Mexican–American actress and producer Salma Hayek rose to fame with her role as Frida Kahlo in the movie ‘Frida’ (2002). She won a Daytime Emmy Award for directing the movie ‘The Maldonado Miracle’ (2004). Salma started her career with the Mexican telenovela ‘Teresa’ in 1989 and went on to star in ‘El Callejon de los Milagros,’ which won the maximum number of awards in Mexican cinema.
Her Hollywood successes include ‘Desperado’ (1995), ‘From Dusk till Dawn’ (1996), ‘Wild Wild West’ (1999), and ‘Lonely Hearts’ (2006). She founded the ‘Ventanarosa Production Company that produced the hit ‘El Coronel No Tiene Quien Le Escriba’ (1999). She has appeared in a number of television serials including ‘The Hunchback’ (1997) and ‘Ugly Betty’ (2006 – 10).
Her performance in ‘Some Kind of Beautiful’ (2015) and ‘Grown Ups 2’ (2013) did not get positive reviews. ‘Traffic’ (2000) is one of her highest rated movies.
Salma is recognised by her seductive deep voice and is often seen as the strong – willed independent woman in her roles. She was chosen as one of the 50 most beautiful women by the US magazine ‘People’ and has been a member of the jury at the Cannes Festival.