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Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez-Pinault (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsalma ˈxaʝek]; born September 2, 1966) is a Mexican actress, director and producer. She is one of the most prominent Mexican figures in Hollywood. She received a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her role as Frida Kahlo in the movie Frida.
1 Early life
2 Career
2.1 Mexico
2.2 Early Hollywood acting work
2.3 Director, producer and actress
2.4 Singing credits
2.5 Promotional work
2.6 In art
3 Personal life
3.1 Advocacy
4 Honors
5 Filmography
6 Event appearances
7 References
8 External links
Hayek was born in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico, 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 "safeRaised in a wealthy, devoutly Roman Catholicfamily, 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 attended college in Mexico City, where she studied International Relations at the Universidad Iberoamericana

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

Hayek moved to Los Angeles, California in 1991 to study acting under Stella Adler She had limited fluency in English, which was attributed to her suffering from dyslexiaRobert Rodriguez and his producer and then wife Elizabeth Avellan soon gave Hayek a starring role opposite Antonio Banderas in 1995's Desperado

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

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