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Biographical
Information |
Full
Name: |
Salma
Hayek-Jimenez |
Height: |
5'
2" |
Birthplace: |
Coatzacoalcos,
Veracruz, Mexico |
Date
of Birth: |
September
2, 1966 |
Husband/Partner: |
Still
Dating |
Contact
Info: |
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Personal
Quote: |
"I
keep waiting to meet a man who has more balls
than I do." |
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Salma's
parents sent her off to a Catholic boarding school in
Louisiana when she was 12 years old. Unfortunately, Salma
was a prankster and got expelled from the school. She
finished high school soon after that, and lived for a
couple of years with her aunt in Houston before going
to college at 17. She had decided to study international
relations.
But desire
to become an actress won out, and she confronted her
parents about her decision to go for a career as an
actress. Facing opposition from both of her parents,
Salma started acting in plays and tv shows. Her first
huge role was in the a Mexican soap opera called Teresa.
Playing the leading character, Salma rose in popularity
all over Mexico.
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All
though her success was just huge, Salma wanted more, and
she left it all behind when she moved to Hollywood in
1991. After 18 months of English lessons and frantic auditions,
she finally started to adjust to the lifestyle.
Her first big role came after Salma's appearance on a
cable-access talk show that was witnessed by the Mexican-American
director Robert Rodriguez. It wasn't long before Rodriguez
got Salma to play the female lead in his first major studio
release, Desperado, which became a runaway hit. This movie
exposed Salma to the American audience.
Salma appeared
in a couple of other movies, including Fair Game and
Fled, and even though her roles were small, she continued
to further establish herself as a main-stay actress.
She also appeared in 54, along with Neve Campbell and
Mike Myers. She was also the leading woman in Will Smiths'
movie, Wild Wild West.
What can we expect in the future? Well, we'll see.
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Films:
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
Frida (2002)
Hotel (2001)
Traffic (2000)
La Gran vida (2000)
Chain of Fools (2000)
Timecode (2000)
Wild Wild West (1999)
El Coronel no tiene quien le escriba (1999)
Dogma (1999)
The Faculty (1998)
The Velocity of Gary (1998)
54 (1998)
Sistole Diastole (1997)
Breaking Up (1997)
Fools Rush In (1997)
Fled (1996)
Follow Me Home (1996)
From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)
Fair Game (1995)
Four Rooms (1995)
Desperado (1995)
El Callejón de los milagros (1995)
Mi vida loca (1993)
Made for
TV:
The Maldonado Miracle (2003)
In the Time of the Butterflies (2001)
The Hunchback (1997)
Roadracers (1994)
Direct to
Video:
None
TV Shows:
El Vuelo del águila (1996)
The Sinbad Show (1993)
Teresa (1989)
Un Nuevo amanecer (1988)
Cartoon Voices:
None
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