SALMA HAYEK DUSK TILL DAWN WEIGHT MOVIE
Salma Hayek’s first Hollywood effort was opposite Antonio Banderas in Desperado (1995) which got her a nomination for Best Supporting Actress at the Saturn Awards as well as Best Kiss at the MTV Movie Awards. She then went on to star in another Mexican film in 1994, El Callejón de Los Milagros (Miracle Alley) which went on to win the highest number of awards ever won by a single movie in Mexican cinema history.
Following the critical acclaim she received for her performance, the young actress moved to Los Angeles in 1991 to further hone her craft under the tutelage of Stella Adler. Hayek began her acting career at the age of 23 when she landed the role that propelled her to stardom in Teresa (1989). She went on to attend one of the most prestigious universities in Mexico, Universidad Iberoamericana, where she studied International Relations. At around the age of 12, she was sent to the United States to attend the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau, Louisiana where she got diagnosed with dyslexia. Having been raised in a wealthy family, Hayek had the opportunity of attending the best schools. She is of Mexican, Lebanese and Spanish descent. Her father, who once ran for mayor of their hometown and owns/runs an industrial-equipment firm, has also been an oil company executive while her mother is a former opera singer turned talent scout. Salma Hayek was born Hayek Jimenez to Diana Jimenez Medina and Sami Hayek Dominguez, on September 2, 1966, in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico.
She began her acting career in Mexico starring in the telenovela Teresa (1989) before moving to the United States. The Mexican-born American beauty, who was named the 2001 Glamour magazine Woman of the Year Award recipient, is best known for starring in blockbuster films like Desperado (1995), From Dusk till Dawn (1996), Grown Ups (2010), and The Hitman’s Bodyguard (2017). She has achieved huge success in all her endeavors as an actress, producer, model, activist, and humanitarian. Salma Hayek is one of the most prominent Latinos in Hollywood having been named in 2005 by Time magazine among the 25 Most Influential Hispanics.
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