Where is Salma Hayek from?
SALMA Hayek is an award-winning actress who most recently starred in the film House of Gucci.
The House of Gucci actress starred in the film alongside Lady Gaga and Jared Leto.
Where is Salma Hayek from?
Salma Hayek Pinault, known professionally as Salma Hayek, was born on September 2, 1966, in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico.
Her parents are Sami Hayek Dominguez and her mother Diana Jiménez Medina.
According to Hello Magazine, the 55-year-old actress came to the US in her preteen years.
The outlet also reported that at 12 years old, she attended a Catholic school in Texas.
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Although Celebrity Net Worth reports that her family sent her to the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau, Louisiana.
She later attended college in Mexico at Universidad Iberoamericana where she studied political science.
In 1989, Hayek found success in the entertainment industry starring in the soap opera Teresa.
This was her second-ever TV role, playing Teresa, and made her a national superstar overnight.
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Hayek later found success in the US, she is widely known for the biopic Frida which premiered in 2002 about the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.
She studied at the famous acting school the Stella Adler Studio of Acting in Los Angeles.
What is Salma Hayek’s net worth?
Having had a lucrative career in the film industry, Hayek has generated a massive fortune.
Celebrity Net Worth reports that her estimated net worth is a total of $200million.
Recently in 2021, she starred as Giuseppina “Pina” Auriemma in the film House of Gucci.
Some of her earlier work includes Fools Rush In which premiered in 1997.
Fools Rush In stars Hayek alongside Friends actor Matthew Perry.
She has also appeared in the movies Grown Ups, Desperado, Wild Wild West, and Bliss.
Is Salma Hayek married?
In 2009 Hayek married the billionaire Francois-Henri Pinault.
Francois is the honorary CEO and chairman of Kering, which owns luxury fashion brands Yves Saint Laurent, Alexander McQueen, and Gucci.
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The couple has one daughter together, 14-year-old Valentina Paloma Pinault.
Their daughter was born on September 21, 2007, in Los Angeles.
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