Salma Hayek
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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Salma Hayek
Filmography
Movies
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33% | No Score Yet | Without Blood | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
48% |
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Magic Mike's Last Dance | Maxandra Mendoza (Character) | $26.0M | 2023 |
95% |
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Puss in Boots: The Last Wish | Kitty Softpaws (Voice) | $185.5M | 2022 |
62% |
|
House of Gucci | Pina Auriemma (Character) | $53.8M | 2021 |
47% |
|
Eternals | Ajak (Character) | $164.9M | 2021 |
25% |
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The Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard | Sonia Kincaid (Character) | $38.0M | 2021 |
27% |
|
Bliss | Isabel (Character) | - | 2021 |
43% |
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The Roads Not Taken | Dolores (Character) | $3.3K | 2020 |
22% |
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Like a Boss | Claire Luna (Character) | $22.1M | 2020 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | This Is Cristina | Executive Producer | - | 2019 |
0% |
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Drunk Parents | Nancy Teagarten (Character) | - | 2019 |
57% |
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The Hummingbird Project | Eva Torres (Character) | $371.8K | 2018 |
44% |
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The Hitman's Bodyguard | Sonia Kincaid (Character) | $75.4M | 2017 |
75% |
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Beatriz at Dinner | Beatriz (Character) | $7.1M | 2017 |
40% |
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How to Be a Latin Lover | Sara (Character) | $32.1M | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | 11th Hour | Maria José (Character) | - | 2017 |
82% |
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Sausage Party | Teresa (Voice) | $97.7M | 2016 |
31% |
|
Septembers of Shiraz |
Farnez (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2015 |
84% |
|
Tale of Tales | Queen of Longtrellis (Character) | $92.1K | 2015 |
6% |
|
Some Kind of Beautiful | Olivia (Character) | - | 2014 |
65% |
|
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet |
Kamila (Voice), Producer |
$298.4K | 2014 |
29% |
|
Everly | Everly (Character) | - | 2014 |
80% |
|
Muppets Most Wanted | Self | $51.2M | 2014 |
80% |
|
Girl Rising | Narrator | - | 2013 |
8% |
|
Grown Ups 2 | Roxanne Chase-Feder (Character) | $133.7M | 2013 |
41% |
|
Here Comes the Boom | Bella Flores (Character) | $45.3M | 2012 |
50% |
|
Savages | Elena (Character) | $47.3M | 2012 |
87% |
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The Pirates! Band of Misfits | Cutlass Liz (Voice) | $375.9K | 2012 |
38% |
|
As Luck Would Have It | Luisa (Character) | - | 2011 |
50% |
|
Americano | Lola (Character) | - | 2011 |
86% |
|
Puss in Boots | Kitty Softpaws (Voice) | $149.2M | 2011 |
10% |
|
Grown Ups | Roxanne Chase-Feder (Character) | $162.0M | 2010 |
37% |
|
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant | Madame Truska (Character) | $13.8M | 2009 |
53% |
|
Across the Universe | Singing Nurse (Character) | $24.3M | 2007 |
36% |
|
Ask the Dust | Camilla (Character) | $742.6K | 2006 |
48% |
|
Lonely Hearts | Martha Beck (Character) | $187.4K | 2006 |
56% |
|
Bandidas | Sara Sandoval (Character) | - | 2006 |
18% |
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After the Sunset | Lola Cirillo (Character) | $28.3M | 2004 |
No Score Yet |
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The Maldonado Miracle |
Director, Executive Producer |
- | 2003 |
No Score Yet |
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Until the Violence Stops | Unknown (Character) | - | 2003 |
66% |
|
Once Upon a Time in Mexico | Carolina (Character) | $55.8M | 2003 |
45% |
|
Spy Kids 3: Game Over | Francesca Giggles (Character) | $111.8M | 2003 |
76% |
|
Frida |
Frida Kahlo (Character), Producer |
$25.8M | 2002 |
No Score Yet |
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In the Time of the Butterflies |
Minerva (Character), Executive Producer |
- | 2001 |
41% |
|
Hotel | Charlee Boux (Character) | $28.8K | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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Chain of Fools | Kolko (Character) | - | 2001 |
No Score Yet |
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Living It Up | Lola (Character) | - | 2000 |
68% |
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Timecode | Rose (Character) | $945.0K | 2000 |
No Score Yet |
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No One Writes to the Colonel | Julia (Character) | - | 1999 |
68% |
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Dogma | Serendipity (Character) | $30.7M | 1999 |
16% |
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Wild Wild West | Rita Escobar (Character) | $113.8M | 1999 |
No Score Yet |
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Forever Hollywood | Self | - | 1999 |
15% |
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54 | Anita Randazzo (Character) | $16.6M | 1998 |
58% |
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The Faculty | Nurse Rosa Harper (Character) | $40.1M | 1998 |
22% |
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The Velocity of Gary | Mary Carmen (Character) | - | 1998 |
No Score Yet |
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The Hunchback | Esmeralda (Character) | - | 1997 |
20% |
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Breaking Up | Monica (Character) | - | 1997 |
67% |
|
Who the Hell Is Juliette? | Self | - | 1997 |
31% |
|
Fools Rush In | Isabel Fuentes (Character) | $29.3M | 1997 |
18% |
|
Fled | Cora (Character) | $17.2M | 1996 |
63% |
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From Dusk Till Dawn | Santanico Pandemonium (Character) | $24.4M | 1996 |
12% |
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Fair Game | Hayek (Character) | $11.2M | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Miracle Alley | Alma (Character) | - | 1995 |
70% |
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Desperado | Carolina (Character) | $24.9M | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Callejon De Los Milagros | Unknown (Character) | - | 1995 |
No Score Yet |
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Roadracers | Donna (Character) | - | 1994 |
74% |
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Mi Vida Loca | Gata (Character) | $3.0M | 1993 |
TV
Credit | ||||
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No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2015 2017 2020-2022 2024 |
83% | 80% | Black Mirror |
TV Joan / |
2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Talk | Guest | 2015 2017 2023 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Graham Norton Show | Guest | 2011 2016-2017 2019 2021 2023 |
No Score Yet | 55% | The Kelly Clarkson Show | Guest | 2021 2023 |
No Score Yet | 42% | Jimmy Kimmel Live! | Guest | 2009 2015-2017 2021 2023 |
No Score Yet | 18% | The Late Late Show With James Corden | Guest | 2016-2017 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Ellen DeGeneres Show | Guest | 2013 2017 2021 |
No Score Yet | 61% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 28% | The Drew Barrymore Show | Guest | 2021 |
No Score Yet | 50% | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Guest | 2017 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen | Guest | 2020 |
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 |
41% | 61% | Chelsea | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Daily Show | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | 12% | The View | Guest | 2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Celebrated | Self | 2015 |
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 | 2009 2011 2013 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Wendy Williams Show | Guest | 2012 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lopez Tonight | Guest | 2010 |
97% | 83% | Ugly Betty |
Nurse in Telenovela (Guest Star), Executive Producer |
2006-2010 |
78% | 92% | 30 Rock | Elisa Padriera (Guest Star) | 2009 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Late Night With Conan O'Brien | Guest | 2009 |
No Score Yet | 57% | Saturday Night Live | Host | 2003 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Nurses | Unknown (Guest Star) | 1992 |