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Salma HayekRating 95, Votes 35Salma Valgarma Hayek Jimenez- Pinault is her full name, and she is a Mexican-American actress, director and producer. Her first name is Arabic for ???Welcome???. She was born in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz in Mexico, to an opera singer Diana Jimenez Medina, descent from Spain, and talent scout Sami Hayek Dominguez, an oil company executive of Lebanese descent. She is raised in wealthy family and sent to Academy of the Sacred Heart at the age of twelve. Diagnosed with dyslexia, she wouldn??™t let that stop her to became a movie star we know today. Main role in Mexican telenovela made her a star in Mexico and in 1994 she starred in Miracle Alley that won more prizes than any other movie in the history of Mexican cinema. Soon after moving to Los Angeles, she got the role in Despeardo, with Antonio Banderas and then a few short roles in From Dusk Till Dawn and Wild Wild West. She also starred in movie Frida. |