Hayek, Salma 1966(?)–

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Hayek, Salma 1966(?)–

PERSONAL

Full name, Salma Hayek-Jiminez; born September 2, 1966 (some sources cite 1968), in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico; daughter of Sami (in business) and Diana (an opera singer and talent scout; maiden name, Jiminez) Hayek Dominguez. Education: Briefly attended Universidad Iberoamericana; trained at Stella Adler Conservatory, Los Angeles. Religion: Roman Catholic.

Addresses: Agent—Michelle Stern-Bohan, Endeavor, 9601 Wilshire Blvd., 6th Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Manager—Evelyn O'Neill, Management 360, 9111 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90210. Publicist—Cari Ross, I/D Public Relations, 8409 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood, CA 90069.

Career: Actress, singer, producer, director, and choreographer. Ventanarosa Productions, founder and partner. Appeared in television commercials for Revlon beauty products, beginning 1997, Coors Light beer, 1999, Veracruz Tourism, 2000, Head and Shoulders shampoo, 2001, Coca-Cola soft drinks, 2004, Avon cosmetics, 2004, and other products, and in public service announcement. Cannes Film Festival, member of jury, 2005.

Awards, Honors: TV Novela Awards, best newcomer, 1989, for Un nuevo amancer, and best actress, 1989, for Teresa; Silver Ariel Award nomination, best actress, Mexican Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences, and four international awards, all 1995, for El callejon de los milagros; Saturn Award nomination, best supporting actress, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films, and MTV Movie Award nomination, best kiss (with Antonio Banderas), both 1996, for Desperado; ALMA Award nomination, outstanding crossover performance in a television movie or miniseries, American Latin Media Arts Awards, 1998, for The Hunchback; ALMA Award nomination, outstanding actress in a feature film, 1998, for Fools Rush In; Nosotros Golden Eagle Award, best actress in film, 1998; ALMA Award nomination, best actress in a feature film, 1999, for 54; Blockbuster Entertainment Award, best supporting actress in an action film, and ALMA Award nomination, best actress in a feature film, both 2000, for Wild Wild West; ALMA Award, outstanding actor or actress in a television movie or miniseries, and Broadcast Film Critics Association Award nomination, best actress in a television movie, both 2002, for In the Time of the Butterflies; Latin American MTV Movie Award nomination, best Mexican working in a foreign movie, 2002, for Hotel; Academy Award nomination, Screen Actors Guild Award nomination, and Film Award nomination, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, all best actress, Golden Globe Award nomination and Golden Satellite Award nomination, International Press Academy, both best actress in a motion picture drama, Chicago Film Critics Association Award nomination and Broadcast Film Critics Association Award nomination, both best actress, Imagen Award, best actress in a film, Imagen Foundation, and Golden Camera Award, best international actress, all 2003, for Frida; Creative Achievement Award, Imagen Foundation, 2003; Special Silver Goddess Award, Mexican Cinema Journalists, 2003; Daytime Emmy Award, outstanding directing in a children, youth, or family special, and Daytime Emmy Award nomination, outstanding children, youth, or family special (with others), both 2005, for The Maldonado Miracle.

CREDITS

Film Appearances:

Gata, Mi vida loca (also known as My Crazy Life), Sony Pictures Classics, 1993.

Alma, El callejon de los milagros (also known as Midaq Alley and Miracle Alley), 1995, subtitled version, Northern Arts Entertainment, 1998.

Carolina, Desperado, Columbia, 1995.

Rita, Fair Game, Warner Bros., 1995.

Television dancer, "The Misbehavers," Four Rooms, Miramax, 1995.

Satanico Pandemonium, From Dusk till Dawn, Dimension Films, 1996.

Cora, Fled, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1996.

Follow Me Home, 1996.

Isabel Fuentes Whitman, Fools Rush In, Columbia, 1997.

Herself, Quien diablos es Juliette? (documentary; also known as Who the Hell Is Juliette?), Kino International, 1997.

Monica, Breaking Up, Warner Bros., 1997.

Carmelita, Sistole diastole, 1997.

Mary Carmen, The Velocity of Gary (Not His Real Name) (also known as The Velocity of Gary), Columbia/TriStar, 1998.

Serendipity, Dogma, Lions Gate Films, 1998.

Anita Randazzo, 54, Miramax, 1998.

Nurse Rosa Harper, The Faculty, Dimension Films, 1998.

Rita Escobar, Wild Wild West, Warner Bros., 1999.

Julia, El coronel no tiene quien le escriba (also known as No One Writes to the Colonel, Pas de lettre pour le colonel, and Personne n'ecrit au colonel), Alta Films, 1999.

