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Salma Hayek

Birth Name: Salma Hayek Jiminez
Height: 5' 7
Nationality: Mexican
Date: September 2 1966
Birth Place: Coatzacoalcos Veracruz Mexico
Occupation: Actress producer
Education: Catholic school in Texas National University of Mexico (dropout) Stella Adler Conservatory Los Angeles California

Relationship: Richard Crenna Jr (actor; engaged; met 1991 in an acting class) Edward Atterton (actor; dated 1997; engaged; split up in 1999; met during filming of The Hunchback) Edward Norton (actor; a couple since October 1999)

Father: Sami Hayek Dominguez (businessman) Mother: Diana Hayek (opera singer and talent scout) Brother: Sami Hayek (younger)

Claim to fame: as Carolina in Desperado (1995)

Salma Hayek, over parental protests, began her acting career in local theatre, bewitching a young audience as the female lead in Aladina y la Lampara Maravillosa (Aladdin and His Marvellous Lamp). She went on to commercial work, then joined the cast of popular daytime TV serial Nuevo Amanecer (New Dawn) in 1988. It was her second soap opera role, in Teresa, that shot the twenty-year-old to instant sensational popularity in Mexico. Along with the public acclaim, she received Premio TV y Novela (Emmy equivalent) and Heraldo awards for Best Actress and Best Newcomer. She continued to do theatre work, with 1990's Las Visitas Tienen Suerio, but after three years on a pedestal as a celebrated soap queen, she left for the bright lights of Hollywood. More...

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