Salma Valgarma Hayek Pinault is a Mexican and American actress and film producer. She began her career in Mexico by starring in the telenovela Teresa (1989–1991) and the romantic drama Midaq Alley (1995). She soon established herself in Hollywood, appearing in films such as Desperado (1995), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), Wild Wild West(1999), and Dogma (1999). Hayek's portrayal of painter Frida Kahlo in the biopic Frida (2002), which she also produced, made her the first Mexican actress nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In subsequent years, Hayek focused more on producing while starring in the action-centred pictures Once Upon a Time in Mexico(2003), After the Sunset (2004) and Bandidas(2006). She achieved further commercial success with the comedies Grown Ups (2010), Grown Ups 2 (2013) and The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017). She lent her voice to the animated Puss in Boots(2011), Sausage Party (2016) and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022). She also earned critical acclaim for her performances in the dramas Tale of Tales (2015), Beatriz at Dinner (2017) and House of Gucci (2021). She played Ajak in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Eternals (2021), which emerged as her highest-grossing live-action film. Hayek's directing, producing and acting work on television has earned her four Emmy Awards nominations. She won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Children's Special for The Maldonado Miracle (2004). She received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations, one for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series and the other for Outstanding Comedy Series, for her work on the ABC television comedy-drama Ugly Betty (2006–2010). She also produced and played Minerva Mirabal in the Showtime film In the Time of the Butterflies (2001) and guest-starred on the NBC comedy series 30 Rock (2009–2013). As a public figure, Hayek has been cited as one of Hollywood's most powerful and influential Latina actresses and one of the world's most beautiful women by various media outlets. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2023. In 2021, she was honoured with a Hollywood Walk of Fame star. She is married to business magnate François-Henri Pinault, with whom she has a daughter.
88 movies · 43 shows
Without Blood
2025·6.1
Magic Mike's Last Dance
2023·6.4
A Journey to Sundance
2023·0.0
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
2022·8.2
Movie Money Confidential
2022·5.5
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals
2022·7.1
We Are Cinema
2021·9.5
House of Gucci
2021·6.6
Eternals
2021·6.8
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
2021·6.6
Bliss
2021·5.5
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021·5.0
The Roads Not Taken
2020·5.5
Like a Boss
2020·6.2
The Hummingbird Project
2019·6.2
Drunk Parents
2019·4.5
11th Hour
2017·6.4
Plankton Salesmen
2017·0.0
The Hitman's Bodyguard
2017·6.9
Beatriz at Dinner
2017·5.8
La Folie Disneyland Paris : L'Anniversaire des 25 ans du Parc
2017·6.0
How to Be a Latin Lover
2017·6.9
Sausage Party
2016·5.8
I Saved My Belly Dancer
2016·10.0
Septembers of Shiraz
2015·5.9
Tale of Tales
2015·6.4
Everly
2015·5.5
Some Kind of Beautiful
2014·5.6
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
2014·7.3
Muppets Most Wanted
2014·6.3
Grown Ups 2
2013·6.2
Girl Rising
2013·7.0
$ellebrity
2013·5.8
Here Comes the Boom
2012·6.2
Savages
2012·6.4
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
2012·6.5
As Luck Would Have It
2011·6.0
Americano
2011·4.9
Puss in Boots
2011·6.6
The Women of SNL
2010·5.2
Grown Ups
2010·6.4
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
2009·5.9
Across the Universe
2007·7.1
Lonely Hearts
2006·6.0
Ask the Dust
2006·5.4
Bandidas
2006·6.0
After the Sunset
2004·6.2
Celia Cruz | ¡Azúcar!
2004·5.3
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
2003·6.3
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
2003·5.1
Frida
2002·7.4
Searching for Debra Winger
2002·6.4
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002·6.5
In the Time of the Butterflies
2001·6.3
The Concert for New York City
2001·5.1
America | A Tribute to Heroes
2001·6.5
Hotel
2001·3.4
Chain of Fools
2001·5.8
Traffic
2000·7.1
Welcome to Hollywood
2000·4.2
Living It Up
2000·4.9
Timecode
2000·5.6
Wild Wild West: Wardrobes of the West
1999·4.0
Dogma
1999·6.9
The Velocity of Gary
1999·4.2
Wild Wild West
1999·5.3
It's a Whole New West: The Making of 'Wild, Wild West'
1999·5.0
No One Writes to the Colonel
1999·5.7
Get Bruce!
1999·6.5
Forever Hollywood
1999·8.3
The Faculty
1998·6.6
54
1998·5.9
Breaking Up
1997·4.6
¿Quién diablos es Juliette?
1997·5.1
The Hunchback
1997·5.9
Follow Me Home
1997·5.0
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997·7.3
Fools Rush In
1997·6.5
Sweet Release
1997·6.3
Fled
1996·5.7
From Dusk Till Dawn
1996·7.0
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
1995·0.0
Four Rooms
1995·5.9
Fair Game
1995·5.2
Desperado
1995·6.9
Midaq Alley
1995·7.2
Roadracers
1994·5.9
Mi Vida Loca
1994·6.6