SALMA HAYEK

Born: on 09/02/1968 in Coastzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico
Job Titles: Actor, Director, Producer
Family
Brother: Sami Hayek. younger
Father: Sami Hayek Dominguez. Lebanese; ran for mayor of Coatzacoalcos, Mexico in 1997
Mother: Diana Hayek. Mexican

Significant Others

Companion: Josh Lucas. dating as of August 2003; split Septeber 2004
Companion: Edward Atterton. dated from 1997 to 1999; met during filming of "The Hunchback"

Companion: Edward Norton. dating from late 1999; Hayek and Norton were rumored to be married as of January 2003
Companion: Richard Crenna. engaged; no longer together; met in 1991 acting class

Education

Stella Adler Conservatory, Los Angeles, California
National University of Mexico

Milestones

--- Will star with Penelope Cruz as two bank robbers who kidnap a New York police investigator (Zahn) in "Bandidas" (lensed 2004)
1980 At age 12, told her father she would "go on strike" and fail all her classes if he did not allow her to go to school in the USA (date approximate)
1989 Mexican TV series debut, "Nuevo Amancer"
1989 Won stardom as "Teresa" in the hugely popular Mexican primetime serial
1991 Stopped acting for a year-and-a-half to study English (date approximate)
1991 Left Mexico at the height of her popularity and moved to Los Angeles
1992 Appeared in "Cherry Street, South of Main", an unsold pilot produced by Tom and Roseanne Arnold
1992 First US TV guest shots included "Nurses", "Jack's Place" and "Dream On"
1993 Played a recurring role on "The Sinbad Show", a Fox family sitcom
1993 US feature debut, Alison Anders' "Mi Vida Loca/My Crazy Life"
1994 US TV-movie debut, co-starred in "Roadracers", a segment of Showtime's "Rebel Highway" series; first collaboration with filmmaker Robert Rodriguez
1995 Breakthrough Hollywood feature role, co-starring opposite Antonio Banderas in Rodriguez's "Desperado"
1995 Returned to Mexico to play a lead in "Midaq Alley/El Callejon de los Milagros"
1997 Signed contract to act as spokesperson for Revlon cosmetics
1998 Had featured role as a coat-check girl with aspirations to be a singer in "54"
1999 Had female lead in Barry Sonnenfeld's "Wild Wild West"
1999 Signed agreement with Sony to create TV programs in both Spanish (for Telemundo) and English (for Columbia TriStar TV)
2000 Made cameo appearance in "Traffic"
2000 Played featured role in "Timecode", director Mike Figgis' four-screen digital feature
2001 Executive produced and starred in the Showtime original "In the Time of the Butterflies"
2001 Reteamed with Figgis for "Hotel"
2002 Produced and played the title role in "Frida", a biopic of artist Frida Kahlo, directed by Julie Taymor; received nominations for a Golden Globe, a BAFTA, a SAG and an Oscar for her leading role performance
2003 Cast as the female lead in "Once Upon A Time In Mexico"
2004 Co-starred with Pierce Brosnan and Woody Harrelson in "After the Sunset"
2004 Signed on to be the spokes woman for Avon's makeup and fragrance lines
2006 Co-starred with Colin Farrell in the Robert Towne-directed adaptation of John Fante's Depression Era novel, "Ask the Dust"
2006 Produced the ABC comedy, "Ugly Betty"; also guest starred in several episodes
Formed Ventanarosa Prods.
Raised in Coatzacaolcos, Mexico
Sent to a Catholic school in Texas; studied for two years before being expelled
Signed on to star in the four hour telepic adaptation of Toni Morrison's novel, "Paradise," to be produced by Oprah Winfrey's Harpo Films

Spanish actress Penelope Cruz says rumours of her being lesbian don’t die away because she helps to keep them going.Cruz said: “I grabbed Salma’s ass just to keep things moving, because everyone was a little slow. And of course, the energy changed when I did that. There are magazine covers in Mexico describing us as these lesbians because of that. A lot of people were saying we were lovers.”