Birthday: Sep 2, 1966

Birthplace: Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico

Biography: Salma Hayek Jiménez (born September 2, 1966) is an Academy Award-nominated Mexican actress. Also an Emmy winning director, a film and television producer. The most successful Latin American actress in Hollywood since Carmen Miranda, Hayek has appeared in more than thirty films, worked as an actress outside of Hollywood in Mexico and Spain. She is arguably the most important Mexican star in Hollywood today. She is a feminist whose charitable work includes increasing awareness on violence ag... ... (read more...) ainst women and discrimination against immigrants.