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4	->''"How I would describe my characters is absolutely different from how I would describe myself."''
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6	Salma Hayek Pinault (born Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez; September 2, 1966 in Coatzacoalcos, UsefulNotes/{{Mexico}}) is a Mexican-American actress, producer and director of Spanish and Lebanese ancestry.
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8	She is best known for her roles in such movies as ''Film/{{Desperado}}'', ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn'', ''Film/{{Dogma}}'', ''Film/{{Frida}}'' (for which she received an MediaNotes/AcademyAward nomination for Best Actress), ''Film/{{Bandidas}}'', and ''[[Literature/TheSagaOfDarrenShan Cirque Du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant]]''. She also had a recurring role on ''Series/ThirtyRock'' as one of Jack Donaghy's girlfriends. In 2004 she earned a Daytime MediaNotes/EmmyAward for directing the Creator/{{Showtime}} TV movie ''The Maldonado Miracle''.
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10	She is married to French businessman François-Henri Pinault, and they have one daughter, Valentina, born in 2007.
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13	!!Salma Hayek's Films with Pages on this Wiki:
14	* ''Series/StreetJustice'' (1992) as Andrea
15	* ''Series/DreamOn'' (1992) as Carmella
16	* ''Series/{{Nurses\|1991}}'' (1992) as Yolanda Cuervas
17	* ''Film/MiVidaLoca'' (1993) as Gata
18	* ''Film/{{Roadracers}}'' (1994) as Donna
19	* ''Film/MidaqAlley'' (1995) as Alma
20	* ''Film/{{Desperado}}'' (1995) as Carolina
21	** ''Film/OnceUponATimeInMexico'' (2003)
22	* ''Film/FourRooms'' (1995) as TV Dancing Girl
23	* ''Film/{{Fair Game\|1995}}'' (1995) as Rita
24	* ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn'' (1996) as Santanico Pandemonium
25	* ''Film/{{Fled}}'' (1996) as Cora
26	* ''Film/FoolsRushIn'' (1997) as Isabel Fuentes
27	* ''Film/TheHunchback'' (1997) as Esmeralda
28	* ''Film/FiftyFour'' (1998) as Anita Randazzo
29	* ''Film/TheFaculty'' (1998) as Nurse Rosa Harper
30	* ''Film/{{Dogma}}'' (1999) as Serendipity
31	* ''Film/WildWildWest'' (1999) as Rita Escobar
32	* ''Series/{{Action}}'' (1999) as herself
33	* ''Film/{{Traffic\|2000}}'' (2000) as Rosario (uncredited)
34	* ''Literature/InTheTimeOfTheButterflies'' (2001) as Minerva Mirabal
35	* ''Film/{{Frida}}'' (2002) as Creator/FridaKahlo
36	* ''Film/SpyKids3DGameOver'' (2003) as Francesca Giggles
37	* ''Film/AfterTheSunset'' (2004) as Lola Cirillo
38	* ''Film/{{Bandidas}}'' (2006) as Sara Sandoval
39	* ''Film/LonelyHearts'' (2006) as Martha Beck
40	* ''Series/UglyBetty'' (2006-2007) as Sofia Reyes
41	* ''Film/{{Across the Universe\|2007}}'' (2007) as Bang Bang Shoot Shoot Nurses
42	* ''Series/ThirtyRock'' (2009, 2013) as Elisa Padriera
43	* ''[[Literature/TheSagaOfDarrenShan Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant]]'' (2009) as Madame Truska
44	* The ''Film/GrownUps'' series (2010, 2013) as Roxanne Chase-Feder
45	* ''WesternAnimation/{{Puss in Boots\|2011}}'' (2011) as Kitty Softpaws (voice)
46	** ''WesternAnimation/PussInBootsTheLastWish'' (2022)
47	* ''WesternAnimation/ThePiratesInAnAdventureWithScientists'' (2012) as Cutlass Liz (voice)
48	* ''Film/{{Savages}}'' (2012) as Elena "La Reina" Sánchez
49	* ''Film/HereComesTheBoom'' (2012) as Bella Flores
50	* ''Film/MuppetsMostWanted'' (2014) as herself
51	* ''WesternAnimation/TheProphet'' (2014) as Kamila (voice)
52	* ''Film/{{Everly}}'' (2014) as Everly
53	* ''Film/TaleOfTales'' (2015) as Queen of Longtrellis
54	* ''WesternAnimation/SausageParty'' (2016) as Teresa del Taco (voice)
55	* ''Film/HowToBeALatinLover'' (2017) as Sara
56	* ''Film/TheHitmansBodyguard'' (2017) as Sonia Kincaid
57	** ''Film/TheHitmansWifesBodyguard'' (2021)
58	* ''Film/{{Bliss\|2021}}'' (2021) as Isabel Clemens
59	* ''Film/{{Eternals}}'' (2021) as Ajak
60	* ''Film/HouseOfGucci'' (2021) as Giuseppina "Pina" Auriemma
61	* ''Film/MagicMikesLastDance'' (2023) as Maxandra Mendoza
62	* ''Series/BlackMirror'' (2023) as herself
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64	!!Tropes Associated with Salma Hayek's roles:
65	* AbilityOverAppearance: Satanico Pandemonium in ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn'' was written as a white woman called Blonde Death. On seeing ''Desperado'', Quentin Tarantino changed the character to a Latina so that Salma could play it.
