Salma Hayek Career
Salma Hayek : Salma Hayek's Career
Despite
limited fluency in English, Salma Hayek moved to Los Angeles,
California, in 1991 to study acting under Stella Adler with the hopes of
starting a career in Hollywood. Robert Rodriguez and his producer wife
Elizabeth Avellan soon gave Salma Hayek the break she needed, starring
opposite Antonio Banderas in 1995's Desperado. This movie brought Salma
Hayek to Hollywood's attention, as moviegoers proved to be as dazzled
with Salma Hayek as Rodriguez had been.
Salma Hayek followed her success in Desperado with a brief but memorable
role in From Dusk Till Dawn. In 1999 Salma Hayek co-starred in Will
Smith's big-budget Wild Wild West and played a supporting role in Kevin
Smith's Dogma. In 2000 Salma Hayek had an uncredited acting part
opposite Benicio Del Toro in Traffic.
Around this time Salma Hayek founded production company Ventanarosa
through which she produces film and television projects. Her first
feature as a producer was 1999's El Colonel No Tiene Quien le Escriba
which was Mexico's official selection for submission for Best Foreign
Film at the Oscars.
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Frida, co-produced by Salma
Hayek, was released in 2002. Starring Hayek as Frida Kahlo, and Alfred
Molina as her unfaithful husband, Diego Rivera, the film also featured
an entourage of stars in supporting roles, including Antonio Banderas,
Ashley Judd, Geoffrey Rush, Edward Norton and Valeria Golino and was
directed by Julie Taymor. Salma Hayek earned a Best Actress Academy
Award nomination for her performance.
In 2003 Salma Hayek reprised her role from Desperado by appearing in the
final film of the Mariachi Trilogy, Once Upon a Time in Mexico.
In that same year Salma Hayek produced and directed the The Maldonado
Miracle, a Showtime movie which won her a Daytime Emmy Award for
Outstanding Directing in a Children/Youth/Family Special.
In December 2005 Salma Hayek directed a music video for Prince, titled
"Te Amo Corazon" ("I love you, sweetheart") that featured Mia Maestro,
with whom Salma Hayek is good friends.
Salma Hayek is an executive
producer of Ugly Betty, television series airing in the United States
since September 2006. Salma Hayek adapted the series for American
television with Ben Silverman, who acquired the rights and scripts from
the Colombian Telenovela Yo Soy Betty La Fea in 2001. Originally
intended as a half hour sitcom for NBC in 2004, the project would later
be picked up by ABC for the 2006-2007 season with Silvio Horta also
producing. The show quickly became a ratings hit. Salma Hayek
guest-starred on "Ugly Betty" as Sofia Reyes, a magazine editor who
seduced and deceived Daniel Meade and in the process betrayed Betty
Suarez; Salma Hayek also had a cameo playing an actress in the
telenovela within the show. In 2007 the series won a Golden Globe Award
for Best Comedy Series.
Salma Hayek has been a spokesperson for Avon Products, Inc. since 2004.
Salma Hayek modeled for Chopard in 2001. Was featured in 2006 Campari
adverts.