Salma Hayek Biography
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.]
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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).
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The
most current rumor about her love life is that
she is dating actor
Jamie Foxx.
Biography by Ian Ripley,
PopStarsPlus.com, Sr. Staff Writer
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