theOscarSite Facts:
Birth Name:
  • Salma Hayek-Jimenez
Birth Date:
  • 2 September 1966
Birthplace:
  • Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico
Quote:
  • "I have gotten a lot more attention than...other women that I find incredibly beautiful. And this has happened to me ever since I was a girl, when I was flat, had no teeth, was skinny and small as I could be. I always got more attention than anyone else. If I hadn't, I would have made sure I did..." -- Movieline magazine, January 1997
Claim to Fame:
  • 1995: Breakthrough Hollywood feature role, co-starring opposite Antonio Banderas in DESPERADO
Education:
  • Catholic school in Texas; expelled after two years (was in her early teens at the time)
  • National University of Mexico; left to study acting
  • Stella Adler Conservatory, Los Angeles, California
Factoids:
  • At age 12, Salma told her father she would "go on strike" and fail all of her classes if he didn't allow her to go to school in America.
  • Suffers from dyslexia
  • Fluent in English, Arabic, Spanish and Portuguese
Significant Other(s):
  • Richard Crenna Jr., actor; met in an acting class (1991); engaged; no longer together
  • Edward Atterton, actor; dated in 1997; met during filming of THE HUNCHBACK
  • Edward Norton, actor
  • François-Henri Pinualt, luxury good businessman; engaged 2007
Family:
  • Father: Sami Hayek, oil businessman; Lebanese; ran for mayor of Coatzacoalcos, Mexico (1997)
  • Mother: Diana Jimenez Hayek, opera singer and talent scout; Mexican
  • Brother: Sami; younger, furniture designer
  • Daughter: Valentina Paloma Pinault, b. 2007; father is François-Henri Pinualt
Feature Film
Credits:
  • 2009: La Banda (also producer)
    2008: Keep Coming Back, Cirque du Freak, Beverly Hills Chihuahua
    2007: Across the Universe
    2006: Lonely Hearts, Ask the Dust, Bandidas
    2005: Sian Ka'an (voice)
    2004: After the Sunset
    2003: Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Spy Kids 3D: Game Over
    2002: Frida (also producer)
    2001: Hotel
    2000: Chain of Fools, Timecode, Traffic (uncredited), Living It Up
    1999: Wild Wild West, Dogma, No One Writes to the Colonel
    1998: 54, Breaking Up, The Faculty
    1997: Fools Rush In, The Hunchback
    1996: Fled, From Dusk Till Dawn
    1995: Desperado, Midaq Alley, El Callejón de los Milagros
    1994: Roadracers
    1992: El Mariachi/Desperado
Academy Awards®:
  •  Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role 2002: FRIDA

  • 1 nomination