Salma Hayek
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Birthplace:
Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico
Widely considered to be the first Mexican actress to become a Hollywood movie star since Dolores Del Rio, Salma Hayek is known for bringing a fiery presence and striking, dark-eyed beauty to the screen. A soap star in her native Mexico, Hayek risked her entire career to come to L.A., where she struggled to be taken seriously. Her discovery by director Robert Rodriguez, who cast her in his 1995 film Desperado, gave Hayek her breakthrough, and she subsequently gained a reputation as one of Hollywood's sexiest and busiest actresses.The daughter of a Spanish mother and Lebanese father, Hayek was born in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico, on September 2, 1966. Raised in a devoutly Catholic family, she was sent to a Louisiana boarding school at the age of 12. After getting into trouble for terrorizing the nuns, Hayek returned to Mexico, but she was eventually sent to Houston, Texas, to live with her aunt, where she stayed until she was 17. She subsequently moved to Mexico City, where she studied International Relations as a university student, but, to the chagrin of her family, decided to drop out in order to pursue a career as an actress. Starting out in local theatre productions, she eventually moved to television and landed a starring role in the popular soap opera Teresa. The show's success made Hayek a celebrity in her native country, but, desiring something more, she shocked her fans by deciding to quit the show in order to pursue a career in L.A.After taking a year to learn English and study acting with Stella Adler, Hayek got her first break when Allison Anders cast her in a supporting role in Mi Vida Loca (1993). The role allowed Hayek to obtain a Screen Actors Guild card, and after doing so, she continued to audition until she appeared on a Spanish-language cable access talk show that happened to count director Robert Rodriguez amongst its viewers. Rodriguez tracked Hayek down and promptly cast her in Desperado, his bigger-budget 1995 sequel to El Mariachi. The film, which also starred Antonio Banderas, succeeded in giving the actress her own plot on the Hollywood map, and Rodriguez again demonstrated his faith in her when he cast her in his next project, the vampire extravaganza From Dusk Till Dawn (1996). Unfortunately for Hayek, the film, which also starred George Clooney, failed to do as well as expected, and Hayek's next few projects were similarly lackluster. The Faculty (1998), a teen thriller that cast Hayek as a teacher who turns into an alien, was an exception, and Kevin Smith's Dogma (1999), which featured her as a celestial muse, was fairly successful with critics and audiences. Also in 1999, Hayek had a starring role in what was to be her biggest film to date, Barry Sonnenfeld's Wild Wild West, which also starred Will Smith and Kevin Kline. Unfortunately for all involved, the film was a turkey. In 2000, Hayek could be seen in smaller, edgier ventures, including the independent comedy Chain of Fools, in which she played a centerfold-turned- cop, and Mike Figgis' experimental Time Code, which cast her as Jeanne Tripplehorn's lover. If these films ultimately didn't provide Hayek with a role that would draw attention to her genuine talent, this would soon change with the long awaited biography of tragic artist Frida Kahlo. With her role as the epnoymous character in Frida (2002), Hayek disappeared into her subject so convincingly that not only would she return to the good graces of critics, but earn an Oscar nomination as well.Hayek would spend the coming years enjoying superstar status with everything from comedic turns on sitcoms like Ugly Betty (which she produced) and 30 Rock, to meaty roles in dramatic thrillers like Savages.
