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Salma Hayek: Summary

Recent Role:: on Ugly Betty

Birthday:: 9-2-1966

Birthplace:: Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico

Birth Name:: Salma Hayek-Jimenez

AKA:: Salma Hayek-Jimenez

Born in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico, Salma and her brother, Sami, were raised by their Spanish mother and Lebanese father in a strict Catholic household. Growing up in an oil-rich boomtown, they wanted for nothing. When she was 12 years old, she attended a convent school in New Orleans, Louisiana, but was expelled for unruly behavior and constant practical joking. As a teenager, she...

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30 Rock grabs Salma Hayek
Curvy actress guest starring on NBC comedy; Desperate Housewives, Californication also grab guests.
- 10/03/08 3:51 PM
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Ugly Betty has something to say
Makers of new ABC comedy feel the character is a good role model for the rest of us.
- 07/20/06 12:29 PM
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Salma announced in November 2008 that she was "addicted" to breastfeeding her daughter Valentina. She claims that she can see the benefits of it over bottle feeding despite her daughter being 13 months old at the time.(edit)
During a charity fundraiser hosted by Madonna, Salma paid a reported �175,000 for a private football lesson with David Beckham.(edit)
After a misunderstanding on a British talk show, Salma has been forced to deny rumors that she is a lesbian. The interviewer, Eamonn Holmes, was curious about her name which does not sound Mexican. She replied "I'm half Lebanese", but he misheard her and said "So you're a lesbian?"(edit)
Salma is a spokeswoman for a UNICEF campaign to provide tetanus vaccinations to new mothers and their babies in developing countries.(edit)
In August 2008, a lawsuit was filed against Salma and one of the companies she owns, North Las Palmas (in California), by former employee, Alejandro Artigas. Artigas claims she had "wrongfully sought his removal" as well as "fraud, mismanagement, and/or abuse of authority".(edit)

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The Bottom Line: "One of the all-time greats"
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The Bottom Line: "Gorgeous"
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