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Salma Hayek Pinault
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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) an…
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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.
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Salma Hayek Pinault's Filmography
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Sacrifice
as Gloria Bracken
Without Blood
as Nina
Magic Mike's Last Dance
as Maxandra Mendoza
A Journey to Sundance
as Self
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
as Kitty Softpaws (voice)
Movie Money Confidential
as Self
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals
as Self - Ajak
We Are Cinema
as Self (archive footage)
House of Gucci
as Pina Auriemma
Eternals
as Ajak
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
as Sonia Kincaid
Bliss
as Isabel Clemens
No Poster
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
as Self (archive footage)
The Roads Not Taken
as Dolores
Like a Boss
as Claire Luna
The Hummingbird Project
as Eva Torres
Drunk Parents
as Nancy
11th Hour
as Maria José
Plankton Salesmen
as Self (archive footage)
The Hitman's Bodyguard
as Sonia Kincaid
Beatriz at Dinner
as Beatriz
La Folie Disneyland Paris : L'Anniversaire des 25 ans du Parc
as Self
How to Be a Latin Lover
as Sara
Sausage Party
as Teresa Taco (voice)
I Saved My Belly Dancer
Septembers of Shiraz
as Farnez
Tale of Tales
as Queen of Longtrellis
Everly
as Everly
Some Kind of Beautiful
as Olivia
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
as Kamila (voice)
Muppets Most Wanted
as Salma Hayek
Grown Ups 2
as Roxanne Chase-Feder
Girl Rising
as Narrator - Peru (voice)
$ellebrity
as Self
Here Comes the Boom
as Bella Flores
Savages
as Elena
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
as Cutlass Liz (voice)
As Luck Would Have It
as Luisa
Americano
as 'Lola'
Puss in Boots
as Kitty Softpaws (voice)
The Women of SNL
as Adriana (archive footage)
Grown Ups
as Roxanne Chase-Feder
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
as Madame Truska
Across the Universe
as Singing Nurse
Lonely Hearts
as Martha Beck
Ask the Dust
as Camilla Lopez
Bandidas
as Sara Sandoval
After the Sunset
as Lola Cirillo
Celia Cruz | ¡Azúcar!
as Self
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
as Carolina
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
as Cesca Giggles
Frida
as Frida Kahlo
Searching for Debra Winger
as Self
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
In the Time of the Butterflies
as Minerva Mirabal
The Concert for New York City
as Self
America: A Tribute to Heroes
as Self
Hotel
as Charlee Boux
Chain of Fools
as Kolko
Traffic
as Rosario (uncredited)
Welcome to Hollywood
as Salma Hayek
Living It Up
as Lola
Timecode
as Rose
Wild Wild West: Wardrobes of the West
as Self
Dogma
as Serendipity
The Velocity of Gary
as Mary Carmen
Wild Wild West
as Rita Escobar
It's a Whole New West: The Making of 'Wild, Wild West'
as Self - Host
No One Writes to the Colonel
as Julia
Forever Hollywood
as Self
Get Bruce!
as Self
The Faculty
as Nurse Harper
54
as Anita
Breaking Up
as Monica
¿Quién diablos es Juliette?
as Herself
The Hunchback
as Esmeralda
Follow Me Home
as Veronica
No Poster
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
as Self
Fools Rush In
as Isabel
Sweet Release
as Carmelita
Fled
as Cora
From Dusk Till Dawn
as Santanico Pandemonium
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Four Rooms
as TV Dancing Girl
Fair Game
as Rita
Desperado
as Carolina
Midaq Alley
as Alma
Roadracers
as Donna
Mi Vida Loca
as Gata
Grown Ups 3
as Roxanne Chase-Feder
No Poster
Arena
No Poster
Untitled Puss in Boots Sequel
as Kitty Softpaws (voice)