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
MOVIES
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | BOX OFFICE | YEAR |
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No Score Yet | Eternals |
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— | 2021 |
27% | Bliss |
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— | 2021 |
43% | The Roads Not Taken |
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— | 2020 |
21% | Like a Boss |
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— | 2020 |
No Score Yet | Lady Business |
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— | 2020 |
No Score Yet | Sminkekrigen |
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— | 2020 |
No Score Yet | Limited Partners |
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— | 2020 |
0% | Drunk Parents |
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— | 2019 |
57% | The Hummingbird Project |
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— | 2019 |
43% | The Hitman's Bodyguard |
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$75.1M | 2017 |
75% | Beatriz at Dinner |
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$7.2M | 2017 |
39% | How to Be a Latin Lover |
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$32.1M | 2017 |
82% | Sausage Party |
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$97.7M | 2016 |
31% | Enemy Territory (Septembers Of Shiraz) |
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— | 2016 |
83% | Tale of Tales (Il racconto dei racconti) |
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— | 2016 |
6% | Some Kind of Beautiful |
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— | 2015 |
66% | Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet |
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$0.3M | 2015 |
29% | Everly |
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— | 2015 |
80% | Muppets Most Wanted |
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$46.5M | 2014 |
8% | Grown Ups 2 |
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$127.5M | 2013 |
38% | La chispa de la vida (As Luck Would Have It) |
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— | 2013 |
63% | $ellebrity |
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— | 2013 |
41% | Here Comes the Boom |
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$45.3M | 2012 |
50% | Savages |
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$47.4M | 2012 |
50% | Americano |
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— | 2012 |
86% | The Pirates! Band of Misfits |
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$31.1M | 2012 |
86% | Puss in Boots |
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$149.3M | 2011 |
No Score Yet | Megamall |
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— | 2011 |
11% | Grown Ups |
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$162.1M | 2010 |
38% | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant |
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$13.9M | 2009 |
53% | Across the Universe |
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$24.4M | 2007 |
No Score Yet | Hispanic Hollywood - Then and Now |
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— | 2007 |
47% | Lonely Hearts |
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$0.2M | 2006 |
56% | Bandidas |
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— | 2006 |
35% | Ask the Dust |
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$0.7M | 2006 |
18% | After the Sunset |
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$28.4M | 2004 |
66% | Once upon a Time in Mexico |
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$56M | 2003 |
41% | Hotel |
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— | 2003 |
45% | Spy Kids 3-D - Game Over |
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— | 2003 |
No Score Yet | Until the Violence Stops |
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— | 2003 |
No Score Yet | In the Time of the Butterflies |
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— | 2003 |
No Score Yet | Hotel |
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— | 2003 |
67% | Stupidity |
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— | 2003 |
75% | Frida |
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$25.7M | 2002 |
80% | Searching for Debra Winger |
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— | 2002 |
42% | Death to Smoochy |
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$8.4M | 2002 |
No Score Yet | The Maldonado Miracle |
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— | 2002 |
No Score Yet | Living It Up |
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— | 2001 |
No Score Yet | Hispanic Hollywood |
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— | 2000 |
92% | Traffic |
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$123.9M | 2000 |
No Score Yet | Chain of Fools |
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— | 2000 |
68% | Timecode |
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— | 2000 |
No Score Yet | El Coronel No Tiene Quien le Escriba |
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— | 2000 |
67% | Dogma |
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— | 1999 |
71% | Get Bruce |
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— | 1999 |
22% | The Velocity of Gary |
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— | 1999 |
17% | Wild Wild West |
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— | 1999 |
52% | The Faculty |
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— | 1998 |
16% | 54 |
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— | 1998 |
No Score Yet | Breaking Up |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | The Hunchback |
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— | 1997 |
32% | Fools Rush In |
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— | 1997 |
67% | Who the Hell Is Juliette? |
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— | 1997 |
No Score Yet | The Hunchback |
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— | 1997 |
13% | Four Rooms |
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— | 1996 |
18% | Fled |
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— | 1996 |
62% | From Dusk Till Dawn |
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— | 1996 |
12% | Fair Game |
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— | 1995 |
64% | Desperado |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | Callejon De Los Milagros |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | El Callejón De Los Milagros |
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— | 1995 |
No Score Yet | Roadracers |
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— | 1994 |
73% | Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life) |
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— | 1993 |
TV
RATING | TITLE | CREDIT | YEAR |
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No Score Yet |
The Late Late Show With James Corden
2015
