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Salma Hayek


Salma Hayek

Salma Hayek-Jiménez (born September 2, 1966) is a Mexican actress. After starring in Mexican television shows, she came to Hollywood and spent a few years in bit parts, then made her name in Robert Rodriguez' Desperado.

Hayek completed work on her own film Frida (an account of the life of Frida Kahlo), in which she played the lead character and was also was the producer. She was engaged to colleague Edward Norton.

Hayek was born in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico. Some sources quote her birth date as September 2, 1968.

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