![]() Heartbroken fans spread rumors that she was having a secret affair with Mexico's president and left to escape his wife's However, anxious to make films and to explore her talent as well as passion, she left both Teresa (1989) and Mexico in 1991. She soon landed the title role in Teresa (1989), a hugely successful soap opera which earned her the star status in her native Mexico. After attending Mexico City's prestigious university Universidad Iberoamericana, she felt ready to pursue acting seriously. At age 12, she was sent to the Academy of the Sacred Heart in New Orleans, Louisiana. ![]() After having seen Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) in a local movie theater, she decided she wanted to become anĪctress. Her father is of Lebanese descent and her mother is of Mexican/Spanish ancestry. ph: Ronald Martinez/©Bac Films AMERICANO, from left: Salma Hayek, Mathieu Demy, 2011.Salma Hayek was born on Septemin Coatzacoalcos, Mexico. WILD WILD WEST, Will Smith, Salma Hayek, 1999 AMERICANO, from left: Mathieu Demy, Salma Hayek, 2011. ph: Keith Sim/© Momentum Pictures WILD WILD WEST, Will Smith, Salma Hayek, Kevin Kline, 1999, (c) Warner Brothers TIME CODE, Selma Hayek, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Saffron Burrows, Kyle MacLachlan, Stellan Skarsgard, 2000. SEPTEMBERS OF SHIRAZ, adults, from left: Salma Hayek, Adrien Brody, 2015. ph: Greta de Lazzaris/©01 Distribution 54, Salma Hayek, 1998. Once Upon a Time in Mexico Photos FRIDA, right: Salma Hayek (as Frida Kahlo), 2002, ©Miramax Films FROM DUSK TILL DAWN, Salma Hayek, 1996 FRIDA, Salma Hayek, 2002, (c) Miramax FRIDA, from left: Alfred Molina, Salma Hayek, 2002, ©Miramax Films FRIDA, Alfred Molina, Salma Hayek, 2002, (c) Miramax FRIDA, Geoffrey Rush, Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, 2002, (c) Miramax FRIDA, Salma Hayek (as Frida Kahlo), 2002, ©Miramax Films FRIDA, Salma Hayek, 2002, (c) Miramax FRIDA, Alfred Molina, Salma Hayek, 2002, (c) Miramax TALE OF TALES, (aka IL RACCONTO DEI RACCONTI), Salma Hayek, 2015. As her career matured into the 2010s, Hayek worked consistently, moving easily between voice work in animated features, acclaimed indies like "Beatriz at Dinner" (2017), comedies like "Grown Ups" (2010), and popcorn thrillers like "The Hitman's Bodyguard" (2017). ![]() However, it was her instincts as producer and director which earned consistent accolades. Hayek valiantly tried to translate both her looks and intelligence into worthy film roles with varying degrees of success. She went on to earn significant respect for executive producing the ABC comedy "Ugly Betty" (2006-10), which she helped adapt from its original format as a daily Columbian soap, and earned a Daytime Emmy for directing the family film "The Maldonado Miracle" (2003) for Showtime. Among her biggest box office hits was a leading role in the Will Smith summer blockbuster "Wild Wild West" (1999), though her most acclaimed performance was her Academy Award-nominated starring role as Mexican painter Frida Kahlo in "Frida" (2002), which Hayek, as producer, worked for years to bring to the big screen. Spokesmodel work for cosmetics companies further banked on her hourglass figure and smoldering on-screen charisma, but Hayek proved to have far bigger ambitions than to be another piece of Hollywood eye candy. A favorite of the film's renegade writer-director Robert Rodriguez, the former telenovela star from Mexico gained a foothold in the American movie business in independent film and as a favorite on men's magazines "Sexiest" lists. Salma Hayek first hit stateside cineplexes as the border town bookseller who romances Antonio Banderas' vengeful "mariachi" in "Desperado" (1995).
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