Academy Award nominee Salma Hayek has proven herself a prolific actress, producer and director in both film and television.
Salma Hayek
received an Academy Award nomination, a Golden Globe nomination, a SAG nomination and a BAFTA nomination for Best Actress for the title role in Julie Taymor's "Frida."
Salma Hayek
was last seen in Robert Towne's "Ask the Dust," alongside Colin Farrell and Idina Menzel, and will next star in Luc Besson's "Bandidas," opposite Penelope Cruz.
Salma Hayek
also recently wrapped production on Todd Robinson's "Lonely Hearts," opposite John Travolta and
James Gandolfini.
Salma Hayek
won an Emmy for her directorial debut, "The Maldonado Miracle" (which she also produced), which aired on Showtime and originally premiered at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival, starring Peter Fonda, Mare Winningham and Ruben Blades.
Salma Hayek
's most recent directorial project was a music video for Prince's single, "Te Amo Corazon," which premiered in January 2006.
Salma Hayek
appeared in
Brett Ratner's "After the Sunset" with Pierce Brosnan and Woody Harrelson, starred opposite Antonio Banderas and
Johnny Depp in Robert Rodriguez's "Once Upon a Time in Mexico, " and also starred in Rodriguez's "Desperado" and from "Dusk Till Dawn" (written by Quentin Tarantino). Additional films credits for
Salma Hayek
include Mike Figgis' "Hotel" and "Timecode," Kevin Smith's "Dogma," "Fools Rush In," opposite
Matthew Perry, and "Breaking Up," opposite Russell Crowe.
In 2001
Salma Hayek
starred in and co-produced Showtime's "In the Time of the Butterflies," for which she was nominated for a Broadcast Film Critics Association's Award. Also produced by
Salma Hayek
's Ventanarosa was the Mexican feature, "No One Writes to the Colonel," directed by Arturo Ripstein and based on the novel by Gabriel García Márquez. "No One Writes to the Colonel" was selected for official competition at the 1999 Cannes Film Festival.
Born and raised in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico,
Salma Hayek
studied International Relations in college in Mexico. Mexican film credits include "Midaq Alley," based on a novel by Nobel Prize winner Naguib Mafouz.
Salma Hayek
has dedicated much of her time to social activism.
Salma Hayek
serves as the spokesperson for the Avon Foundation's Speak Out Against Domestic Violence program, which focuses on domestic violence education, awareness and prevention, as well as support for victims. Last year she spoke in front the U.S. Senate, encouraging its members to extend the Violence Against Women Act. This January the legislation was passed, ensuring that $3.9 billion will be allocated to thousands of domestic violence crisis and intervention agencies throughout the U.S. In April of 2005,
Salma Hayek
visited the Artic Circle for the celebration of Earth Day, in an effort to bring attention to the dangers that global warming poses to the lives of Inuit people and the rest of the world. In November 2005,
Salma Hayek
served as co-host -- alongside Julianne Moore -- at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, which honored Nobel laureate Mohamed el-Baradei and the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency.
Salma Hayek
is also part of the One campaign that singer and activist Bono created, as well as a member of Global Green and Youth Aids.
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