Herself, Get Bruce!, 1999.

Herself, Forever Hollywood (documentary), 1999.

Herself, Welcome to Hollywood (documentary), Phaedra Cinema, 2000.

Rose, Timecode, Screen Gems, 2000.

Sergeant Meredith Kolko, Chain of Fools, Warner Bros., 2000.

Lola, La gran vida (also known as Living It Up), Columbia TriStar, 2000.

(Uncredited) Rosario, Traffic (also known as Traffic—Die macht des kartells), USA Films, 2000.

Charlee Boux, Hotel, 2001, Innovation Film Group, 2003.

Frida Kahlo, Frida, Miramax, 2002.

Searching for Debra Winger (documentary), Lions Gate Films, 2002.

Cesca Giggles, Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (also known as Spy Kids 3: Game Over), Dimension Films, 2003.

Carolina, Once Upon a Time in Mexico, Columbia, 2003.

World VDAY (documentary; also known as Until the Violence Stops), World Vday Films, 2003.

Lola Cirillo, After the Sunset, New Line Cinema, 2004.

Stupidity (documentary), Microfilms Inc., 2004.

Voice of Maria, Sian Ka'an (animated), Paramount, 2005.

Sara Sandoval, Bandidas, Twentieth Century-Fox, 2005.

Camilla Lopez, Ask the Dusk, Paramount Classics, 2006.

Martha Beck, Lonely Hearts, Lonely Hearts Productions, 2006.

Film Work:

(Uncredited) Choreographer of snake dance scene, From Dusk till Dawn, Dimension Films, 1996.

Producer and choreographer, Frida, Miramax, 2000.

Television Appearances; Series:

Fabiola, Un nuevo amanecer, 1988.

Title role, Teresa, 1989–90.

Gloria Contreras, a recurring role, The Sinbad Show (also known as Sinbad), Fox, 1993–94.

Juana Cata, El vuelo del aguila, 1996.

Television Appearances; Movies:

Donna, Roadracers (also known as Rebel Highway), Showtime, 1994.

Esmerelda, The Hunchback (also known as Esmerelda and The Hunchback of Notre Dame), TNT, 1997.

Minerva Mirabal, In the Time of the Butterflies (also known as En el tiempo de las mariposas), Showtime, 2001.

Television Appearances; Episodic:

Gypsy Katrina "Kata" Nicklos, Jack's Place, ABC, c. 1992.

Carmela, "Domestic Bliss," Dream On, HBO, 1992.

Yolanda Cuevas, "One Pequeno, Two Pequeno," Nurses, NBC, 1992.

Andrea, "Homecoming," Street Justice, 1992.

Storytime, PBS, 1994.

Ramona Costello, "Don We Now Our Gay Apparel," NYPD Blue, ABC, 1995.

Herself, "Re-Enter the Dragon," Action, Fox, 1999.

"Ashley Judd," Revealed with Jules Asner, E! Entertainment Television, 2002.

"Salma Hayek," Revealed with Jules Asner, E! Entertainment Television, 2002.

"Once Upon a Time in Mexico," HBO First Look, HBO, 2003.

(In archive footage) Celebrities Uncensored, E! Entertainment Television, 2004.

(In archive footage) El show de Cristina, 2004.

Television Appearances; Specials:

Happy Birthday Elizabeth—A Celebration of Life, ABC, 1997.

Sun, Salsa, & Stars, E! Entertainment Television, 1998.

Academy Awards Pre-Show, E! Entertainment Television, 1999.

Hollywood Goes to Hell, 2000.

The Concert for New York City, VH1, 2001.

America: A Tribute to Heroes, multiple networks, 2001.

(Uncredited) Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion, Arts and Entertainment, 2002.

Host, Nobel Peace Prize Concert, Arts and Entertainment, 2003.

Oscar Countdown 2003, ABC, 2003.

Until the Violence Stops, Lifetime, 2004.

Interviewee, Los Angeles Now, PBS, 2004.

(In archive footage) 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops, E! Entertainment Television, 2004.

Live 8, multiple networks, 2005.

Television Appearances; Awards Presentations:

Presenter, The 18th Annual CableACE Awards, TNT, 1996.

Presenter, The 69th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 1997.

Presenter, The 1997 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 1997.

Presenter, The 1998 MTV Video Music Awards, MTV, 1998.

Presenter, The 1998 VH1 Fashion Awards, VH1, 1998.

Presenter, GQ Men of the Year Awards, VH1, 1998.

