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Mexican Birthdate:
09/02/1968 Birthplace:
Coastzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico photos   biography
Salma Hayek first scorched stateside cineplexes as the fiery border town bookseller who romances Antonio Banderas' vengeful "mariachi" in "Desperado" (1995). A favorite of the film’s renegade writer-director Robert Rodriguez, the former telenovela star from Mexico gained a foothold in the American movie business in independent film and as a favorite on men’s magazines “Sexiest” lists. Spokesmodel work for cosmetics companies further banked on her hourglass figure and smoldering on-screen charisma, but Hayek proved to have far bigger ambitions than to be another piece of Hollywood eye candy.
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Raised in Coatzacaolcos, Mexico
1980
At age 12, told her father she would "go on strike" and fail all her classes if he did not allow her to go to school in America
Sent to a Catholic school in Texas; studied for two years before being expelled
1989
Mexican TV series debut, "Nuevo Amancer"
1989
Won stardom as "Teresa" in the hugely popular Mexican primetime serial
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