Salma Hayek

Personal details

Salma Hayek was born on 2nd September 1966. She was born in Veracruz, Mexico. She is aged 51 years. She attended Ibero-American University. She is 5 feet 2 inches tall. Her birth sign is Virgo. She is married to Francois Henri Pinault, French businessman. They got married in 2009. She is blessed with a charming daughter named Valentina Paloma. Her daughter was born in 2007. She is a Mexican-American actor. She has worked as a model too. She is well-versed in languages like - Arabic, Spanish, Portuguese and English. Salma name origin is Arabic, which means peace. She took up International Relations and Drama at college level in Mexico. Salma struggles with dyslexia, Inspite she inspires and encourages others with dyslexia.

About Francois Henri

Francois Henry owns Kering. He is aged 55 years. Kering is a group that has brands of luxury globally. Gucci, Stella McCartney, Alexander McQueen, and YSL, all come under the parent company Kering. He is the proud owner of the athletic wear company Puma. He also controls an esteemed collection of art works by Picasso, Mondarin and Koons.

Career

Salma Hayek is a producer. She owns a production company named Ventanarosa. She is known for playing strong willed and independent roles in the industry. She also guest appeared in comedy series named 30 Rock (2009-13). She voiced kitty Softpaws in Puss in the Boots. She appeared in movies named Spy Kids 3-D. She debuted her career in Mexico, performing in the Telenovela Teresa.

She was a part of the film named El Callejon de los milagroa, miracle alley, for which she was nominated an Ariel Award. Salma kick-started her career with the role in the film Frida in 2002, for which she was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Actress! For the same movie, she was nominated a BAFTA Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and Golden Globe Award.

In 1989, she won the award for Un Nuevo as a Neophyte at the Novela Awards. She received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a comedy series in 2007 for Ugly Betty series as a guest star. Hayek won a daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in 2004.

She is named high in the most fashionable women in the world. She is a member of the jury at the Cannes film festival in 2005. She was ranked 8th of the 100 sexiest women by FHM Taiwan (2001). She was chosen thrice by the People's Magazine as amongst the Most Beautiful People in the world (1996, 2003 and 2008).

She was a part of the film Grown Ups in 2010 and again in Grown Ups 2 in 2013. She was a part of the movie called Tale of the Tales (2015). She donated $25000 to a shelter in Mexico for lambasted women. She has earned a Net worth of around $85 million. Francois Henri saw his Net worth increase by $1.7 billion this year.

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