Salma Hayek Pinault
Acting • Born 1966-09-02
Biography
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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Salma Hayek, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
133 credits
Four Rooms
Movie • 1995
TV Dancing Girl
11th Hour
Movie • 2017
Maria José
Lonely Hearts
Movie • 2006
Martha Beck
Frida
Movie • 2002
Frida Kahlo
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Movie • 2003
Carolina
From Dusk Till Dawn
Movie • 1996
Santanico Pandemonium
Dogma
Movie • 1999
Serendipity
After the Sunset
Movie • 2004
Lola Cirillo
Fools Rush In
Movie • 1997
Isabel Fuentes
Ask the Dust
Movie • 2006
Camilla Lopez
Bandidas
Movie • 2006
Sara Sandoval
54
Movie • 1998
Anita
Chain of Fools
Movie • 2001
Kolko
In the Time of the Butterflies
Movie • 2001
Minerva Mirabal
Desperado
Movie • 1995
Carolina
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Movie • 2009
Madame Truska
Wild Wild West
Movie • 1999
Rita Escobar
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Movie • 2003
Cesca Giggles
Breaking Up
Movie • 1997
Monica
The Faculty
Movie • 1998
Nurse Rosa Harper
Eternals
Movie • 2021
Ajak
Roadracers
Movie • 1994
Donna
Living It Up
Movie • 2000
Lola
Timecode
Movie • 2000
Rose
Follow Me Home
Movie • 1997
Veronica
Grown Ups
Movie • 2010
Roxanne Chase-Feder
Fled
Movie • 1996
Cora
Midaq Alley
Movie • 1995
Alma
Get Bruce!
Movie • 1999
Self
Savages
Movie • 2012
Elena
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
Movie • 2012
Cutlass Liz (voice)
As Luck Would Have It
Movie • 2011
Luisa
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals
Movie • 2022
Self - Ajak
Here Comes the Boom
Movie • 2012
Bella Flores
Americano
Movie • 2011
'Lola'
No One Writes to the Colonel
Movie • 1999
Julia
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Movie • 2022
Kitty Softpaws (voice)
Grown Ups 2
Movie • 2013
Roxanne Chase-Feder
Movie Money Confidential
Movie • 2022
Self
Muppets Most Wanted
Movie • 2014
Salma Hayek
The Hunchback
Movie • 1997
Esmeralda
The Velocity of Gary
Movie • 1999
Mary Carmen
Magic Mike's Last Dance
Movie • 2023
Maxandra Mendoza
Girl Rising
Movie • 2013
Narrator - Peru (voice)
Without Blood
Movie • 2025
Nina
Hotel
Movie • 2001
Charlee Boux
Some Kind of Beautiful
Movie • 2015
Olivia
$ellebrity
Movie • 2013
Self
Everly
Movie • 2015
Everly
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
Movie • 2014
Kamila (voice)
Sausage Party
Movie • 2016
Teresa Taco (voice)
Tale of Tales
Movie • 2015
Queen of Longtrellis
Seesaw Monster
Movie
Mi Vida Loca
Movie • 1994
Gata
Fair Game
Movie • 1995
Rita
Septembers of Shiraz
Movie • 2015
Farnez
We Are Cinema
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
Movie • 1995
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Drunk Parents
Movie • 2019
Nancy
Sacrifice
Movie • 2026
Gloria Bracken
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Movie • 2017
Sonia Kincaid
Across the Universe
Movie • 2007
Singing Nurse
Traffic
Movie • 2000
Rosario (uncredited)
Puss in Boots
Movie • 2011
Kitty Softpaws (voice)
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
Movie • 1997
Self
How to Be a Latin Lover
Movie • 2017
Sara
Beatriz at Dinner
Movie • 2017
Beatriz
Welcome to Hollywood
Movie • 2000
Salma Hayek
¿Quién diablos es Juliette?
Movie • 1997
Herself
The Hummingbird Project
Movie • 2019
Eva Torres
The Concert for New York City
Movie • 2001
Self
Like a Boss
Movie • 2020
Claire Luna
The Roads Not Taken
Movie • 2020
Dolores
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Movie • 2021
Sonia Kincaid
The Women of SNL
Movie • 2010
Adriana (archive footage)
La Folie Disneyland Paris : L'Anniversaire des 25 ans du Parc
Movie • 2017
Self
Forever Hollywood
Movie • 1999
Self
Bliss
Movie • 2021
Isabel Clemens
I Saved My Belly Dancer
Movie • 2016
Wild Wild West: Wardrobes of the West
Movie • 1999
Self
It's a Whole New West: The Making of 'Wild, Wild West'
Movie • 1999
Self - Host
America | A Tribute to Heroes
Movie • 2001
Self
Sweet Release
Movie • 1997
Carmelita
Searching for Debra Winger
Movie • 2002
Self
House of Gucci
Movie • 2021
Pina Auriemma
Celia Cruz | ¡Azúcar!
Movie • 2004
Self
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Movie • 2021
Self (archive footage)
A Journey to Sundance
Movie • 2023
Self
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
Movie • 2002
Plankton Salesmen
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)
Untitled Puss in Boots Sequel
Movie
Kitty Softpaws (Voice)
Inside the Actors Studio
TV • 1994
Self
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
TV • 2003
Self
The Sinbad Show
TV • 1993
Punk'd
TV • 2003
Self
The View
TV • 1997
Self
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
TV • 1992
30 Rock
TV • 2006
Elisa Padriera
Ugly Betty
TV • 2006
Sofia Reyes
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
TV • 2015
Self
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
TV • 1993
Self - Guest
Celebrities Uncensored
TV • 2003
Self
Vivement dimanche prochain
TV • 1998
Vivement dimanche
TV • 1998
Self
Viva el lunes
TV • 1995
Self
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
TV • 1988
Self
The Oscars
TV • 1953
Self
GMTV
TV • 1993
Self
Jack's Place
TV • 1992
Black Mirror
TV • 2011
TV Joan / Salma Hayek Pinault
Wetten, dass..?
TV • 1981
Self
Saturday Night Live
TV • 1975
Self - Host
Red Table Talk
TV • 2018
Self
Hot Ones
TV • 2015
Self
Chelsea
TV • 2016
Self
The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self
The Kelly Clarkson Show
TV • 2019
Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
TV • 2003
Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
TV • 2009
Self - Guest
Family Guy
TV • 1999
(voice)
Goldene Kamera
TV • 1984
Self
Bambi
TV • 1948
Self
Teresa
TV • 1989
Teresa Martínez
Champs-Elysées
TV • 1982
Self
Dream On
TV • 1990
Carmella
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
TV • 2014
Self
Action
TV • 1999
Salma Hayek
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
TV • 2014
Self
Golden Globe Awards
TV • 1944
Self - Presenter
The Late Late Show with James Corden
TV • 2015
Self - Guest
Rebel Highway
TV • 1994
Donna
Nuevo amanecer
TV • 1988
Fabiola Ramírez Anthony
Late Show with David Letterman
TV • 1993
Self - Guest