Salma Hayek is an American and Mexican film actress and producer whose full name is Salma Valgarma Hayek. Her father’s name is Sami Hayek Dominguez, maybe you know him. He is a French billionaire and Kering CEO, so that’s why he is popular too. Salma Hayek was born on 2nd September 1966, and she grew up in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, and Mexico. Salma has a successful film industry career.
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Education
Slama Hayek was raised in a Catholic home and attended a school in Louisiana when she was only 12 years old. At this time, she was lived with her aunt in Houston, USA. She completed her education at the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau, Louisiana, USA, and after a brief stint at Mexico university. She dropped out because of her acting career and became a telenovela star in her native Mexico.
Salma Hayek Measurements
No doubt Salma Hayek is a beautiful lady who is 5 feet and 1.5 inches tall. Here we are mentioned Salma Hayek measurements. Her weight is 54 kg, and her bra size is 36, so she looks perfect and hot in every dressing.
Professional Career
She worked in the Mexican Daytime television drama Teresa 1989. Hayek moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1991 to improve her English and become a Hollywood actress. Director Robert Rodriguez noticed her when she took part in Mivida loca and after that cast her om Desperado 1995.
Moreover, her major role was In another Rodriguez film in 1996. After one year in 1997, she appeared in the romantic comedy fools Rush In and after two years portrayed an exotic dancer in the religious satire Dogma in 1999.
Gradually, she started her own smaller independent production company, Ventanarosa. In 2002, she did her dream role in Frida, where she played the role of Frida Kahlo. This film was so hit and nominated for six Academy awards in which Hayek got the best actress nomination.
Hayek becomes the first Latin actress to be nominated in this category. After that, she appeared in many other projects such as The Maldonado Miracle, One upon a Time in Mexico, and heist thriller after the Sunset in 2004.
Awards
Hayek won Emmy Award and Oscar Nominee and went on to serve as executive producer of the Ugly Betty Tv series. Besides, she also won a Golden Globe award for best comedy in 2007.
After playing a role in Grown ups in 2010, Hayek portrayed a drug kingpin in Oliver Stone’s Savages in 2012. Salma plays the role of a woman who must use violence to extract herself from sexual enslavement in the action film Everyl in 2014.
Personal life
Salma Hayek married French Business executive Francois Henri in 2009. Hayek started dating him in 2006. She gave birth to a daughter on 21st September 2007 in Los Angeles, California. Her daughter’s name is Valentina Paloma Pinault.
They married on Valentine’s Day in 2009 in Paris and held the second ceremony in Venice. However, before Francois, she had a relationship with many actors such as Edward Norton, Edward Atterton, and Richard Crenna Jr.
Net Worth of Salma Hayek
Hayek has a bright future, so she has a handsome net worth. Currently, her net worth is $200 million.