Salma Hayek Pinault
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.
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Movies (98)
Sacrificio: Los elegidos
2026 · Gloria Bracken
Without Blood
2025 · Nina
El sabor de la Navidad
2023 · Producer
Tótem
2023 · Executive Producer
Quiero tu vida
2023 · Executive Producer
Magic Mike: El último baile
2023 · Maxandra Mendoza
A Journey to Sundance
2023 · Self
Gato con Botas: El último deseo
2022 · Kitty Softpaws (voice)
Movie Money Confidential
2022 · Self
Creando Eternals
2022 · Self - Ajak
We Are Cinema
2021 · Self (archive footage)
La Casa Gucci
2021 · Pina Auriemma
Eternals
2021 · Ajak
Duro de cuidar 2
2021 · Sonia Kincaid
Dicha
2021 · Isabel Clemens
Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
2021 · Self (archive footage)
Los caminos que no escogemos
2020 · Dolores
Socias en Guerra
2020 · Claire Luna
This Is Cristina
2019 · Executive Producer
El Proyecto Colibrí
2019 · Eva Torres
Cuando los padres se quedan solos
2019 · Nancy
11th Hour
2017 · Maria José
Plankton Salesmen
2017 · Self (archive footage)
Duro de cuidar
2017 · Sonia Kincaid
Una Cena Incómoda
2017 · Beatriz
La Folie Disneyland Paris : L'Anniversaire des 25 ans du Parc
2017 · Self
Cómo ser un Latin Lover
2017 · Sara
La fiesta de las salchichas
2016 · Teresa Taco (voice)
I Saved My Belly Dancer
2016
Septiembre en Shiraz
2015 · Farnez
Tale of Tales
2015 · Queen of Longtrellis
Dura de matar
2015 · Everly
Some Kind of Beautiful
2014 · Olivia
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
2014 · Kamila (voice), Producer
Los Muppets 2: Los más buscados
2014 · Salma Hayek
Son Como Niños 2
2013 · Roxanne Chase-Feder
Girl Rising
2013 · Narrator - Peru (voice)
$ellebrity
2013 · Self
El maestro luchador
2012 · Bella Flores
Salvajes
2012 · Elena
¡Piratas! Una loca aventura
2012 · Cutlass Liz (voice)
As Luck Would Have It
2011 · Luisa
Americano
2011 · 'Lola'
Gato con Botas
2011 · Kitty Softpaws (voice)
The Women of SNL
2010 · Adriana (archive footage)
Son Como Niños
2010 · Roxanne Chase-Feder
El aprendiz de vampiro
2009 · Madame Truska
A través del universo
2007 · Singing Nurse
Amores asesinos
2006 · Martha Beck
Ask the Dust
2006 · Camilla Lopez
Bandidas
2006 · Sara Sandoval
Al Caer La Noche
2004 · Lola Cirillo
Celia Cruz | ¡Azúcar!
2004 · Self
Érase una vez en México
2003 · Carolina
Mini espías 3-D
2003 · Cesca Giggles
The Maldonado Miracle
2003 · Director
Frida
2002 · Frida Kahlo, Producer
Searching for Debra Winger
2002 · Self
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002
En el tiempo de las mariposas
2001 · Minerva Mirabal, Executive Producer
The Concert for New York City
2001 · Self
America: A Tribute to Heroes
2001 · Self
Hotel
2001 · Charlee Boux
Cadena de errores
2001 · Kolko
Tráfico
2000 · Rosario (uncredited)
Welcome to Hollywood
2000 · Salma Hayek
Living It Up
2000 · Lola
Timecode
2000 · Rose
Wild Wild West: Wardrobes of the West
1999 · Self
Dogma
1999 · Serendipity
The Velocity of Gary
1999 · Mary Carmen
Wild Wild West: Las Aventuras de Jim West
1999 · Rita Escobar
It's a Whole New West: The Making of 'Wild, Wild West'
1999 · Self - Host
No One Writes to the Colonel
1999 · Julia
Get Bruce!
1999 · Self
Forever Hollywood
1999 · Self
Aulas Peligrosas
1998 · Nurse Harper
Estudio 54
1998 · Anita
Un amor inconcluso
1997 · Monica
¿Quién diablos es Juliette?
1997 · Herself
The Hunchback
1997 · Esmeralda
Follow Me Home
1997 · Veronica
Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
1997 · Self
Un impulsivo y loco amor
1997 · Isabel
Sweet Release
1997 · Carmelita
Fled
1996 · Cora
Del crepúsculo al amanecer
1996 · Santanico Pandemonium, Choreographer
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
1995 · Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Cuatro habitaciones
1995 · TV Dancing Girl
Atracción Explosiva
1995 · Rita
Pistolero
1995 · Carolina
Midaq Alley
1995 · Alma
Roadracers
1994 · Donna
Mi Vida Loca
1994 · Gata
Seesaw Monster
· Producer
Untitled Puss in Boots Sequel
· Kitty Softpaws (voice)
Grown Ups 3
· Roxanne Chase-Feder
Arena
· Director, Writer, Producer
TV shows (45)
Like Water for Chocolate
2024 · Executive Producer
Santa Evita
2022 · Executive Producer
Monarca
2019 · Executive Producer
The Kelly Clarkson Show
2019 · Self
Red Table Talk
2018 · Self
Chelsea
2016 · Self
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
2015 · Self
The Late Late Show with James Corden
2015 · Self - Guest
Hot Ones
2015 · Self
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
2014 · Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self - Guest
Black Mirror
2011 · TV Joan / Salma Hayek Pinault
The Talk
2010 · Self
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
2009 · Self - Guest
El show de Graham Norton
2007 · Self
30 Rock
2006 · Elisa Padriera
Betty, Mi fea bella
2006 · Sofia Reyes, Executive Producer
Ellen DeGeneres Show
2003 · Self
Celebrities Uncensored
2003 · Self
Punk'd
2003 · Self
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
2003 · Self - Guest
Action
1999 · Salma Hayek
Vivement dimanche
1998 · Self
Vivement dimanche prochain
1998
The View
1997 · Self
Viva el lunes
1995 · Self
Inside the Actors Studio
1994 · Self
Rebel Highway
1994 · Donna
The Sinbad Show
1993
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
1993 · Self - Guest
Late Show with David Letterman
1993 · Self - Guest
GMTV
1993 · Self
Jack's Place
1992
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Dream On
1990 · Carmella
Teresa
1989 · Teresa Martínez
Nuevo amanecer
1988 · Fabiola Ramírez Anthony
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
1988 · Self
Goldene Kamera
1984 · Self
Champs-Elysées
1982 · Self
Wetten, dass..?
1981 · Self
Saturday Night Live
1975 · Self - Host
The Oscars
1953 · Self
Bambi
1948 · Self
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Presenter