Cast

Salma Hayek Pinault

Acting

Cast

Salma Hayek Pinault

Known for

Acting

Born

1966-09-02

From

Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico

Also known as Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez, Salma del Carmen Hayek Jiménez-Pinault, Salma Hayek

Biography

Salma Valgarma Hayek Pinault is a Mexican and American actress and film producer. She began her career in Mexico by starring in the telenovela Teresa (1989–1991) and the romantic drama Midaq Alley (1995). She soon established herself in Hollywood, appearing in films such as Desperado (1995), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), Wild Wild West(1999), and Dogma (1999). Hayek's portrayal of painter Frida Kahlo in the biopic Frida (2002), which she also produced, made her the first Mexican actress nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In subsequent years, Hayek focused more on producing while starring in the action-centred pictures Once Upon a Time in Mexico(2003), After the Sunset (2004) and Bandidas(2006). She achieved further commercial success with the comedies Grown Ups (2010), Grown Ups 2 (2013) and The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017). She lent her voice to the animated Puss in Boots(2011), Sausage Party (2016) and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022). She also earned critical acclaim for her performances in the dramas Tale of Tales (2015), Beatriz at Dinner (2017) and House of Gucci (2021). She played Ajak in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Eternals (2021), which emerged as her highest-grossing live-action film. Hayek's directing, producing and acting work on television has earned her four Emmy Awards nominations. She won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Children's Special for The Maldonado Miracle (2004). She received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations, one for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series and the other for Outstanding Comedy Series, for her work on the ABC television comedy-drama Ugly Betty (2006–2010). She also produced and played Minerva Mirabal in the Showtime film In the Time of the Butterflies (2001) and guest-starred on the NBC comedy series 30 Rock (2009–2013). As a public figure, Hayek has been cited as one of Hollywood's most powerful and influential Latina actresses and one of the world's most beautiful women by various media outlets. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2023. In 2021, she was honoured with a Hollywood Walk of Fame star. She is married to business magnate François-Henri Pinault, with whom she has a daughter.

Salma Hayek Pinault

Salma Hayek Pinault

Biography

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

Grown Ups 2

Grown Ups

Puss in Boots

From Dusk Till Dawn

The Hitman's Bodyguard

Eternals

Sausage Party

The Faculty

House of Gucci

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

Welcome to Hollywood

Get Bruce!

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

Plankton Salesmen

Traffic

Here Comes the Boom

Magic Mike's Last Dance

How to Be a Latin Lover

Frida

Dogma

Savages

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

Beatriz at Dinner

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

Wild Wild West

Bandidas

Desperado

Four Rooms

Forever Hollywood

After the Sunset

Muppets Most Wanted

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

The Hunchback

Across the Universe

Tale of Tales

The Hummingbird Project

54

Fair Game

Fools Rush In

Mi Vida Loca

Drunk Parents

Some Kind of Beautiful

Fled

$ellebrity

Bliss

The Concert for New York City

Grown Ups 3

As Luck Would Have It

Timecode

Like a Boss

Lonely Hearts

Chain of Fools

Sacrifice

Celia Cruz | ¡Azúcar!

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

Septembers of Shiraz

Everly

Ask the Dust

Americano

Without Blood

The Velocity of Gary

Midaq Alley

The Women of SNL

The Roads Not Taken

A Journey to Sundance

Girl Rising

Breaking Up

Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet

In the Time of the Butterflies

America | A Tribute to Heroes

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals

I Saved My Belly Dancer

Follow Me Home

We Are Cinema

Searching for Debra Winger

Movie Money Confidential