• Name: Salma Hayek
  
• Birth Name: Salma Hayek Jiminez
  
• Height: 5' 7"
  
• Sex: F
  
• Nationality: Mexican
  
• Birth Date: September 2, 1966
  
• Birth Place: Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico
  
• Profession: actress
  
• Education: Catholic school in Texas
  
•   : National University of Mexico (dropped out)
  
•   : Stella Adler Conservatory in Los Angeles, California
  
• Relationship: Edward Norton (actor; born on August 19, 1969; 1999 - 2003), Edward Atterton (actor; met during filming of The Hunchback; 1997 - 1999), Richard Crenna Jr. (actor; born in 1962; met 1991 in an acting class)
  
• Father: Sami Hayek Dominguez (Lebanese; businessman)
  
• Mother: Diana Hayek (Mexican; opera singer and talent scout)
  
• Brother: Sami Hayek (younger)
  
• Claim to fame: as Carolina in Desperado (1995)
  

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• "If you are at peace with yourself, if you don't live for someone else's approval, then it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks. And that's advice for life."
• On how to deal with vicious gossip: "It doesn't bother me what they are saying about me, trust me. What people say about you has very little to do with who you are. It has lots to do with who they are. They have the right to their own stupidity. I don't get angry anymore. I've moved on, honey."
• “I am very angry about the way gay people are treated around the world. I think religion has a lot to do with it. I think that God doesn't make any differences – I think we're all loved by God the same. He has accepted gay people. It's part of creation but it's a lot easier to judge than to learn."
• "I think the biggest obstacle to making the film was myself because I was so obsessed with Frida and the subject matter that I never felt like it was good enough." (about her latest film, FRIDA)
• "I wanted to make a movie that showed the spirit of Mexico. We were part of a bigger movement in the world with a lot of intellectuals and artists and politicians who were kicked out of their countries for being radicals coming to Mexico."
• "I loved it and I'm already preparing my next film!"
• "A love story about a hairy woman and a fat man. They were communists. She was bisexual. It is a period piece. It was not attractive to most people." (about FRIDA).
• "But this is a character I've been in love with since I was 14. This is a story about my people ... and has been an inspiration for many, many years." (about her main role in FRIDA).
• "You can learn to listen to your inner self, get to know what's good for you and love the body you have. I'm definitely going for the second way,"
• "People say we're all identical, but Jennifer Lopez is an American. She's from New York. She doesn't have an accent. Some of these Latin people - their Spanish is pathetic. They learned it when they became famous as Latinos."
• "When I first came to Hollywood I was told to go out with an agent because it was good for my career. So I went to a party with him because it was good for my 'career.' Well, he thought the whole thing was a big date. Needless to say, I was very upset."

• Golden Camera (Germany): Best International Actress, FRIDA (2003)
• Imagen Awards: Best Actress, FRIDA (2003)
• Imagen Awards: Best Picture, FRIDA (2003)
• Imagen Foundation's Creative Achievement Award. (June 2003)
• Mexican Cinema Journalists: Special Silver Goddess (2003)
• ALMA Awards: Outstanding Actor/Actress in a Made for Television Movie or Miniseries, IN THE TIME OF THE BUTTERFLIES (2002)
• Blockbuster Entertainment Awards: Favorite Supporting Actress - Action, WILD WILD WEST (2000)
• Nosostros Golden Eagle Awards: Best Actress in Film (1998)

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