Salma Hayek Pinault

Acting · 3.4 popularity

Age

Movies

Born: September 2, 1966
From: Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico

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.

Works

92 films

Grown Ups

20106.4

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish

20228.2

Grown Ups 2

20136.2

Eternals

20216.8

Puss in Boots

20116.6

From Dusk Till Dawn

19967.0

The Faculty

19986.6

The Hitman's Bodyguard

20176.9

Sausage Party

20165.8

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard

20216.6

Traffic

20007.1

Desperado

19956.9

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

20035.1

Wild Wild West

19995.3

House of Gucci

20216.6

Dogma

19996.9

Once Upon a Time in Mexico

20036.3

Four Rooms

19955.9

After the Sunset

20046.2

The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!

20126.5

Fools Rush In

19976.5

Fair Game

19955.2

Magic Mike's Last Dance

20236.4

Savages

20126.4

Like a Boss

20206.2

Frida

20027.4

Here Comes the Boom

20126.2

19985.9

Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant

20095.9

Muppets Most Wanted

20146.3

Across the Universe

20077.1

Lonely Hearts

20066.1

Bandidas

20066.0

Everly

20155.5

Tale of Tales

20156.4

Some Kind of Beautiful

20145.6

How to Be a Latin Lover

20176.9

The Hummingbird Project

20196.2

Welcome to Hollywood

20004.2

Sacrifice

2026

Bliss

20215.5

The Hunchback

19975.9

Fled

19965.7

Get Bruce!

19996.5

Plankton Salesmen

2017

Beatriz at Dinner

20175.8

Drunk Parents

20194.5

Grown Ups 3

2026

Ask the Dust

20065.4

Forever Hollywood

19998.3

America | A Tribute to Heroes

20016.5

Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet

20147.3

The Concert for New York City

20015.1

Timecode

20005.6

Septembers of Shiraz

20155.9

Mi Vida Loca

19946.6

Searching for Debra Winger

20026.4

Midaq Alley

19957.2

The Women of SNL

20105.2

Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals

20227.1

In the Time of the Butterflies

20016.3

The Roads Not Taken

20205.5

Chain of Fools

20015.8

Girl Rising

20137.0

$ellebrity

20135.8

Seesaw Monster

2026

Breaking Up

19974.6

A Journey to Sundance

2023

Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend

20215.0

Roadracers

19945.9

The Velocity of Gary

19994.2

The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema

20026.5

Hotel

20013.4

Follow Me Home

19975.0

Wild Wild West: Wardrobes of the West

19994.0

Living It Up

20004.9

We Are Cinema

20219.5

Celia Cruz | ¡Azúcar!

20045.3

Sinatra: 80 Years My Way

1995

Movie Money Confidential

20225.5

Americano

20114.9

No One Writes to the Colonel

19995.7

Without Blood

20256.2

As Luck Would Have It

20116.0

I Saved My Belly Dancer

201610.0

Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life

19977.3

La Folie Disneyland Paris : L'Anniversaire des 25 ans du Parc

20176.0

Sweet Release

19976.3

¿Quién diablos es Juliette?

19975.1

It's a Whole New West: The Making of 'Wild, Wild West'

19995.0

11th Hour

20176.4

Untitled Puss in Boots Sequel

2026