Actress, Singer, Film Director, Film Producer Salma Hayek (Salma Valgarma Hayek Jimenez-Pinault)

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early years

Salma Hayek was born in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico. She is the daughter of Diane Jimenez Medina, an opera singer of Spanish descent, and Sami Hayek Dominguez, the manager of an oil company of Lebanese descent who once ran for mayors of Coatzacoalcos. Her name, Salma, (derived from the male name Salim) comes from the Arabic word "salima", which means "peace, security, health". She was brought up in a wealthy pious family and at the age of twelve she was sent to study at a Catholic boarding school for girls in Louisiana. While Salma was there, the doctors diagnosed her - dyslexia.

After leaving school due to problems with behavior, Salma briefly returned to Mexico, and soon moved to Houston, where she lived with her aunt until 17 years old. Then she entered the Ibero-American University in Mexico, where she studied international relations.

Personal life

Hayek met with actor Edward Norton for four years, from 1999 to 2003, and then with Josh Lucas from 2003 to 2004. Later, Salma Hayek was going to marry François-Henri Pinault (he owns many famous fashion houses (Yves Saint Laurent, Gucci) and is one of the richest hundred people in the world), September 21, 2007 in Los Angeles, the couple was born a first-born. The girl was named Valentine Paloma Pino. In July 2008, the couple broke up, the daughter remained with Salma. However, after a while they reconciled and on April 25, 2009 the couple got married in the old theater of La Fenice in Venice.

Her best friend is the Spanish actress Penelope Cruz. Together they performed the main roles in the 2006 film "Bandits".

Director, Producer and Actress

Around 2000, Salma Hayek founded the production company Ventanarosa and started producing films and television projects. Her first experience in this kind of activity was the film "Nobody writes to the Colonel", which was selected by Mexico for presentation to the Oscar in the nomination "Best Foreign Film".

In 2002, the film "Frida" was released, in which Salma was co-producer, and also played the main role of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, for which she was nominated for an Oscar as the best actress. This made her, along with Kathy Jurado and Adriana Barras, one of the three Mexican actresses who were nominated for this award. In many ways, thanks to her participation in the project, it was able to collect a star cast from Alfred Molina, Antonio Banderas, Ashley Judd, Jeffrey Rush, Edward Norton and Valeria Golino.

In 2003, Hayek directed the film "The Miracle of Maldonado" for the cable network Showtime, for which she won the daily Emmy Award in the nomination "Outstanding Direction of the Children's, Youth or Family Program."

In December 2005, Hayek filmed a music video for the singer Prince named "Te Amo Corazon" ("I love you, sweetheart"), in which her friend Mia Maestro played.

In September 2006, Salma Hayek became executive producer of the television series "Ugly Betty" ("Ugly Betty"), which was broadcast around the world from 2006 to 2010. When adapting to American television, she was assisted by Ben Silverman, who owns the rights and texts of the Columbian telenovela "Yo soy Betty, la fea", released in 2001. Initially, in 2004, the project was planned as a half-hour sitcom for NBC, but later, in 2006, was selected by ABC and given to producer Silvio Hort.