
Salma Hayek
Highest Rated: 86% Puss in Boots (2011)
Lowest Rated: 0% Drunk Parents (2019)
Birthday: Sep 02, 1966
Birthplace: Coatzacoalcos, Mexico
Salma Hayek first hit stateside cineplexes as the border town bookseller who romances Antonio Banderas' vengeful "mariachi" in "Desperado" (1995). A favorite of the film's renegade writer-director Robert Rodriguez, the former telenovela star from Mexico gained a foothold in the American movie business in independent film and as a favorite on men's magazines "Sexiest" lists. Spokesmodel work for cosmetics companies further banked on her hourglass figure and smoldering on-screen charisma, but Hayek proved to have far bigger ambitions than to be another piece of Hollywood eye candy. Among her biggest box office hits was a leading role in the Will Smith summer blockbuster "Wild Wild West" (1999), though her most acclaimed performance was her Academy Award-nominated starring role as Mexican painter Frida Kahlo in "Frida" (2002), which Hayek, as producer, worked for years to bring to the big screen. She went on to earn significant respect for executive producing the ABC comedy "Ugly Betty" (2006-10), which she helped adapt from its original format as a daily Columbian soap, and earned a Daytime Emmy for directing the family film "The Maldonado Miracle" (2003) for Showtime. Hayek valiantly tried to translate both her looks and intelligence into worthy film roles with varying degrees of success. However, it was her instincts as producer and director which earned consistent accolades. As her career matured into the 2010s, Hayek worked consistently, moving easily between voice work in animated features, acclaimed indies like "Beatriz at Dinner" (2017), comedies like "Grown Ups" (2010), and popcorn thrillers like "The Hitman's Bodyguard" (2017).
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Highest Rated Movies
Filmography
Movies
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Eternals | Ajak (Character) | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Hitman's Bodyguard 2 | Sonia Kincaid (Character) | - | 2021 |
28% | 42% | Bliss | Isabel (Character) | - | 2021 |
43% | 27% | The Roads Not Taken | Dolores (Character) | $3.3K | 2020 |
21% | 65% | Like a Boss | Claire Luna (Character) | $22.1M | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | This Is Cristina | Executive Producer | - | 2019 |
0% | 16% | Drunk Parents | Nancy Teagarten (Character) | - | 2019 |
57% | 47% | The Hummingbird Project | Eva Torres (Character) | $371.8K | 2018 |
39% | 61% | How to Be a Latin Lover | Sara (Character) | $32.1M | 2017 |
75% | 53% | Beatriz at Dinner | Beatriz (Character) | $7.1M | 2017 |
43% | 67% | The Hitman's Bodyguard | Sonia Kincaid (Character) | $75.4M | 2017 |
82% | 50% | Sausage Party | Teresa (Voice) | $97.7M | 2016 |
31% | 45% | Septembers of Shiraz |
Farnez (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2015 |
83% | 56% | Tale of Tales | Queen of Longtrellis (Character) | $92.1K | 2015 |
80% | 58% | Muppets Most Wanted | Self | $51.2M | 2014 |
29% | 29% | Everly | Everly (Character) | - | 2014 |
66% | 76% | Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet |
Kamila (Voice), Producer |
$298.4K | 2014 |
6% | 30% | Some Kind of Beautiful | Olivia (Character) | - | 2014 |
8% | 53% | Grown Ups 2 | Roxanne Chase-Feder (Character) | $133.7M | 2013 |
No Score Yet | 71% | The Pirates! Band of Misfits | Cutlass Liz (Voice) | $375.9K | 2012 |
50% | 54% | Savages | Elena (Character) | $47.3M | 2012 |
41% | 65% | Here Comes the Boom | Bella Flores (Character) | $45.3M | 2012 |
38% | 48% | As Luck Would Have It | Luisa (Character) | - | 2011 |
86% | 67% | Puss in Boots | Kitty Softpaws (Voice) | $149.2M | 2011 |
53% | 27% | Americano | Lola (Character) | - | 2011 |
11% | 62% | Grown Ups | Roxanne Chase-Feder (Character) | $162M | 2010 |
38% | 42% | Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | Madame Truska (Character) | $13.8M | 2009 |
53% | 82% | Across the Universe | Singing Nurse (Character) | $24.3M | 2007 |
47% | 49% | Lonely Hearts | Martha Beck (Character) | $187.4K | 2006 |
56% | 43% | Bandidas | Sara Sandoval (Character) | - | 2006 |
35% | 41% | Ask the Dust | Camilla (Character) | $742.6K | 2006 |
18% | 52% | After the Sunset | Lola Cirillo (Character) | $28.3M | 2004 |
No Score Yet | 80% | Until the Violence Stops | Unknown (Character) | - | 2003 |
66% | 64% | Once Upon a Time in Mexico | Carolina (Character) | $55.8M | 2003 |
No Score Yet | 73% | The Maldonado Miracle |
Director, Executive Producer |
- | 2003 |
45% | 25% | Spy Kids 3: Game Over | Francesca Giggles (Character) | $111.8M | 2003 |
75% | 85% | Frida |
Frida Kahlo (Character), Producer |
$25.8M | 2002 |
41% | 31% | Hotel | Charlee Boux (Character) | $28.8K | 2001 |
No Score Yet | 44% | Chain of Fools | Kolko (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet | 77% | In the Time of the Butterflies |
Minerva (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2001 |
No Score Yet | 45% | Living It Up | Lola (Character) | - | 2000 |
68% | 48% | Timecode | Rose (Character) | $945K | 2000 |
