Salma hayek success in Desperado - Salma Hayek (born September 2, 1966) is a Mexican actress, director, and television and film producer. Salma has appeared in more than thirty films and performed as an actress outside of Hollywood in Mexico and Spain. Salma Hayek's charitable work includes increasing awareness on violence against women and discrimination against immigrants.Moved to Los Angeles, California in 1991 to study acting under Stella Adler, hoping for a career in Hollywood, despite limited fluency in English, attributed to her suffering from dyslexia.Robert Rodriguez and his producer wife Elizabeth Avellan soon gave Hayek the break she needed, a starring role opposite Antonio Banderas in 1995's Desperado. The movie caught Hollywood's attention, as moviegoers proved to be dazzled by Hayek as Rodriguez had been. Due to Hayek's loyalty to the director, she would later decline playing the role Catherine Zeta-Jones eventually took in The Mask of Zorro after Rodriguez abandoned the project. She has also appeared in the Spy Kids trilogy.
Hayek followed success in Desperado with a brief but memorable role as a vampire queen in From Dusk Till Dawn, where she provocatively danced on a table. In 1999, she co-starred in Will Smith's big-budget Wild Wild West, and played a supporting role in Kevin Smith's Dogma. In 2000, she had an uncredited acting part opposite Benicio del Toro in Traffic. In 2003, she reprised her role from Desperado by appearing in Once Upon a Time in Mexico, the final film of the Mariachi Trilogy.
Born Salma Hayek JiménezBirth Name : Salma Hayek-Jimenez
Date of birth (location) : 2 September 1966 (Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico)
September 2, 1966 (1966-09-02) (age 41)
Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico
Occupation actress
Years active 1988–present
Domestic partner(s) Edward Norton (1999–2003)
partner(s) François-Henri Pinault (2006–present)