What is Salma Hayek?
{{Infobox person | name = Salma Hayek | image = Salma Hayek Deauville 2012.jpg | birth_name = Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1966|9|2}} | birth_place = [[Coatzacoalcos]], [[Veracruz]], [[Mexico]] | yearsactive = 1988-present | partner = [[François-Henri Pinault]] | awards = '''[[Emmy Awards]]''' * Daytime Emmy - Outstanding Directing in a Children/Youth/Family Special :2004 ''The Maldonado Miracle'' }} '''Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez''' (born September 2, 1966) is an [[Academy Award]]-nominated [[Mexico|Mexican]] [[actor|actress]], [[Emmy Award|Emmy]]-winning [[movie director|director]], [[movie producer]] and [[television]] producer. She is the most successful [[Latin America|Latin-American]] actress in [[Hollywood]] since [[Carmen Miranda]]. Hayek has appeared in more than thirty movies and worked as an actress outside of Hollywood in [[Mexico]] and [[Spain]]. She is known for starring in films such as ''[[Desperado]]'' (1995), ''[[Wild Wild West]]'' (1999), ''[[Frida (2002 film)|Frida]]'' (2002), ''[[Once Upon a Time in Mexico]]'' (2003), ''[[Grown Ups (film)|Grown Ups]]'' (2010), ''[[Savages (2012 film)|Savages]]'' (2012), ''[[Grown Ups 2]]'' (2013), ''[[The Hitman's Bodyguard]]'' (2017), and ''[[House of Gucci]]'' (2021). She played [[Ajak]] in the [[Marvel Cinematic Universe]] film ''[[Eternals (film)|Eternals]]'' (2021), which emerged as her highest-grossing live action film. Hayek, who is of both [[Spaniards|Spanish]] and [[Lebanese people|Lebanese]] descent, subsequently became the first [[Arab]] actress with a main role in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.<ref>https://www.arabnews.com/node/1965901/lifestyle</ref> Hayek's charitable work includes increasing awareness on [[violence against women]] and [[discrimination]] against immigrants.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=12929239|title=Reuters|publisher=}}{{Dead link|date=August 2024 |bot