---
name: "Salma Hayek"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/salma-hayek-pinault"
fi1m_id: "salma-hayek-pinault"
imdb_id: "nm0000161"
tmdb_id: 3136
wikidata_id: "Q125106"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 September 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 13
average_fi1m_score: 54
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 12
updated: "2026-10-05T12:06:55.762288+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Salma Hayek

## Identity

Salma Hayek

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/salma-hayek-pinault
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** salma-hayek-pinault
- **IMDb ID:** nm0000161
- **TMDB ID:** 3136
- **Wikidata ID:** Q125106
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salma_Hayek, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q125106, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000161/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3136

Actor. Born 2 September 1966 in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 September 1966, Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico
- **Active:** 1995–present
- **Also known as:** Salma Hayek Pinault, Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez, Salma del Carmen Hayek Jiménez-Pinault, Salma Valgarma Hayek Pinault
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 13: 12 acting, 1 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Antonio Banderas](https://film.one/person/antonio-banderas.md), [Robert Rodriguez](https://film.one/person/robert-rodriguez.md), [Angelina Jolie](https://film.one/person/angelina-jolie.md), [Cheech Marin](https://film.one/person/cheech-marin.md)
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination
- **Average Fi1m score:** 54, as actor, over 12 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 58 (3), 2000s 56 (1), 2010s 52 (3), 2020s 58 (6)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 54 to 52 across 12 titles
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 8 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 3 of 11 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 7, Action 6, Adventure 6, Crime 4, Drama 3, Family 2
- **Screen time:** 23 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1,870m across 10 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salma_Hayek, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q125106, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000161/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3136

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Puss in Boots*](https://film.one/film/puss-in-boots.md) (66), [*Magic Mike's Last Dance*](https://film.one/film/magic-mikes-last-dance.md) (52)
- **Disney+:** [*House of Gucci*](https://film.one/film/house-of-gucci.md) (58), [*Eternals*](https://film.one/film/eternals.md) (57)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*From Dusk Till Dawn*](https://film.one/film/from-dusk-till-dawn.md) (75)
- **Tubi:** [*Once Upon a Time in Mexico*](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-mexico.md) (56)
- **Hulu:** [*Wild Wild West*](https://film.one/film/wild-wild-west.md) (34)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Salma Hayek

> Salma Hayek Pinault can make a wealthy woman's impatience funny without softening it. We value that comic sharpness; too many of her roles have settled for presenting her as a spectacle.

In *Magic Mike's Last Dance* (2023), Salma Hayek Pinault plays Maxandra Mendoza as a woman who has had enough of being told no by lawyers. She has money, a theatre and an urge to get her own way, and Hayek Pinault finds the humour in her demands. She is good company in a film we have considerable reservations about. Her arguments with Channing Tatum have more life than the script's talk about art and desire.

The earlier route through Hollywood gave that comic ability less room. Robert Rodriguez's *Desperado* (1995) was the breakthrough, with Hayek Pinault playing Carolina opposite Antonio Banderas. In Rodriguez's *From Dusk Till Dawn* (1996), she was Santanico Pandemonium, whose snake dance made her a spectacle within the film. We found the crime-and-horror mixture worth the evening, though its second half loses some of the first's grip. Her subsequent typecasting in sexy or exotic roles restricted her opportunities to be funny.

*Frida* (2002) marks a useful turn: Hayek Pinault both produced the film and played Frida Kahlo. That producing work matters in a career so often constrained by casting. The later credits include the comedy *Grown Ups* (2010) and the blockbuster *Eternals* (2021), in which she plays Ajak. We would be wary of mistaking that variety for consistently good opportunities.

Steven Soderbergh's opening dance in *Magic Mike's Last Dance* gives us the clearest reason to keep watching. Soderbergh directs, shoots and edits, letting us see Tatum's effort as he lifts and turns her among the furniture. We were absorbed by the dance because we could see the physical work behind it. Hayek Pinault is playing the customer rather than the dancer this time.

The difficulty comes when Reid Carolin's script starts supplying speeches about art, desire and what women want. There is some chemistry between the leads, but the dialogue keeps getting in its way. Hayek Pinault remains funny without being able to make the film move any faster. A comedy that let her spend more time arguing would be welcome.

