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Born
September 2, 1968 in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico, Salma Hayek
has become on of the more popular leading ladies on film
today. Salma certainly didn't have the average life of
others from her country, as her father was a top exec
with the
state-owned oil company and mother was an opera singer.
Salma has admitted to having had a very spoiled
childhood which included her own private zoo, Colorado
ski trips, and summers on Greek islands. Originally,
this Spanish speaking actress was working in Mexico on
the highest rated television program in that country.
Hayek had dreams of going to Hollywood and conquering a
bigger name for herself and quit the popular show and
start from the bottom, not even knowing the language she
was hoping to act in. After heading to LA in '91, Hayek
spent extensive time learning English and acting. She
also met Richard Crenna Jr. there when they took acting
lessons and were briefly engaged but later broke up and
called it off.
Hayek got a huge break when director Robert Rodriguez
had caught Hayek on a Spanish television talk show.
Rodriguez contacted her and had planned on having her
star in his upcoming movie Desperado, and after a little
convincing of his financial backers, she landed the
role. Starring opposite Antonio Banderas, the movie was
the start of her highly successful movie career. Though
she was criticized in her native country of Mexico for
her nude sex scenes with Antonio to which she replied
"In Mexico, people are still very reserved about sex".
Next up came the movies Fair Game and Fled where she
co-starred with William Baldwin. Her roles in 1997
brought the acclaimed Fools Rush In and the TNT movie
The Hunchback of Notre Dame.where she dated co-star
Edward Atterton for an extensive amount of time before
later breaking off the relationship. Salma's latest
roles in 1999 brought the much hyped but much
disappointing Wild Wild West which co-starred Will
Smith, as well as Dogma, which stars Ben Affleck, Matt
Damon, and Chris Rock. In Wild WIld West, Salma was so
nervous about her nude scene she cleared the studio and
was further instigated when Will hung a BA as she was
turning to read her lines, but the ever cool Salma
didn't even flinch to the displeasure of Smith who
presumably wanted to see Salma's fine bod a little
longer! She's also scheduled to play the role of painter
Frida Kahlo in the biographical film Frida. She wanted
the role of the bisexual painter so bad that she
volunteered to do a girl-girl lesbian scene if the
director so choosed. The role was also one that Madonna
coveted. Speaking of girl girl sex scenes, Salma is
slated to be in another one this year with Jeanne
Tripplehorn and will be smooching big in the new Mike
Figgis movie Time Code 2000. Sources say its sizzling.
What's the latest in Salma's life? Well she currently is
dating Edward Norton, who earlier had been dating
Courtney Love of the band Hole. There is some debate
though whether they still are an item, as the Enquirer
reported that her and Tony Lord were getting cuddly and
holding hands during the taping of Wild Wild West filmed
Vancouver before presumably getting naked in the hotel
they were staying in. Her spokeman insisted nothing is
going on. She also seems highly critical of fellow
Latino star Jennifer Lopez. Hayek bristles at comments
saying how far Latin's have made it in Hollywood,
responding by saying: "Don't tell me that Latins are
making it in Hollywood! Every time I hear that, it makes
me so mad! Some people say, 'But look at Jennifer Lopez!
Look what she's doing.' Jennifer Lopez is from New York.
Do you hear an accent? Her grandparents or her parents,
maybe. Her Spanish is very bad. She is a very good
actress ... and now it's very convenient because when
she has to be Latin, she's Latin. But 'Out of Sight' was
not about a Puerto Rican. It was about a couple from New
York." She further says about Hollywood's anti-Mexican
stance: "When I asked a producer to consider casting a
Latina as a fashion editor, he told me a Latina might be
all right in the role but definitely not a Mexican.
People around here think that Mexicans are lazy and have
no style." Whatever the case, many in Hollywood do think
that Salma has style, and is a refreshing break from the
anorexic, bulimic, and siliconed actresses who currently
dominate film and music. |
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Salma Hayek
Profile
Full
Name : Salma Hayek-Jimenez
Birthdate : September 2, 1968
Birthplace : Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico
Height : 5' 2"
Eye
: Brown
Hair
: Black
Sign
: Sun in Virgo, Moon in Capricorn
Relations : Sami Hayek Dominguez - Father
Diana Hayek - Mother
Sami Hayek - Brother
Education : Catholic school in Texas
National University of Mexico
Stella Adler Conservatory in LA, CA
General
Facts
(1996) Chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the 50
most beautiful people in the world
In Italian her first name means "corpse"
Is dyslexic
(2001) Was ranked 8th of the 100 Sexiest Women by FHM
Taiwan
Frequently collaborates with Antonio Banderas and Robert
Rodriguez
Father is Lebanese/Jordanian, mother is Mexican
Fluent in English, Arabic, Spanish and Portuguese
Salma owns a production company called Ventanarosa
Favorites
Restaurant(s) El Floridita (1253 N. Vine Street
Hollywood, CA)
Matsuhisha
Versailles & Ivy
Sport Team(s) LA Lakers
Food(s) Thanksgiving Dinner (American)
Chiles en hogada (Mexican)
Hobbies hiking, dancing,
Actor(s) Marlon Brando
Guy Body Part Hipbone
Movie(s) It Happened One Night
The Graduate
Casablanca
The Conformist
A Star is Born
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
A Clockwork Orange
Frances
The World According to Garp
Gone with the Wind |
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