Name: Salma HayekBirth name: Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez
Date of birth: September 2, 1966
Birthplace: Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico
Occupation: Actress/producer
Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez was born on September 2, 1966. She is a Mexican and American actress, director, and television and film producer. Hayek has appeared in more than 30 films and performed as an actress outside of Hollywood in Mexico and Spain. Hayek's charitable work includes increasing awareness on violence against women and discrimination against immigrants. Hayek is the first Mexican national to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. She is one of the most prominent Mexican figures in Hollywood since silent film actress Dolores del Rio. She is also, after Fernanda Montenegro, the second of three Latin American actresses (the other being Catalina Sandino Moreno) to achieve a Best Actress Oscar nominatio
