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Name: Salma Hayek-Jimenez
Name means: "peace" in Hindi,
"corpse" in Italian
Date of Birth: 2 September 1966,
Place of Birth: Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico
Height: 5' 2"
Weight: 47kg (101lbs)
Body Measurement:B87cm W59cm H88cm
Hair Colour: Brown
Occupation: Actress
Sign: Virgo
Relations:
Companion:
Edward Norton;
former companion:
Edward Atterton;
former fiancé:
Richard Crenna Jr.;
parents:
Sami Hayek Dominguez and Diana Hayek;
brother:
Sami Hayek
Education: College dropout
Claim to fame: Desperado
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.
Filmography
Frida (2002) .... Frida Kahlo
Traffic (2000) (uncredited) .... Rosario, Madrigal's
Mistress
Wild Wild West (1999) .... Rita Escobar
Dogma (1999) .... Serendipity
Faculty, The (1998) .... Nurse Rosa Harper
54 (1998) .... Anita
Fools Rush In (1997) .... Isabel Fuentes
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) .... Santanico Pandemonium
Desperado (1995) .... Carolina
"Sinbad Show, The" (1993) TV Series
.... Gloria (1993)
Articles & Interviews
G.Q. "Sinful Salma" date unknown
LA Magazine "Salma Mousse..." 8 August
1996
Houston Chronicle "Salma Hayek" date
unknown
E! Q&A "She dances with snakes and acts
with Friends, but Hollywood's leading Latina is
..." date unknown
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