Cast & creator
Salma Hayek Pinault
Best known for Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Salma Valgarma Hayek Pinault is a Mexican and American actress and film producer. She began her career in Mexico by starring in the telenovela Teresa (1989–1991) and the romantic drama Midaq Alley (1995). She soon established herself in Hollywood, appearing in films such as Desperado (1995), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), Wild Wild West(1999), and Dogma (1999). Hayek's portrayal of painter Frida Kahlo in the biopic Frida (2002), which she also produced, made her the first Mexican actress nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress. In subsequent years, Hayek focused more on producing while starring in the action-centred pictures Once Upon a Time in Mexico(2003), After the Sunset (2004) and Bandidas(2006). She achieved further commercial success with the comedies Grown Ups (2010), Grown Ups 2 (2013) and The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017). She lent her voice to the animated Puss in Boots(2011), Sausage Party (2016) and Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022). She also earned critical acclaim for her performances in the dramas Tale of Tales (2015), Beatriz at Dinner (2017) and House of Gucci (2021). She played Ajak in the Marvel Cinematic Universe film Eternals (2021), which emerged as her highest-grossing live-action film. Hayek's directing, producing and acting work on television has earned her four Emmy Awards nominations. She won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Children's Special for The Maldonado Miracle (2004). She received two Primetime Emmy Award nominations, one for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series and the other for Outstanding Comedy Series, for her work on the ABC television comedy-drama Ugly Betty (2006–2010). She also produced and played Minerva Mirabal in the Showtime film In the Time of the Butterflies (2001) and guest-starred on the NBC comedy series 30 Rock (2009–2013). As a public figure, Hayek has been cited as one of Hollywood's most powerful and influential Latina actresses and one of the world's most beautiful women by various media outlets. Time magazine named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2023. In 2021, she was honoured with a Hollywood Walk of Fame star. She is married to business magnate François-Henri Pinault, with whom she has a daughter.
Also known as: Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez, Salma del Carmen Hayek Jiménez-Pinault, Salma Valgarma Hayek Pinault
106
film credits
46
television credits
135
1944–2026 · acting roles
6.2
average across scored titles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (152)
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Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Self - Guest
2009
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
2014
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Self
2015
The Kelly Clarkson Show
Self
2019
Late Show with David Letterman
Self - Guest
1993
Saturday Night Live
Self - Host
1975
The Graham Norton Show
Self
2007
The View
Self
1997
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Self - Guest
2015
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Self - Guest
2003
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Self
1988
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
Self - Guest
1993
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
1992
Black Mirror
TV Joan / Salma Hayek Pinault
2011
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Self
2003
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter
1944
30 Rock
Elisa Padriera
2006
The Talk
Self
2010
Hot Ones
Self
2015
Vivement dimanche
Self
1998
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Self
2014
Wetten, dass..?
Self
1981
Ugly Betty
Sofia Reyes
2006Ugly Betty
Executive Producer
2006
GMTV
Self
1993
Punk'd
Self
2003
Bambi
Self
1948
Chelsea
Self
2016
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish
Kitty Softpaws (voice)
2022
Grown Ups
Roxanne Chase-Feder
2010
The Oscars
Self
1953
Dream On
Carmella
1990
Grown Ups 2
Roxanne Chase-Feder
2013
Puss in Boots
Kitty Softpaws (voice)
2011Goldene Kamera
Self
1984
From Dusk Till Dawn
Santanico Pandemonium
1996From Dusk Till Dawn
Choreographer
1996
Sacrifice
Gloria Bracken
2026
Eternals
Ajak
2021
Red Table Talk
Self
2018
Sausage Party
Teresa Taco (voice)
2016
Vivement dimanche prochain
1998
Rebel Highway
Donna
1994
The Hitman's Bodyguard
Sonia Kincaid
2017
House of Gucci
Pina Auriemma
2021
The Faculty
Nurse Harper
1998
Traffic
Rosario (uncredited)
2000
Wild Wild West
Rita Escobar
1999
The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists!