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No Score Yet |
Sunday Morning
2011-2018
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No Score Yet |
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2015-2019
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41% |
Chelsea
2016-2017
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No Score Yet |
The View
1997
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No Score Yet |
The Daily Show With Trevor Noah
2015
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No Score Yet |
The Graham Norton Show
2007
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No Score Yet |
The Late Show With Stephen Colbert
2015
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No Score Yet |
Jimmy Kimmel Live
2003
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No Score Yet |
The Talk
2010
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No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014
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No Score Yet |
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003
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No Score Yet |
Charlie Rose
2013-2017
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No Score Yet |
Late Show With David Letterman
1993-2015
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No Score Yet |
Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
2009-2014
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No Score Yet |
The Wendy Williams Show
2008-2020
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No Score Yet |
The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
1992-2014
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No Score Yet |
Lopez Tonight
2009-2011
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97% |
Ugly Betty
2006-2010
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No Score Yet |
Rachael Ray
2006
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78% |
30 Rock
2006-2020
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No Score Yet |
Real Time with Bill Maher
2003
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No Score Yet |
Saturday Night Live
1975
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22% |
The Sinbad Show
1994
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Quotes from Salma Hayek's Characters
Richard: | Where the hell did you learn how to drive? |
Olivia: | Mexico. |
Everly: | Banzai get the ball. |
Santanico Pandemonium: | Welcome to slavery |
Richard Gecko: | No thanks, I already had a wife |
Salma Hayek: | There are people out there now that are absolutely famous, who don't work! |
Elena: | if u wanna control somebody take what they love |
Elena: | If u wanna control somebody take what they love. |
Elena: | If you wanna control somebody, take what they love. |
Bella Flores: | "I'm so sorry about the lamp." |
Bella Flores: | I'm so sorry about the lamp. |
Scott Voss: | "It's ok. You can just leave it there." |
Scott Voss: | It's ok. You can just leave it there. |
Bella Flores: | "Sorry." |
Bella Flores: | Sorry. |
Bella Flores: | "Goodnight Scott." |
Bella Flores: | Goodnight Scott. |
Bella: | "I've always wanted to try this." |
Bella: | I've always wanted to try this. |
Bella: | "Inspiring your students I see." |
Bella: | Inspiring your students I see. |
Cesca Giggles: | Once logged in, Parents won't even be able to get their kids attention |
Cesca Giggles: | Once logged in, Parents won't even be able to get their kids attention. |
Cesca Giggles: | Once logged in, parents won't even be able to get their kids attention. |
Juni Cortez: | (sarcastically) what else is new? |
Juni Cortez: | [sarcastically] what else is new? |
Juni Cortez: | [sarcastically] What else is new? |
Santanico Pandemonium: | I'm not gonna drain you completely. You're gonna turn for me. You'll be my slave. You'll live for me. You'll eat bugs because I order it. Why? Because I don't think you're worthy of human blood. You'll feed on the blood of stray dogs. You'll be my foot stool. And at my command, you'll lick the dog shit from my boot heel. Since you'll be my dog, your new name will be "Spot". Welcome to slavery. |
Santanico Pandemonium: | I'm not gonna drain you completely. You're gonna turn for me. You'll be my slave. You'll live for me. You'll eat bugs because I order it. Why? Because I don't think you're worthy of human blood. You'll feed on the blood of stray dogs. You'll be my foot stool. And at my command, you'll lick the dog shit from my boot heel. Since you'll be my dog, your new name will be 'Spot'. Welcome to slavery. |
Seth Gecko: | No, thanks. I've already had a wife. |
Lado: | I can't find my prick here... |
Elena: | That's because it's too fucking small. |
Elena: | they would never love you as much as they love each other, otherwise they wouldn't share you, would they? |
Elena: | They may love you but they will never love you as much as they love each other. Otherwise they wouldn't share you, would they? |
Elena: | You know, if I had to, I wouldn't have a problem cutting both their throats off |
Elena: | You know, if I had to, I wouldn't have a problem cutting both their throats off. |
Elena: | There's something wrong with your love story, baby. |
Lola: | She talked about you everyday. |
Lola: | I don't wanna talk, roller skate, or whatever with you. |
Cutlass Liz: | Hello, boys. |
The Pirate Captain: | Duh. |
Cutlass Liz: | That trophy has got my name on it. |
Puss in Boots: | I will see you again Kitty Softpaws. |
Kitty Softpaws: | Sooner than you think. |
Kitty Softpaws: | You hit me in the head with a guitar??!! |
Kitty Softpaws: | You hit me in the head with a guitar? |
Puss in Boots: | You are a woman? |
Kitty Softpaws: | Amateur. |
Puss in Boots: | Wait! Señorita, wait! I am a lover not a fighter. |
Puss in Boots: | Wait! Seniorrita, wait! I am a lover not a fighter. |
Puss in Boots: | Wow! Senorita, wait! Let me buy you some leche! I am a lover not a...fighter. |
Kitty Softpaws: | I'll steal you blind and you won't even know I was there. |
El Mariachi: | Carolina, did I thank you? |
Carolina: | No. |
El Mariachi: | I will. |
Kitty Softpaws: | It's a gold pooper! |
Kitty Softpaws: | I was just a stray, but I had beautiful claws. One day a really nice couple took me in, gave me milk every morning, loved me. Maybe I scratched her curtains or play too rough with the hamster. I don't know why they did it, but they took my claws. |
Puss in Boots: | Cat people are crazy. |
Kitty Softpaws: | Guys! It's a gold pooper, we're taking it! |
Kitty Softpaws: | Guys! It's a gold pooper! We're taking it! |
Kitty Softpaws: | Did you just hit me in the head with a guitar?! |
Kitty Softpaws: | You hit me in the head with a guitar! |
Kitty Softpaws: | [Sing-song voice] Someone forgot his money! |
Kitty Softpaws: | [sing-song voice] Someone forgot his money! |
Martha Beck: | The bitch won't die!!! |
Martha Beck: | The bitch won't die! |
Mr. Furlong: | Maybe you should just go home. |
Nurse Rosa Harper: | No, thank you. I'm saving my sick days for when I feel better. |
Mr. Furlong: | Maybe I should just put a pen in my eye. |