Salma Hayek wallpapers & Biography,सलमा हायेक वॉलपेपर और जीवनी

Salma Hayek wallpapers & Biography 

Salma Hayek Pinault  Spanish: [ˈsalma ˈxaʝek] ; born Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez; September 2, 1966) is a Mexican and American actress and filmmaker. She began her career in Mexico with appearances in the telenovela Teresa (1989–1991) as well as the romantic drama Midak Alley (1995). She soon established herself in Hollywood, starring 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 to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In subsequent years, Hayek focused more on producing, starring in the action-focused films Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003), After the Sunset (2004) and Bandidas (2006). She achieved commercial success with the comedies Grown Ups (2010), Grown Ups 2 (2013) and The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017), and lent her voice to the animated Puss in Boots (2011) and Sausage Party (2016). 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 Award nominations. She won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Children's Special for The Maldonado Miracle (2004) and 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 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 by various media outlets as one of Hollywood's most powerful and influential Latina actresses, as well as one of the most beautiful women in the world. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2023.  In 2021, she was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She is married to business magnate François-Henri Pinault, with whom she has a daughter.

Early life

Salma Hayek was born in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico. Her father, Sami Hayek Domínguez, is of Lebanese descent.His ancestors are from the Lebanese town of Baabdat, which Salma and her father visited in 2015 to promote their film Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet. He owns an industrial-equipment firm and is an oil-company executive in Mexico; he once ran for mayor of Coatzacoalcos. Her mother, Diana Jiménez Medina, is an opera singer and talent scout; she is of Spanish descent. In a 2015 interview with Un Nuevo Día while visiting Madrid, Hayek described herself as fifty percent Lebanese and fifty percent Spanish, saying that her maternal great-grandmother was from Spain.  Her younger brother, Sami, is a furniture designer.

Hayek was raised in a wealthy, devout Catholic family,and at the age of 12 she chose to study at the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau, Louisiana. At school, she was diagnosed with dyslexia. She studied international relations at the Universidad Iberoamericana.In a 2011 interview with V magazine, Hayek mentioned that she was once an illegal immigrant in the United States, although not for long.

Personal life

Hayek with her husband François-Henri Pinault at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival

Hayek is a naturalized United States citizen. She studied at the Ramtha School of Enlightenment and practices yoga. Hayek, who was raised Catholic, said in a 2007 interview that she was no longer devout and did not believe in the Church, partly because she disagreed with practices such as campaigns against condoms in Africa, where she saw AIDS and overpopulation as rampant, although she clarified that she still believed in Jesus Christ and God.

On March 9, 2007, Hayek confirmed her engagement to French billionaire and Kering CEO François-Henri Pinault as well as her pregnancy. She gave birth to their daughter on September 21, 2007, at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, CA. They were married on Valentine's Day 2009 in Paris.  On April 25, 2009, they renewed their vows in Venice, Italy.