66	* ActionGirl: She [[PintSizedPowerhouse owns multiple men twice her size]] in the few scenes she has in ''Film/TheHitmansBodyguard''.
67	* AwesomeDearBoy: She took a role in ''Tale of Tales'' because she saw it as the only chance to play a Queen in her career.
68	--> "I'm Mexican. The closest thing I've ever gotten is playing the queen of a drug cartel."
69	* BeautyInversion:
70	** For ''{{Film/Frida}}'', she grew out a monobrow to match the real Frida Kahlo.
71	** Kind of in ''Cirque du Freak'', where she plays a Circus performer that can grow a beard by magic, but is otherwise very beautiful.
72	* BuxomBeautyStandard: How Liz Lemon evaluates Jack's girlfriend Elisa (Hayek) on ''Series/ThirtyRock''.
73	-->'''Liz:''' If I had knockers like that, I'd be thanking God too.
74	* TheCameo:
75	** She pops up in the film adaptation of ''Film/Traffic2000'', and in ''Film/AcrossTheUniverse2007''.
76	** She also shows up in ''Film/MuppetsMostWanted'', playing StraightMan to Gonzo and his "indoor running of the bulls." Much to her chagrin.
77	* FakeNationality:
78	** In the movie version of ''In the Time of the Butterflies'', she plays Minerva Mirabal, a Dominican revolutionary.
79	** In ''Series/ThirtyRock'', she plays the Puerto Rican nurse Elisa Pedrera.
80	* IncurableCoughOfDeath: ''Ask the Dust'' has her character die of TB.
81	* MissingEpisode: ''Follow Me Home'', filmed in 1996, still looking for a distributor.
82	* MsFanservice: In many of her films, even when sporting the unibrow in ''Film/{{Frida}}'' and just as often poking fun/using her beauty to get ahead, i.e. Serendipity charming idiots into overtipping her during her striptease in ''Film/{{Dogma}}''. The main film which does not emphasize fanservice from her at all is the brutal and violent ''Film/{{Everly}}''.
83	* ProductionPosse: She's been directed by Robert Rodriguez in ''{{Film/Desperado}}'', ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn'', ''Film/TheFaculty'', ''Film/OnceUponATimeInMexico'', ''Film/SpyKids 3-D: Game Over'', and the Showtime movie ''Roadracers''.
84	* PlayingAgainstType:
85	** Salma once played a mild mannered school nurse in ''Film/TheFaculty'', who spent most of her screen time in a modest white coat and suffering from a cold.
86	** It was unusual to see her cast as TheMuse Serendipity in ''{{Film/Dogma}}''.
87	* SpicyLatina: One of the most iconic examples. Watch her performances in ''Film/FoolsRushIn'' and ''The Hitman's Bodyguard'' for the most prevalent examples. ''Dogma'' is a downplayed example, due to her character being more along the lines of TheSmartGuy and thus cooler-headed.
88	* StarMakingRole: ''{{Film/Desperado}}'' put her on the map in the 90s (Hollywood-wise, she had been a minor star in Mexico beforehand). One could also argue that ''{{Film/Frida}}'' helped her be respected as an actress.
89	* SurprisePregnancy: Her character in ''Fools Rush In'' gets one in a one-night stand with Matthew Perry's character.
90	* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
91	** The studio wanted Creator/CameronDiaz for the role of Carolina in ''Desperado'', although Salma was who Robert Rodriguez really wanted. Sony made her audition multiple times just to prove her talent, as she was unknown in Hollywood, and she won the part.
92	** She was really keen to be in a 1993 adaptation of ''Literature/TheHouseOfSpirits'' but was even denied an audition.
93	--> "They were not hiring Latinos for Latino roles. They were not hiring Latinos period — unless it was the maid or the prostitute. And that part was not a maid or a prostitute.”
94	** She was the first choice for the eponymous role in ''{{Film/Selena}}''. She turned it down, saying it was too soon after the real Selena's death, and she would be too overcome to play it. The role went to Music/JenniferLopez and became her breakout. The opposite would happen with ''Film/WildWildWest'', where Salma got a role previously offered to Jennifer Lopez.
95	** She was in the running for the role of Alicia Larde in ''Film/ABeautifulMind'', as the real woman was from El Salvador. They gave the character a RaceLift to be played by Jennifer Connelly instead.
96	* YouCanLeaveYourHatOn: In ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn'', and also in ''Film/{{Dogma}}''.

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