Salma Hayek who is?

Salma Hayek Jiménez (born September 2, 1966 in Coatzacoalcos , Veracruz, Mexico ) 1 is a Mexican actress of stage, screen and television, as well as entrepreneurs and producers . It is one of three Mexican actresses nominated for Academy Award : the other two are Katy Jurado ( 1954) and Adriana Barraza ( 2006).
It is considered one of the most prominent Mexican figures in Hollywood since the actress Dolores del Río.

He began his career in Mexico starring in the telenovela Teresa and went on to star in the film El Callejón de los Milagros for which she was nominated for an Ariel Award . In 1991 Hayek moved to Hollywood and achieved fame with roles in anglophone such as Desperado (1995 ) , Dogma (1999) and Wild Wild West (1999 ) movies.
His first major role was in the 2002 film Frida as Frida Kahlo , through which he received nominations for Best Actress at the Academy Award , the BAFTA Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award and Golden Globe Award Movie received much attention and was a critical success and audience. She won a Daytime Emmy Award for Best Direction for Special Children / Youth / Family in 2004 by The Maldonado Miracle and was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2007 after being the guest star in the chain with the ABC television series Ugly Betty .

Recent films include Hayek Grown Ups (2010) and Grown Ups 2 (2013 ) . He also voiced the Kitty Softpaws in Puss in Boots (2011 ) with Antonio Banderas.
His parents are politician and businessman Sami Hayek Dominguez , a Mexican of Lebanese father and Diana Jiménez Medina, mexicana. March 4 Your name, Salma, is Arabic word meaning "peace" or "calm". Born into a devoutly Catholic family , and during his childhood he studied in school Margarita Lara Olivo his hometown Coatzacoalcos , Veracruz It was sent to the Academy of the Sacred Heart , Grand Cousteau , Louisiana, at age 12 years. While he was , there was diagnosed dislexia. speaks several languages: Spanish , Arabic, English and portugués.

He studied International Relations at the Universidad Iberoamericana , but left college for acting . His first artwork was in the play called A Thousand and One Nights , where he saw a television producer who offered her a role in his first telenovela Televisa New Dawn . His second starring role in the telenovela Teresa , which was a big hit with audiences of 71 %.