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Salma Hayek

Salma Hayek Jiménez - born 2 September 1966, in Veracruz, Mexico

Wise words: "If I go on a diet and work out, I'm always in a bad mood. I'd rather be a little heavier but nice."


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Salma Hayek - news / articles


  • Hayek & Montalban to be honoured at ALMA Awards - 26 August 2009
    -Salma Hayek, boxer/singer Oscar De La Hoya and late star Ricardo Montalban are to be honoured at the upcoming ALMA Awards, which celebrate Latin culture. - -Frida star Hayek will be presented with the Anthony Quinn Award for Industry Excellence, while De La Hoya wil


  • Rodriguez shot short with Hayek to help her land Hollywood break - 9 July 2009
    -Moviemaker Robert Rodriguez had to shoot a short film with Salma Hayek before he could convince studio bosses to hire the Mexican actress for Desperado - because they weren't sure her English was good enough for Hollywood.- -The film gave the sexy star her big break

Salma Hayek - what members say


  • The Faculty
  • The Faculty review by A customer from Somerset
    Rated - 4 stars Sharp and slick ! 15 April 2005
    ...s as the students but notably from the gorgeous trio of teachers Famke Jansson; Salma Hayek and Bebe Neuwirth plus a snarling macho Robert Patrick as the strange 'Faculty'...  
  • Desperado
  • Desperado review by from Winchester
    Rated - 4 stars It's also a chick flick 23 February 2006
    ...and Quino's guitar playing skills be brought to life? I bow to the majesty of Salma Hayek, possibly the hottest woman on the planet. I applaud the role of Quentin Tarant...  
  • Timecode
  • Timecode review by from London
    Rated - 4 stars Innovative and unique 4 June 2004
    ...lly is a day in the life of the movers, shakers and back-stabbers of Hollywood. Salma Hayek, Holly Hunter, Stellen Skarsgard and Saffron Burrows are among the cast and mos...  

