Popular name Salma Hayek
Birth name Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez
Birth date September 2, 1966
Birth place Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico
Occupation Actress
Height 5' 2" (1.57)
Life and Career
Salma Hayek is Lebanese descent and a successful Mexican telenovela that made her a star in Mexico.
She is the first Mexican national to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. She is one of the most prominent Mexican figures in Hollywood. She is also, after Fernanda Montenegro, the second of three Latin American actresses (the other being Catalina Sandino Moreno) to achieve a Best Actress Oscar nomination.