## Biography

Salma Hayek Pinault is a Mexican and American actress and film producer. She was born on 2 September 1966 in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico. She began her career in Mexico with a starring role in the telenovela *Teresa* (1989–1991) and the film *Midaq Alley* (1995).

She moved to the United States in the early 1990s and gained prominence with her role in *Desperado* (1995). Her portrayal of Frida Kahlo in the 2002 biopic *Frida*, which she also produced, earned her an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress, the first for a Mexican actress in that category. She has appeared in films including *From Dusk till Dawn* (1996), *Wild Wild West* (1999), *Grown Ups* (2010), *The Hitman's Bodyguard* (2017), *Eternals* (2021) and *Magic Mike's Last Dance* (2023), as well as voicing characters in the *Puss in Boots* films.

Hayek Pinault has also produced and directed for television, winning a Daytime Emmy Award for directing *The Maldonado Miracle* (2004). She is married to businessman François-Henri Pinault.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com.*

## On Fi1m (13)

### Performed in (12) — the average rests on these

- *Sacrifice* (2026), Fi1m 52, as Gloria Bracken — [page](https://film.one/film/sacrifice.md)
- *Without Blood* (2025), Fi1m 43, as Nina — [page](https://film.one/film/without-blood.md)
- *Magic Mike's Last Dance* (2023), Fi1m 52, as Maxandra Mendoza — [page](https://film.one/film/magic-mikes-last-dance.md)
- *Eternals* (2021), Fi1m 57, as Ajak — [page](https://film.one/film/eternals.md)
- *House of Gucci* (2021), Fi1m 58, as Pina Auriemma — [page](https://film.one/film/house-of-gucci.md)
- *Muppets Most Wanted* (2014), Fi1m 66, as Salma Hayek — [page](https://film.one/film/muppets-most-wanted.md)
- *Grown Ups 2* (2013), Fi1m 24, as Roxanne Chase-Feder — [page](https://film.one/film/grown-ups-2.md)
- *Puss in Boots* (2011), Fi1m 66, as Kitty Softpaws (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/puss-in-boots.md)
- *Once Upon a Time in Mexico* (2003), Fi1m 56, as Carolina — [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-mexico.md)
- *Dogma* (1999), Fi1m 66, as Serendipity — [page](https://film.one/film/dogma.md)
- *Wild Wild West* (1999), Fi1m 34, as Rita Escobar — [page](https://film.one/film/wild-wild-west.md)
- *From Dusk Till Dawn* (1996), Fi1m 75, as Santanico Pandemonium — [page](https://film.one/film/from-dusk-till-dawn.md)

### Produced (1)

- *Tótem* (2023), Fi1m 85, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/totem.md)

