This block contains the information about Salma Hayek and provides an insight into the life of the celebrity. From here you can also learn when, how and why the profession of an actor was chosen. Some interesting facts are waiting for you here.

Salma Hayek was born in Veracruz, Mexico. She is the daughter of Diane Himenez Medina, which is a famous opera diva of a Spanish origin. Her father was Samy Hayek Dominges- and was the administrator of a Lebanese petroleum company, once he even tried to become the Mayor of their city, but he didn’t won the elections. Her name was found from a man’s name Salim, which if translated from the Arabian means “salima”- peaceful or, quite. She was raised in a catholic religious family, and when she was 12 she was sent to a reserved catholic school for the girls in Louisiana. During the time she was there, doctors diagnosed here with dyslexia. After she left the school due to the problems with the behavior she came back for a little to Mexico, and later she relocated to Houston, where she lived with her aunt, till she got 17th. Later she became a student of American University in Mexico where she studied International Relationships. She was dating with an actor Edward Norton for 4 years, since 1999-2003, and later with Josch Lucas. Later she got married with Fransua Anry Pinot, why was a co owner of a few fashion studios (YSL, Gucci) and enters the list of 100 richest people on the earth, and in September 2007 was born their first child Valentina Paloma Pinot. But in 2008 they broke up. And got back together in 2009 while marrying in a ancient theater in Venice. It is interesting to know that her best friend is Penelope Cruz.

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Here you can learn about the movies Salma Hayek acted in. You can see the names of the movies, their budget, years of release and the money gained from the screening of the certain movie. It is always interesting to know.

Movies & Videos	Budget	Year	Opening weekend	US box Office
Wild Wild West - Rita Escobar	$170M	1999	$36.4M	$114M
After the Sunset - Lola Cirillo	$58M	2004	$11.1M	$28.3M
Traffic - Rosario (uncredited)	$48M	2000	$15.5M	$124M
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant - Madame Truska	$40M	2009	$6.29M	$13.8M
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over - Cesca Giggles	$39M	2003	$33.4M	$112M
Bandidas - Sara Sandoval	$35M	2006
Fair Game - Rita	$30M	1995		$11.5M
Once Upon a Time in Mexico - Carolina, Soundtrack (performer: "Siente Mi Amor")	$29M	2003	$23.4M	$55.8M
Fled - Cora	$25M	1996	$5.41M	$17.1M
Chain of Fools - Kolko	$20M	2000
From Dusk Till Dawn - Satanico Pandemonium, Choreographer ("Snake Dance" scene) (uncredited)	$18M	1996	$10.2M	$25.8M
The Faculty - Nurse Rosa Harper	$15M	1998	$11.6M	$40.1M
54 - Anita Randazzo, Soundtrack (performer: "Lamento Borincano")	$13M	1998	$6.61M	$16.6M
Frida - Frida Kahlo, Producer, Soundtrack (performer: "La Bruja", "El Cascabel"), Choreographer (Tango) (as Hayek)	$12M	2002	$206K	$25.8M
Dogma - Serendipity	$10M	1999	$8.67M	$30.7M
Desperado - Carolina, Soundtrack (performer: "Quйdate Aquн")	$7M	1995		$25.6M
Four Rooms - TV Dancing Girl (segment "The Misbehavers")	$4M	1995		$4.3M
The Velocity of Gary* *(Not His Real Name) - Mary Carmen	$4M	1998
Timecode - Rose	$4M	2000	$93.1K	$945K
No One Writes to the Colonel - Julia	$3M	1999