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Salma
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*Filmography
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interview on Frida
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Salma Hayek
Born:
Salma Hayek Jiminez, September 2, 1968,
Coatzacoalcos,
Veracruz, Mexico
Height: 5' 2''
Father: Sami Hayek Dominguez,
businessman; Lebanese; ran for mayor of Coatzacoalcos, Mexico,
in 1997
Mother: Diana Hayek, opera singer and talent scout; Mexican
Brother: Sami Hayek
Salma's idea of the sexiest man alive?
Marlon Brando
Current beau? Edward Norton
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This beauty was born
and raised in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico. Her religious parents -- father
of Lebanese descent, mother of Spanish descent -- wanted to ensure
that their daughter would be well-educated, and sent her a Louisiana
boarding school when she was 12. Sent back home for being a prankster
in boarding school, Hayek finished high school and was sent to Houston
to live with her aunt until the age of 17.
Once a college student in Mexico City
majoring in international relations studies, Hayek finally decided
to drop out (to her parents' chagrin) to pursue her childhood dream
of becoming an actress. She started out doing local theater, including
a role as the female lead in Aladdin and His Marvelous Lamp.
Read the full biography.
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*Salma on
TV
"I keep waiting to meet a man
who has more balls than I do."
"I act tall!"
"I have gotten a lot more attention
than...other women that I find incredibly beautiful. And this
has happened to me ever since I was a girl, when I was flat, had
no teeth, was skinny and small as I could be. I always got more
attention than anyone else. If I hadn't, I would have made sure
I did..."
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