Cutlass Liz (voice)
2012
Desperado
Carolina
1995
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
Sonia Kincaid
2021
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Cesca Giggles
2003Viva el lunes
Self
1995
Like Water for Chocolate
Executive Producer
2024
Fools Rush In
Isabel
1997
Jack's Place
1992
Without Blood
Nina
2025
Once Upon a Time in Mexico
Carolina
2003
Action
Salma Hayek
1999
Magic Mike's Last Dance
Maxandra Mendoza
2023
Here Comes the Boom
Bella Flores
2012
After the Sunset
Lola Cirillo
2004
Dogma
Serendipity
1999
Teresa
Teresa Martínez
1989
Muppets Most Wanted
Salma Hayek
2014
Like a Boss
Claire Luna
2020
Across the Universe
Singing Nurse
2007
Four Rooms
TV Dancing Girl
1995
Tale of Tales
Queen of Longtrellis
2015The Sinbad Show
1993
Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant
Madame Truska
2009
Savages
Elena
2012
Lonely Hearts
Martha Beck
2006
The Hummingbird Project
Eva Torres
2019
Monarca
Executive Producer
2019
54
Anita
1998
Frida
Frida Kahlo
2002Frida
Producer
2002
Some Kind of Beautiful
Olivia
2014
Santa Evita
Executive Producer
2022
Bandidas
Sara Sandoval
2006
How to Be a Latin Lover
Sara
2017
Fair Game
Rita
1995
Drunk Parents
Nancy
2019
Bliss
Isabel Clemens
2021
The Hunchback
Esmeralda
1997
Fled
Cora
1996
Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Eternals
Self - Ajak
2022
Everly
Everly
2015
Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
Kamila (voice)
2014Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet
Producer
2014
The Women of SNL
Adriana (archive footage)
2010
Septembers of Shiraz
Farnez
2015
Welcome to Hollywood
Salma Hayek
2000
Beatriz at Dinner
Beatriz
2017
The Concert for New York City
Self
2001
Forever Hollywood
Self
1999
Nuevo amanecer
Fabiola Ramírez Anthony
1988
Grown Ups 3
Roxanne Chase-Feder
Plankton Salesmen
Self (archive footage)
2017
Ask the Dust
Camilla Lopez
2006
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
Mi Vida Loca
Gata
1994
Midaq Alley
Alma
1995
As Luck Would Have It
Luisa
2011
The Roads Not Taken
Dolores
2020Arena
Arena
Director
Arena
Writer
Arena
Producer
Get Bruce!
Self
1999
Tótem
Executive Producer
2023
America | A Tribute to Heroes
Self
2001Quentin Tarantino: From a Movie Buff to a Hollywood Legend
Self (archive footage)
2021
Breaking Up
Monica
1997
In the Time of the Butterflies
Minerva Mirabal
2001In the Time of the Butterflies
Executive Producer
2001
Timecode
Rose
2000
We Are Cinema
Self (archive footage)
2021
Roadracers
Donna
1994
Sinatra: 80 Years My Way
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1995
A Journey to Sundance
Self
2023
No One Writes to the Colonel
Julia
1999
The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema
2002
The Velocity of Gary
Mary Carmen
1999
Searching for Debra Winger
Self
2002
Follow Me Home
Veronica
1997
Chain of Fools
Kolko
2001
Celia Cruz | ¡Azúcar!
Self
2004
Hotel
Charlee Boux
2001
Wild Wild West: Wardrobes of the West
Self
1999
$ellebrity
Self
2013
El sabor de la Navidad
Producer
2023Happy Birthday Elizabeth: A Celebration of Life
Self
1997
La Folie Disneyland Paris : L'Anniversaire des 25 ans du Parc
Self
2017
¿Quién diablos es Juliette?
Herself
1997
Girl Rising
Narrator - Peru (voice)
2013
Americano
'Lola'
2011Untitled Puss in Boots Sequel
Kitty Softpaws (voice)
Sweet Release
Carmelita
1997It's a Whole New West: The Making of 'Wild, Wild West'
Self - Host
1999
I Saved My Belly Dancer
2016
Movie Money Confidential
Self
2022
Living It Up
Lola
2000
Quiero tu vida
Executive Producer
2023
The Maldonado Miracle
Director
2003
Seesaw Monster
Seesaw Monster
Producer
11th Hour
Maria José
2017
Celebrities Uncensored
Self
2003
This Is Cristina
Executive Producer
2019