Salma Hayek Pictures
Actress and producer Salma Hayek was born Salma Hayek Jim nez on September 2, 1966, in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico. Her father is of Lebanese descent and her Spanish mother is an opera singer. Salma Hayek grew up in a privileged family of devout Catholics. At age twelve, she was sent to the United States, where she attended the Academy of the Sacred Heart, Grand Coteau, in Louisiana. Salma Hayek left the school to return to Mexico for a short period of time, but was soon sent back to the United States to live with her aunt in Houston, Texas. Salma Hayek finished high school in Texas and then returned to Mexico when she was seventeen to attend college, majoring in International Relations. To her parents dismay, Salma decided to drop out of college to pursue a career in acting.In 1989, at age twenty-three, Salma was cast in the lead role of a popular Mexican soap opera, Teresa. With her star on the rise in her native Mexico, Salma Hayek then landed a role in El Callej n de los M...