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Salma Hayek was born into a wealthy Mexican family. At the age of 12, she was expelled from her nun's college because she was too dissipated. She went to school in Texas with her aunt, and returned to Mexico to study international relations. At the same time, she takes gymnastics lessons, but discovers a passion for comedy.
She started on Mexican television in the telenovas and quickly became a star in Mexico, thanks to her role in Teresa. Having reached the heights of glory in her country, she decided to try her luck in the United States. The beginnings are a little difficult because, dyslexic, she has trouble learning English, and she is only given small roles. Director Robert Rodriguez noticed her during a Spanish variety show and offered her the lead role of Desperado, alongside Antonio Banderas. She turns in several films of the director, and thanks to him her career takes off. She goes on filming: One Night in Hell, Dogma, Wild Wild West, No Letter for the Colonel.
After these many successes, she launched into production and created her company Ventanarosa. She produced her first film Frida, a biopic devoted to the painter Frida Kahlo, in which she played the main role. The film was a huge worldwide success and earned him an Oscar nomination. She continued her career as an actress and appeared in many films that established her career: Bandidas, Cœurs perdus, Americano... In 2006, on the strength of her first success as a producer, she decided to adapt a Colombian TV nova to the United States. as Ugly Betty. New consecration, the series becomes a phenomenon and wins several awards including the Golden Globe for best series and best actress for America Ferrera.
On the private side, Salma Hayek lived with Edward Norton between 1999 and 2003. Then in 2006, she fell in love with François-Henri Pinault during a party. Together they have a little girl: Valentina Paloma, born on September 21, 2007. After a brief separation in 2008, the couple married on February 14, 2009.