## Complete filmography (92)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Sacrifice* (2026), as Gloria Bracken — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/sacrifice.md)
- *Without Blood* (2025), as Nina — Fi1m 43, [page](https://film.one/film/without-blood.md)
- *Like Water for Chocolate* (2024), series, Executive Producer
- *El sabor de la Navidad* (2023), Producer
- *Tótem* (2023), Executive Producer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/totem.md)
- *Quiero tu vida* (2023), Executive Producer
- *Magic Mike's Last Dance* (2023), as Maxandra Mendoza — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/magic-mikes-last-dance.md)
- *Puss in Boots: The Last Wish* (2022), as Kitty Softpaws (voice)
- *Santa Evita* (2022), series, Executive Producer
- *House of Gucci* (2021), as Pina Auriemma — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/house-of-gucci.md)
- *Eternals* (2021), as Ajak — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/eternals.md)
- *Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard* (2021), as Sonia Kincaid
- *Bliss* (2021), as Isabel Clemens
- *The Roads Not Taken* (2020), as Dolores
- *Like a Boss* (2020), as Claire Luna
- *Monarca* (2019), series, Executive Producer
- *This Is Cristina* (2019), Executive Producer
- *The Hummingbird Project* (2019), as Eva Torres
- *Drunk Parents* (2019), as Nancy
- *11th Hour* (2017), as Maria José
- *The Hitman's Bodyguard* (2017), as Sonia Kincaid
- *Beatriz at Dinner* (2017), as Beatriz
- *How to Be a Latin Lover* (2017), as Sara
- *Sausage Party* (2016), as Teresa Taco (voice)
- *I Saved My Belly Dancer* (2016), Actor
- *Septembers of Shiraz* (2015), as Farnez
- *Tale of Tales* (2015), as Queen of Longtrellis
- *Everly* (2015), as Everly
- *Some Kind of Beautiful* (2014), as Olivia
- *Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet* (2014), as Kamila (voice) · Producer
- *Muppets Most Wanted* (2014), as Salma Hayek — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/muppets-most-wanted.md)
- *Grown Ups 2* (2013), as Roxanne Chase-Feder — Fi1m 24, [page](https://film.one/film/grown-ups-2.md)
- *Girl Rising* (2013), as Narrator - Peru (voice)
- *Here Comes the Boom* (2012), as Bella Flores
- *Savages* (2012), as Elena
- *The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!* (2012), as Cutlass Liz (voice)
- *Black Mirror* (2011), series, as TV Joan / Salma Hayek Pinault — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/black-mirror.md)
- *As Luck Would Have It* (2011), as Luisa
- *Americano* (2011), as 'Lola'
- *Puss in Boots* (2011), as Kitty Softpaws (voice) — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/puss-in-boots.md)
- *The Women of SNL* (2010), as Adriana (archive footage)
- *Grown Ups* (2010), as Roxanne Chase-Feder
- *Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant* (2009), as Madame Truska
- *Across the Universe* (2007), as Singing Nurse
- *30 Rock* (2006), series, as Elisa Padriera — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md)
- *Ugly Betty* (2006), series, as Sofia Reyes · Executive Producer
- *Lonely Hearts* (2006), as Martha Beck
- *Ask the Dust* (2006), as Camilla Lopez
- *Bandidas* (2006), as Sara Sandoval
- *After the Sunset* (2004), as Lola Cirillo
- *Once Upon a Time in Mexico* (2003), as Carolina — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/once-upon-a-time-in-mexico.md)
- *Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over* (2003), as Cesca Giggles
- *The Maldonado Miracle* (2003), Director
- *Frida* (2002), as Frida Kahlo · Producer
- *The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema* (2002), Actor
- *In the Time of the Butterflies* (2001), as Minerva Mirabal · Executive Producer
- *Hotel* (2001), as Charlee Boux
- *Chain of Fools* (2001), as Kolko
- *Traffic* (2000), as Rosario (uncredited) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/traffic.md)
- *Welcome to Hollywood* (2000), as Salma Hayek
- *Living It Up* (2000), as Lola
- *Timecode* (2000), as Rose
- *Dogma* (1999), as Serendipity — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/dogma.md)
- *Action* (1999), series, as Salma Hayek
- *The Velocity of Gary* (1999), as Mary Carmen
- *Wild Wild West* (1999), as Rita Escobar — Fi1m 34, [page](https://film.one/film/wild-wild-west.md)
- *No One Writes to the Colonel* (1999), as Julia
- *The Faculty* (1998), as Nurse Harper
- *54* (1998), as Anita
- *Breaking Up* (1997), as Monica
- *The Hunchback* (1997), as Esmeralda
- *Follow Me Home* (1997), as Veronica
- *Fools Rush In* (1997), as Isabel
- *Sweet Release* (1997), as Carmelita
- *Fled* (1996), as Cora
