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Salma Hayek is a Mexican and American actress who was born in 1966 and has become a prominent figure in film and television. She matters because she has achieved significant success in Hollywood while representing Mexican culture in mainstream entertainment.
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Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez-Pinault (born September 2, 1966) is a Mexican actress, director, and television and film producer. Salma Hayek performed some songs that appeared on the soundtracks of Desperado, Once Upon a Time in Mexico and Frida plus sang along with Joe Anderson in his version of The Beatles classic Happiness is a Warm Gun in the film: Across the Universe. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Salma+Hayek">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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Salma Valgarma Hayek Pinault (/ˈhaɪɛk/ HY-ek, Spanish: [ˈsalma ˈxaʝek]; née Hayek Jiménez; born September 2, 1966) is a Mexican and American actress and film producer. She began her career in Mexico with starring roles in the telenovela Teresa (1989–1991) as well as the romantic drama Midaq Alley (1995). She soon established herself in Hollywood with appearances 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 to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In subsequent years, Hayek focused more on producing while starring in the action-centered 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), and lent her voice for 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.
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