Biography of Salma Hayek

When the conversation begins about the conquerors of Hollywood, who have a burning Mexican beauty and passionate temperament, the name of the beauty of Salma Hayek comes to mind immediately, whose biography can not but inspire and surprise many of her admirers.

The family of Salma Hayek and her childhood

Mexican-American kinodiva was born 49 years ago in Mexico. Mother of the great actress, Diana Jimenez Medina, a hereditary Spanish woman. She worked as an opera singer. It was thanks to her that Salma received a boundless passion for creativity and everything beautiful. The father of the star, Sami Dominguez, a Lebanese, is the manager of the oil company. What not to say, and the capitals of the father-oilman, at first, financially supported the daughter.

At the age of 12, the girl was diagnosed with dyslexia . It is worth mentioning that many Hollywood stars suffer from this violation of reading ability, including Keira Knightley, Orlando Bloom, Anthony Hopkins.

Youth and career

In 1989, Hayek received the main role in the TV series "Theresa". After the release of the screens she becomes the general Mexican favorite. Arriving in 1991 in the US, for a while Salma lived in an illegal situation. In addition, no luck and with the movies, but four years later she was noticed by Roberto Rodriguez, inviting to star in the film "Desperado", which brought her unprecedented popularity on the American continent.

It is worth mentioning that Hayek is the first Mexican actress to be nominated for an Oscar for Best Actress.

Husband and children of Salma Hayek

In 2004, Salma Hayek married François Henri Pinault. By the way, Francois owns famous fashion houses (Yves Saint Laurent, Gucci). Moreover, he is among the richest people in the world.

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In 2007, the couple had a daughter, Valentina Paloma Pino. How fans were elated when they heard such joyful news, but after a couple of years they were in for an unprecedented shock: in 2008, Salma and François split up, and the baby stayed with her mother. And yet it was true love - a year later the lovers again regained their union by playing a wedding in Venice.