Salma Hayek - filmography


  • Ask The Dust on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Colin Farrell,  Salma Hayek,  Donald Sutherland
    Director: Robert Towne
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In the Robert Towne-directed adaptation of John Fante's Depression Era novel, Hayek plays the fiery Mexican beauty Camilla who hopes to rise above her station by marrying a wealthy American. This is complicated by meeting Arturo Bandini (Farrell), a first-generation Italian hoping to land a writing ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 1,508 member
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  • Lonely Hearts on DVD (2006)
    Starring: John Travolta,  James Gandolfini,  Salma Hayek
    Director: Todd Robinson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on the true story, two homicide detectives (Travolta and Gandolfini) track Martha Beck and Raymond Martinez Fernandez, a murderous pair known as the "Lonely Hearts Killers" who lure their victims through the personals...
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 6,859 members
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  • Stupidity (2003)
    Starring: John Cleese,  Noam Chomsky,  Salma Hayek
    Director: Albert Nerenberg
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Stupidity sets out to determine whether our culture is hooked on deliberate ignorance as a strategy for success. From Adam Sandler to George W. Bush, from the IQ test to TV programming, to the origins of the word moron, Stupidity examines the "dumbing down" of contemporary culture. Stupidity ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 8 members
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  • Once Upon A Time In Mexico on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Antonio Banderas,  Salma Hayek,  Johnny Depp
    Director: Robert Rodriguez
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    With ONCE UPON A TIME IN MEXICO, filmmaker Robert Rodriguez follows the further adventures of El Mariachi (Antonio Banderas), the guitar-and-gunslinging hero who has been leading a quiet life, but longs to get revenge for the murder of his love (Salma Hayek). When quirky CIA agent Sands (Johnny ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 59% from 25,485 members
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  • Frida on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Salma Hayek,  Geoffrey Rush,  Alfred Molina
    Director: Julie Taymor
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Brilliant colours that bring Frida Kahlo's Mexico City to vibrant life combine with a captivating performance by Salma Hayek to make director Julie Taymor's FRIDA a fascinating film. Starting and ending with Frida on her deathbed, the film spans the famous painter's life from her teenage years to ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 13,502 members
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  • In The Time Of Butterflies on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Salma Hayek,  Edward James Olmos,  Lumi Cavazos
    Director: Mariano Barroso
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    General Rafael Trujillo (Edward James Olmos) is in the midst of his dictatorial grip over the people of the Dominican Republic. Minerva Mirabal (Salma Hayek) and her two sisters--collectively known as Las Mariposas (The Butterflies)--attempt to take down the vicious ruler with the help of a small ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 202 members
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  • Hotel on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Rhys Ifans,  David Schwimmer,  Salma Hayek
    Director: Mike Figgis
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    An experimental and challenging film from director Mike Figgis, HOTEL follows a movie crew in Venice filming a version of THE DUCHESS OF MALFI, which is in turn filmed by a documentary filmmaker. One of the movies ends in a bloodbath of torture, carnage, and cannibalism. But which one
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 37% from 591 members
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  • Living It Up on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Salma Hayek,  Alicia Agut,  Carmelo Gomez
    Director: Antonio Cuadri
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Salma Hayek is Lola, a Mexican waitress who befriends Martin (Carmelo Gomez), a young, free-spending millionaire. There is a little secret behind his money: he has borrowed one a million dollars with which to have a good time on the day before he commits suicide. After realizing that he is in love ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 237 members
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  • Dogma on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Ben Affleck,  Matt Damon,  Linda Fiorentino
    Director: Kevin Smith
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Imaginative theology and a bigger-than-usual budget make Kevin Smith's (CHASING AMY, CLERKS) fourth film a kind of post-Catholic fantasy that only a comic-book enthusiast of his caliber could dream up. It concerns banished angels, Loki (Matt Damon) and Bartleby (Ben Affleck) who, after a few ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 18,478 members
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  • Studio 54 on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Ryan Phillippe,  Salma Hayek,  Neve Campbell
    Director: Mark Christopher
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A look behind the brightlights of the hottest nightclub ever. When Shane joins the queue for the club, little does he realise that he'll be plucked from the crowd and get a job behind the bar and become the nightspot's main attraction. Follow the rise and fall of this decadent empire.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 1,484 member
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  • The Faculty on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Clea Duvall,  Laura Harris,  Josh Hartnett
    Director: Robert Rodriguez
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The story of a group of high school students - loners, leaders, hipsters, nerds, brains and jocks - who make the terrifying discovery that their teachers are from another planet. With this knowledge they are forced to band together to save their school and town from alien domination.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 4,826 members
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  • Who the Hell Is Juliette? (1997)
    Starring: Yuliet Ortega,  Fabiola Quiroz,  Salma Hayek
    Director: Carlos Marcovich
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A absolutely stunning documentary from Mexico, WHO THE HELL IS JULIETTE interweaves the story of Juliette, a 16 year-old Mexican prostitute with that of the Mexican model Fabiola Quiroz. The two could be twins, and their family lives are similarly anarchic; Juliette never knew her father, and ..read more »
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 42% from 4 members
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  • Fools Rush In on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Matthew Perry,  Salma Hayek,  Jon Tenney
    Director: Andrew Tennant
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    After their rash one-night-stand results in an unanticipated pregnancy, two virtual strangers--a stuffy, upwardly mobile white Manhattanite and an intense Chicana artist--impetuously decide to tie the knot Vegas-style. But can they survive the pressures of their worlds-apart backgrounds and fall in ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 2,851 members
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  • Desperado on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Antonio Banderas,  Joaquim De Almeida,  Salma Hayek
    Director: Robert Rodriguez
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    With DESPERADO, director Robert Rodriguez presents the sequel to his 1992 low-budget action flick, EL MARIACHI. This film continues the story of the brooding no-name Mariachi (Antonio Banderas), whose guitar case is stocked with high-powered weaponry. The musician is in a sleepy Mexican town ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 15,783 members
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  • Midaq Alley (1994)
    Starring: Ernesto Gomez Cruz,  Maria Rojo,  Salma Hayek
    Director: Jorge Fons
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Set in Mexico City's old downtown section, this is a character study of three neighbors, whose stories intertwine: Rutilio, a family man who fears his homosexual feelings; Susanita, a dreaming spinster who falls prey to a thief; and Alma (Hayek), a virgin who succombs to cocaine and prostitution.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 10 members
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Salma Hayek facts

5 most recent films

Cirque du Freak - The Vampire's Assistant - 3.5 stars
Across The Universe - BLU-RAY Version - 3.0 stars
Across The Universe - 3.0 stars
Ask The Dust - 2.5 stars
Lonely Hearts - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Marc Jacobs And Louis Vuitton - 4.0 stars
Ugly Betty - Season 1 - 4.0 stars
From Dusk Till Dawn - 3.5 stars
Dogma - 3.5 stars
Frida - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Who the Hell Is Juliette? - 2.0 stars
Stupidity - 2.5 stars
Bandidas - 3.0 stars
Midaq Alley - 3.5 stars
Hotel - 2.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Ana Ortiz - 7 times - show films
Tony Plana - 7 times - show films
Michael Urie - 7 times - show films
Vanessa Williams - 7 times - show films
Mark Indelicato - 7 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Richard Shepard - 7 times - show films
James Hayman - 7 times - show films
Sheree Folkson - 7 times - show films
Robert Rodriguez - 5 times - show films
Mike Figgis - 4 times - show films