. In her personal life Salma is strongly involved with charitable organizations dealing with Women's rights advocacy.

Movie		Character	Year
	Desperado	Carolina	1995
	Four Rooms	TV Dancing Girl	1995
	From Dusk Till Dawn	Santanico Pandemonium	1996
	The Hunchback	Esmeralda	1997
	The Faculty	Nurse Rosa Harper	1998
	Wild Wild West	Rita Escobar	1999
	The Velocity of Gary	Mary Carmen	1999
	Dogma	Serendipity	1999
	Chain of Fools	Kolko	2000
	Frida	Frida Kahlo	2002
	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Cesca Giggles	2003
	Once Upon a Time in Mexico	Carolina	2003
	After the Sunset	Lola Cirillo	2004
	Bandidas	Sara Sandoval	2006
	Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant	Madame Truska	2009
	Grown Ups	Roxanne Chase-Feder	2010
	Puss in Boots	Kitty Softpaws (voice)	2011
	Puss in Boots: The Three Diablos	Kitty Softpaws (voice)	2012
	The Pirates! Band of Misfits	Cutlass Liz (voice)	2012
	As Luck Would Have It	Luisa	2012
	Savages	Elena	2012
	Here Comes the Boom		2012
	Girl Rising	Narrator	2013
	Grown Ups 2	Roxanne Chase-Feder	2013