- *From Dusk Till Dawn* (1996), as Santanico Pandemonium · Choreographer — Fi1m 75, [page](https://film.one/film/from-dusk-till-dawn.md)
- *Four Rooms* (1995), as TV Dancing Girl
- *Fair Game* (1995), as Rita
- *Desperado* (1995), as Carolina
- *Midaq Alley* (1995), as Alma
- *Roadracers* (1994), as Donna
- *Rebel Highway* (1994), series, as Donna
- *Mi Vida Loca* (1994), as Gata
- *The Sinbad Show* (1993), series, Actor
- *Jack's Place* (1992), series, Actor
- *Dream On* (1990), series, as Carmella
- *Teresa* (1989), series, as Teresa Martínez
- *Nuevo amanecer* (1988), series, as Fabiola Ramírez Anthony
- *Seesaw Monster*, as Producer
- *Grown Ups 3*, as Roxanne Chase-Feder
- *Untitled Puss in Boots Sequel*, as Kitty Softpaws (voice)
- *Arena*, Director, Writer, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Salma Hayek](https://film.one/media/person/9201/gallery-5bdb09d48a2e.jpg) Salma Hayek — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/MKr383631_Salma_Hayek_%28Women_In_Motion%2C_Cannes_2025%29_crop.jpg/1280px-MKr383631_Salma_Hayek_%28Women_In_Motion%2C_Cannes_2025%29_crop.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Manifestation pour l'égalité salariale et la parité dans le cinéma, organisée pendant le festival de Cannes (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/9201/gallery-dda0b7ff8f65.jpg) Manifestation pour l'égalité salariale et la parité dans le cinéma, organisée pendant le festival de Cannes (2018) — Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Cannes_2018_11.jpg/1280px-Cannes_2018_11.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Kevin Feige, Chloe Zhao, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Lauren Ridloff, Brian Tyree Henry, Salma Hayek, Lia McHugh, Don Lee and Angelina Jolie speaking at the (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/9201/gallery-9c24f7007336.jpg) Kevin Feige, Chloe Zhao, Richard Madden, Kumail Nanjiani, Lauren Ridloff, Brian Tyree Henry, Salma Hayek, Lia McHugh, Don Lee and Angelina Jolie speaking at the (2019) — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/80/Kevin_Feige%2C_Chloe_Zhao%2C_Richard_Madden%2C_Kumail_Nanjiani%2C_Lauren_Ridloff%2C_Brian_Tyree_Henry%2C_Salma_Hayek%2C_Lia_McHugh%2C_Don_Lee_%26_Angelina_Jolie_%2848462866427%29.jpg/1280px-Kevin_Feige%2C_Chloe_Zhao%2C_Richard_Madden%2C_Kumail_Nanjiani%2C_Lauren_Ridloff%2C_Brian_Tyree_Henry%2C_Salma_Hayek%2C_Lia_McHugh%2C_Don_Lee_%26_Angelina_Jolie_%2848462866427%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Salma Hayek presenting the movie The Roads Not Taken at the Berlinale 2020](https://film.one/media/person/9201/gallery-02934f960e88.jpg) Salma Hayek presenting the movie The Roads Not Taken at the Berlinale 2020 — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/MJK_71666_Salma_Hayek_%28The_Roads_Not_Taken%2C_Berlinale_2020%29.jpg/1280px-MJK_71666_Salma_Hayek_%28The_Roads_Not_Taken%2C_Berlinale_2020%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Salma Hayek](https://film.one/media/person/9201/gallery-f00593b60fa1.jpg) Salma Hayek — Image via TMDB
- ![Salma Hayek](https://film.one/media/person/9201/gallery-87c954f2fe27.jpg) Salma Hayek — Image via TMDB
- ![Salma Hayek](https://film.one/media/person/9201/gallery-01de3c8974c2.jpg) Salma Hayek — Image via TMDB
- ![Salma Hayek presenting the movie The Roads Not Taken at the Berlinale 2020](https://film.one/media/person/9201/gallery-960d2afd1a7a.jpg) Salma Hayek presenting the movie The Roads Not Taken at the Berlinale 2020 — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c2/MJK_71682_Salma_Hayek_%28The_Roads_Not_Taken%2C_Berlinale_2020%29.jpg/1280px-MJK_71682_Salma_Hayek_%28The_Roads_Not_Taken%2C_Berlinale_2020%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Salma Hayek at Women In Motion, 2025 Cannes Film Festival](https://film.one/media/person/9201/gallery-7c639eb91c4b.jpg) Salma Hayek at Women In Motion, 2025 Cannes Film Festival — Martin Kraft, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/MKr383631_Salma_Hayek_%28Women_In_Motion%2C_Cannes_2025%29.jpg/1280px-MKr383631_Salma_Hayek_%28Women_In_Motion%2C_Cannes_2025%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Salma Hayek](https://film.one/media/person/9201/gallery-934e4fcd792f.jpg) Salma Hayek — Image via TMDB
- ![Salma Hayek](https://film.one/media/person/9201/gallery-ef3eb4db41b1.jpg) Salma Hayek — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 2003: Best Actress (nominated), for *Frida*

### Other awards — 2 won

- Lucy Award 2008: Lucy Award (won)
- Great Immigrants Award 2007: Great Immigrants Award (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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