Salma's paternal grandparents, Elias Hayek Labahi and Adela Dominguez, were both of Lebanese descent (Adela's family's surname was originally "Hid"). Salma's mother's family is of Mexican / Spanish descent.
It wasn't until the age of 23 that Hayek began her acting career with a role in the successful Mexican TV series, Teresa. She instantly became an Mexican hereo, and five years later starred in El Callejon de los Milagros, a film that won more awards than any other in Mexican history.
Her father, Sami Hayek Domínguez, is of Lebanese descent. His ancestors hail from the city of Baabdat, Lebanon, a city Salma and her father visited in 2015 to promote her movie Kahlil Gibran's The Prophet.
Where did Salma Hayek live when she was 15 years old?
Raised in a well-to-do Catholic home, Hayek attended a convent school in Louisiana at the age of 12 and lived with her aunt in Houston, Texas, during her teens.
Growing up in a trilingual household — Hayek was born in Mexico and Pinault in France — Valentina spoke French, Spanish and English with her family. Back in 2010, Pinault teased that Valentina's French-speaking skills were rubbing off on Hayek, too.
Salma Hayek was born in Coatzacoalcos, Mexico. Her father, Sami Hayek is Lebanese and was a politician. Her mother, Diana Jiménez is a Mexican and was an opera singer. Salma left the town with 12 years and went to a catholic boarding school in Louisiana.
How many children does Salma Hayek and her husband have?
Valentina was born in 2007
Hayek and then-fiancé Pinault welcomed their first child together on Sept. 21, 2007. Valentina is Hayek's only child, while Pinault is father to three older children: François, Mathilde and Augustin. “I became a mother very late,” Hayek told Vogue Mexico in 2022.
“She just thanked me by having this beautiful foal, and my heart is bursting with joy! I guess I'm a grandma once again!!!” she added. Aside from her 12-year-old daughter Valentina Paloma, Salma also considers herself a mom to her small army of pets.
They tied the knot in Paris in 2009 and nine years later, Pinault surprised the actress with a vow renewal in Bora Bora. After Hayek and Pinault were married, the actress changed her legal name to Salma Hayek Pinault.
Salma Hayek can speak four languages. I wonder what her favorite swear word is in Spanish, Arabic, Portuguese, and English. I do speak very badly four languages.
How did Pinault and Hayek meet? Hayek keeps how she met Pinault close to the vest, though People reported that they most likely met in a palace own by the Pinault family called Palazzo Grassi in Venice at a gala party in 2006. In 2009, Hayek told Town & Country, “It's such a romantic, amazing story, but it is mine.
“I thought I was going to need help getting pregnant, and I didn't,” Salma Hayek told WebMD after she gave birth to daughter, Valentina, when the actress was 41 years old.
Oscar-nominated actress Salma Hayek would like you to know once and for all that she married her husband François-Henri Pinault because she loved him, and not his money.
How long has Salma Hayek been married to the billionaire?
Actress Salma Hayek married French business mogul François-Henri Pinault in 2009, instantly becoming one of the world's richest women. Pinault is the head of Kering, the parent company of some of the most prestigious fashion houses in the world, including Gucci, Balenciaga and Saint Laurent.
Hayek had always struggled with reading, but she was a good student. It wasn't until she was a teenager that she was diagnosed with dyslexia. And even then, many people didn't know she faced challenges.
Learning a second language isn't an easy task, but for Mexican-born actress Salma Hayek, it wasn't impossible, even with her learning disability. Hayek was diagnosed with dyslexia in her teens, but that didn't prevent her from succeeding in school in Mexico.
Natalie Portman – Hebrew, French, Japanese, German and Spanish. The grand finale! She speaks a total of six languages but is also able to dabble in a few others, including Arabic. Natalie is originally from Jerusalem and graduated from Harvard.
Actor Salma Hayek is still happily in love years after tying the knot with her husband, François-Henri Pinault. The two married in 2009 when she was 42 years old, and we admire how she never lost sight of true love until she found it with Pinault.
