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Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Salma Hayek Madame Figaro

Salma Hayek Madame Figaro

Salma Hayek Madame Figaro
Salma Hayek Madame Figaro
Salma Hayek
Born Salma Hayek Jiménez
September 2, 1966 (age 48)
Mexico Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico
Years active 1988-present
Partner François-Henri Pinault
Salma Hayek Jiménez (born September 2 1966) is an Academy Award-nominated Mexican actress, Emmy-winning director, movie producer and television producer. She is the most successful Latin-American actress in Hollywood since Carmen Miranda. Hayek has appeared in more than thirty movies and worked as an actress outside of Hollywood in Mexico and Spain.

Hayek's charitable work includes increasing awareness on violence against women and discrimination against immigrants.

Early life

Salma Hayek was born in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico. Her father, Sami Hayek is Libanese and was a politician. Her mother, Diana Jiménez is a Mexican and was a opera singer. Salma left the town with 12 years and went to a catholic boarding school in Louisiana. She had a bad manners and had to leave the school. She moved to her aunt in Texas and stayed until she was 17 years old. After the graduation, she went back to her hometown and studied international relations and drama in Mexico City.