Salma Hayek is a Mexican actress, TV producer, film producer, film director, social activist, and businesswoman born on September 1966.
Her full name is Salma Valgarma Hayek Jimenez, and she was born in Veracruz, Mexico.
Salma Hayek left Mexico at age 12 when she joined the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau, Louisiana. However, she came back to study international relations in Mexico City.
Salma Hayek celebrates her 56th birthday in style
Salma Hayek’s first role on the small screen
When she turned 23, Salma Hayek joined the cast of the Mexican telenovela “Teresa”. She became a famous household name in his origin country and jumped onto the big screen.
Her career as an actress
In 1991, Salma Hayek landed in Los Angeles to begin her acting study career. She struggled with dyslexia but obtained several roles in the 1990s.
In 1994, Salma Hayek had a starring role in Miracle Alley, the most-awarded movie in Mexican filming history. However, the international breakthrough came with the movie Desperado with Antonio Banderas.
One of Salma Hayek’s last filming roles was in Adam Sandler’s Grown Ups movies. In the 2010s, Salma Hayek participated in the two Grown Up movies with Sandler.
She also voiced Kitty Softpaws in the “Puss in Boots” movie, meeting again with Antonio Banderas.
During her career as an actress, Salma Hayek was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. However, she won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for “The Maldonado Miracle”.
Salma Hayek, Women’s Champion
Salma Hayek is a women’s champion campaigning to end violence against women. Hayek testified before the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act.
She donated thousands of dollars to women’s shelters and anti-domestic violence groups in Mexico, and partenered with Beyoncé on a Gucci campaign to empower women.
Salma Hayek’s Net Worth
Salma Hayek has a net worth of $200 million, $80 million more than Angelina Jolie.
She also married French billionaire François-Henri Pinault, who was a fortune of $7 billion.