Salma Hayek Pinault, a Mexican and American actress and producer, was born Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez on September 2, 1966.
Salma Hayek top movies and TV shows
In Mexico, she made her acting debut in the telenovela Teresa (1989–1991) and the romantic drama El Callejón de los Milagros (1995), for which she was nominated for an Ariel Award. With roles in movies like Desperado (1995), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), Wild Wild West (1999), and Dogma, she quickly made a name for herself in Hollywood (1999).
Salma Hayek awards and nominations
Hayek became the first Mexican actress to receive an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress in the biographical film Frida (2002), which she also produced. She also received nominations for a Golden Globe, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a British Academy Film Award for her portrayal of the artist Frida Kahlo.
Hayek’s directing, producing and acting career on television has won her four Emmy Awards nominations. She was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards—one for Outstanding Comedy Series and the other for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series—for her work on the ABC television comedy-drama Ugly Betty, for which she won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Children Special for The Maldonado Miracle (2004).
She also produced the 2001 Showtime movie At the Time of the Butterflies, in which she portrayed Minerva Mirabal, and she had a cameo appearance on the NBC comedy series 30 Rock (2009–2013).
