Born Sept. 2, 1966
Salma Hayek is a Mexican actress, director and producer, and remains one of the most prominent Mexican figures in Hollywood. Hayek was born in Veracruz, Mexico. She received her debut role in Teresa (1989), a Mexican telenovela. Her first Hollywood starring role was opposite Antonio Banderas in 1995’s Desperado. The starlet founded her own film production company, Ventanarosa, in 2002, around the same time she starred in and directed the film Frida, which landed her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. Hayek was also executive producer of the critically acclaimed ABC sitcom Ugly Betty.
Salma Hayek-Pinault visited The Late Show with David Letterman last night and took the opportunity to explain the hilarious video circulating on the web of her freaking out about a snake, and proved her real-life bravery by explaining that insects are a nutritious (and delicious, according to her) part of Mexican cuisine.
"They are a delicatessen," she explained to the audiences delight, "Very rare." To which Letterman...
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After stepping away from the big screen since giving birth to her daughter Valentina in September 2007 and marrying French mogul Francois-Henri Pinault in February 2009, Salma Hayek is back with a high-profile comedy, playing the glamorous fashion designer wife of a top Hollywood agent (Adam Sandler) in Grown Ups.
According to Sandler, he’s been trying to team up with Hayek for years, but the timing was never right. That is, until last summer, when the movie about a reunion weekend was shot on location in...
"I’ve got a confession to make," Salma Hayek, 43, recently told Latina.com at a press junket for her new movie Grown Ups. "I just learned how to use the computer last week." We have to admit; it was pretty shocking to hear that a woman who has produced a hit television show, been nominated for an Oscar and appeared in more than 30 films is that technologically challenged.
"My husband has been begging me to learn to do it; it just makes life easier. I’ve been resistant to it," Salma reveals. "And he tricked me."
Hayek's...
A few weeks ago, when Salma Hayek announced that she had changed her name to Hayek-Pinault, it set off a discussion among our readers about the importance (or lack thereof) of a woman changing her name when she gets married.
Since Hayek is an international superstar and her name is very well known, we felt like we had to get to the bottom of her motivation when we caught up with her...
Salma Hayek, who was born and raised in Mexico but is now a naturalized U.S. citizen, was asked recently about the new immigration laws passed in Arizona. The bill, entitled SB 1070, essentially gives law enforcement officials carte blanche to use racial profiling tactics and Hayek took the opportunity to voice her strong opinions on the matter.
"Of all these things that are going on, what surprises me the most is the lack of humanity with which immigrants are being treated," the Oscar-nominated actress told Notimex.
"What saddens me a lot...
Although Salma Hayek may seem like a super woman in her day-to-day life (mommy: check, wife: check, successful businesswoman: check) everyone has their weakness. Apparently, Mrs. Hayek Pinault's is snakes.
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It started at the Oscars earlier this year (remember Penelope Cruz and Sarah Jessica Parker’s updos?), and it looks like big buns will continue to be a big hair trend throughout the year, as seen here on Salma Hayek Pinault at the Cannes Film Festival.
But if you're trying to replicate the...
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