No Score Yet | 50% | Forever Hollywood | Self | - | 1999 |
17% | 28% | Wild Wild West | Rita Escobar (Character) | $113.8M | 1999 |
No Score Yet | 63% | No One Writes to the Colonel | Julia (Character) | - | 1999 |
67% | 85% | Dogma | Serendipity (Character) | $30.7M | 1999 |
22% | 52% | The Velocity of Gary | Mary Carmen (Character) | - | 1998 |
16% | 43% | 54 | Anita Randazzo (Character) | $16.6M | 1998 |
52% | 55% | The Faculty | Nurse Rosa Harper (Character) | $40.1M | 1998 |
No Score Yet | 29% | The Hunchback | Esmeralda (Character) | - | 1997 |
32% | 64% | Fools Rush In | Isabel Fuentes (Character) | $29.3M | 1997 |
67% | 62% | Who the Hell Is Juliette? | Self | - | 1997 |
No Score Yet | 40% | Breaking Up | Monica (Character) | - | 1997 |
62% | 76% | From Dusk Till Dawn | Santanico Pandemonium (Character) | $24.4M | 1996 |
18% | 23% | Fled | Cora (Character) | $17.2M | 1996 |
No Score Yet | 85% | Callejon De Los Milagros | Unknown (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet | 76% | Miracle Alley | Alma (Character) | - | 1995 |
64% | 79% | Desperado | Carolina (Character) | $24.9M | 1995 |
12% | 14% | Fair Game | Hayek (Character) | $11.2M | 1995 |
No Score Yet | 68% | Roadracers | Donna (Character) | - | 1994 |
71% | 87% | Mi Vida Loca | Gata (Character) | $3M | 1993 |
TV
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No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Access Hollywood | Guest | 2021 2017 |
No Score Yet | 34% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2021 2016-2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Today 3rd Hour | Guest | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 35% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2021 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Extra | Guest | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Today With Hoda & Jenna | Guest | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Strahan & Sara | Guest | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Dish Nation | Guest | 2020 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Entertainment Tonight Canada | Guest | 2020 |
No Score Yet | 49% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2020 2017 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Good Morning America | Guest | 2020 2017 2015 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | etalk | Guest | 2019 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Daily Blast Live | Guest | 2019 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | CBS News Sunday Morning | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Oprah at the Apollo | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Variety Studio: Actors on Actors | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2015-2017 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Live with Kelly and Ryan | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Charlie Rose | Guest | 2017 2012 |
41% | 61% | Chelsea | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2017 2015 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daily Show With Trevor Noah | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Graham Norton Show | Guest | 2016-2017 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The View | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Guest | 2017 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Insider | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Live! With Kelly and Michael | Guest | 2015 2012-2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Today | Guest | 2015 2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Made in Hollywood | Guest | 2013 2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Katie | Guest | 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Jimmy Fallon |
Unknown (Character), Guest |
2010-2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachael Ray | Guest | 2013 2011 2009 |
78% | 93% | 30 Rock | Elisa Padriera (Guest Star) | 2013 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wendy Williams Show | Guest | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | LIVE with Kelly | Guest | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Entertainers: With Byron Allen | Guest | 2011-2012 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Live With Regis and Kelly | Guest | 2010-2011 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | ES.TV | Guest | 2009-2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lopez Tonight | Guest | 2010 |
97% | 86% | Ugly Betty |
Nurse in Telenovela (Guest Star), Executive Producer |
2006-2010 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Kickin' It: With Byron Allen | Guest | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nightline | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Conan O'Brien | Guest | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Oprah Winfrey Show | Guest | 2008 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Saturday Night Live | Host | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nurses | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1992 |
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