Salma Hayek - Mexican film actress and producer, today is considered one of the most striking and successful Hollywood "stars". Winner of the Golden Globe and Oscar nominations for the film Frida (2002), nominations for the Goya Prize for her role in the film The Last Spark of Life (2012). Director of the 2003 film "The Miracle of Maldonado." People magazine twice added the actress to the list of the most beautiful people on the planet.
Salma Hayek (Salma Hayek) was born in the town of Coatsacoalsos (Mexico) in 1966, September 22. Parents, a Spanish opera singer and an oil businessman from Lebanon, called their daughter Salma (in Arabic, “peace”). Nature gave the girl an unusually striking appearance and sexuality. Salma received her secondary education at a Catholic school in Mexico, and then entered the University of Mexico (Faculty of International Relations), which after some time abandoned to devote herself to the acting profession.
In the late 80s, Salma gets the first movie roles and quite successfully starred in television series. Fame in her native Mexico brings her a role in the popular TV series "Teresa", which went on screens in 1989-1991. However, the ambitious actress dreamed of conquering Hollywood and in 1991 she moved to Los Angeles.
Salma Hayek - the beginning of a stellar career
The first two years, the girl had to learn English and play minor roles in various television shows. Salma Hayek's film debut took place in 1993 in the film "My Crazy Life" directed by Ellison Anderson. The film did not have much success, but film critics and producers drew attention to the talented actress with excellent external data.
Salma owes the start of her career in Hollywood to director Robert Rodriguez. It was he who invited Hayek to play a major female role in the film Desperate. The magnificent work with Antonio Banderas overnight takes the actress to a whole new level of popularity.
Salma Hayek - gaining popularity
Rodriguez, christening Salma his talisman, began to shoot her in almost all of his films. In 1995, Hayek played in her homeland in Mexico in the movie Lane of Miracles, which brought the actress the Eldorado Award and the title of Best Mexican Actress of the 95th year. Soon Hayek received an invitation from Quentin Tarantino to star in the film "From Dusk Till Dawn." The film became a real hit, and the audience admired Salma, surprisingly organic in the image of a vampire with a living python entwined around her body.
Having successfully starred in the “Wild, Wild West” western, the comedy “Hurry - you make people laugh”, the melodrama “On the verge of breaking”, Hayek creates his own film company. The first brainchild of Ventanarose was the painting "Nobody Writes to Colonel" presented at the Kansky Film Festival. Then there was the “Time Code”, “Leaving Las Vegas” and “Hotel”.
Salma Hayek - The Most Notable Roles
In 2002, the film "Frida" was released in the world. Salma Hayek acted as a co-producer and played the main female role - Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Film critics today call the role of the legendary Frida the best in Hayek’s career. Thanks to Salma, the real “star” cast was assembled in the project: Edward Norton, Antonio Banderas, Jeffrey Rush and Valeria Gogino, and Hayek received an Oscar nomination (Best Actress).
Since then, Salma Hayek has starred in more than twenty films, among which I would like to mention Once Upon a Time in Mexico: Desperate 2, Bandits, Lonely Hearts (2006), The Story of a Vampire (2009) and Classmates (2010).
Salma Hayek - personal life
For four years, Salma met with Edward Norton. Then followed an affair with Josh Lucas (2003-2004). However, both of them failed to take Salma Hayek to the altar. In 2009, the actress married Henri Pinault, the head of the PPR concern and one of the richest people in the world. Recall that the “star” couple lived together for quite some time and they have a five-year-old daughter Valentina Paloma Pino (born in 2007).
Salma Hayek - interesting facts
- Salma Hayek's best friend is Penelope Cruz. Actresses starred in the film "Bandits."
- Hayek is the second of the Mexican actresses to receive an Oscar nomination (the first was Katie Jurado).
- Salma is studying at the Ramta School of Enlightenment.
- The actress is fluent in Portuguese, Arabic, English and Spanish.
Salma Hayek - today
Today, Salma Hayek is perhaps the most successful Mexican actress in Hollywood. A well-known feminist whose charitable activities are aimed at protecting women from cruelty and violence. She starred in films and implements her own production projects. In 2012, two films with the participation of a wonderful actress will be released worldwide: “Pirates! Gang of Losers "and" Savages. "