The 1999 MTV Movie Awards, MTV, 1999.

The 6th Annual Blockbuster Entertainment Awards, Fox, 2000.

Segment host, The 72nd Annual Academy Awards Presentation, ABC, 2000.

Presenter, My VH1 Music Awards, VH1, 2000.

Presenter, The VH1/Vogue Fashion Awards, VH1, 2000, 2001.

Presenter, The 7th Annual Critics' Choice Awards, E! Entertainment Television, 2002.

Presenter, The 75th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2003.

Presenter, The 60th Annual Golden Globe Awards, NBC, 2003.

MTV Video Music Awards 2003, MTV, 2003.

Presenter, The 20th IFP Independent Spirit Awards, Bravo and Independent Film Channel, 2005.

Presenter, The 77th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2005.

Presenter, The 78th Annual Academy Awards, ABC, 2006.

Television Guest Appearances; Episodic:

The Rosie O'Donnell Show, syndicated, 1997, 1998, 2001.

Late Night with Conan O'Brien, NBC, 1998, 2002, 2004, 2006.

The Oprah Winfrey Show, syndicated, 1999, 2003.

Howard Stern, E! Entertainment Television, 2000.

The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, NBC, 2001, 2006.

Otro rollo con: Adal Ramones (also known as Otro rollo), 2002.

Guest host, Saturday Night Live (also known as NBC's Saturday Night, Saturday Night Live, and SNL), NBC, 2003.

This Morning (also known as This Morning with Richard and Judy), ITV, 2003.

God kveld Norge, 2003.

Tinseltown TV, International Channel, 2003.

Total Request Live (also known as Total Request with Carson Daly and TRL), MTV, 2004.

The Charlie Rose Show, PBS, 2004.

Live with Regis and Kelly, syndicated, 2004.

Inside the Actors Studio, Bravo, 2004.

Late Show with David Letterman (also known as The Late Show and Late Show Backstage), CBS, 2004.

Punk'd, MTV, 2005.

Caiga quien caiga, 2005.

Today (also known as NBC News Today and The Today Show), NBC, 2005.

(In archive footage) Entertainment Tonight, syndicated, 2005.

La methode Cauet, 2006.

Corazon de …, 2006.

Television Work; Movies:

Executive producer, In the Time of the Butterflies (also known as En el tiempo de las mariposas), Showtime, 2001.

Senior executive producer and director, The Maldonado Miracle, Showtime, 2003.

Television Work; Pilots:

Executive producer, Ugly Betty ABC, 2006.

RECORDINGS

Videos:

Film-Fest DVD: Issue 2—Cannes, 1999.

The Will Smith Music Video Collection, 1999.

A Director's Journey: The Making of "Red Dragon," Universal Home Video, 2003.

(Uncredited; in archive footage) Sex at 24 Frames per Second, Image Entertainment, 2003.

Herself, The Anti-Hero's Journey, Columbia TriStar Home Video, 2004.

Herself, Before, During, and "After the Sunset," New Line Home Video, 2005.

Also appeared in the music videos "She's Just Killing Me" by ZZ Top, 1996, and "Wild Wild West" by Will Smith; director of the music video "Te Amo Corazon" by Prince, 2005.

OTHER SOURCES

Books:

Contemporary Hispanic Biography, Volume 2, Gale, 2005.

Notable Hispanic American Women, Volume 2, Gale, 1998.

Periodicals:

Biography, September, 2000, pp. 76-79.

Detour, August, 1998, pp. 72-76.

Entertainment Weekly, August 25, 1995, p. 91; December 29, 1995, p. 50; February 14, 1997, p. 42; August 8, 1997, p. 53; May 12, 2000, p. 50.

Femme Fatales, July 30, 1999, p. 4.

George, July, 1999, pp. 60-65, 88, 89.

Glamour, July, 1999, pp. 180-181.

Harper's Bazaar, February, 2006, p. 170.

In Style, January, 1998, p. 92.

Interview, February, 1997, p. 112; February, 2001, p. 70; April, 2003, p. 122.

Marie Claire, October, 2002, pp. 130-132, 134.

Movieline, Volume 8, issue 5, 1996, pp. 68-73.

O, September, 2003, p. 216.

Parade, September 22, 2002, pp. 8-10.

People Weekly, March 10, 1997, p. 128; November 11, 2002, p. 81.

Premiere, August, 1996, pp. 62-63; June, 1999, pp. 5, 70-74, 104; September, 2002, pp. 36-43, 85.

Razor, March, 2003, pp. 48-51.

Us, August, 1996, pp. 84-86.

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