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Salma Hayek Jimenez - born 2nd September 1966 in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico. Her first huge role was in the a Mexican soap opera called Teresa. Playing the leading character, Salma rose in popularity all over Mexico. All though her success was just huge, Salma wanted more, and she left it all behind when she moved to Hollywood in 1991. After 18 months of English lessons and frantic auditions, she finally started to adjust to the lifestyle. Her first big role came after Salmas appearance on a cable-access talk show that was witnessed by the Mexican-American director Robert Rodriguez. It wasnt long before Rodriguez got Salma to play the female lead in his first major studio release, Desperado alongside Antonio Banderas. Since then she has numerous movies and directed and starred in Frida.
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