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Salma Valgarma Hayek Jiménez de Pinault (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈsalma ˈxaʝek]; born September 2, 1966) is a Mexican and American film actress, director and producer. She received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for her role as Frida Kahlo in the film Frida.
Hayek was born in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico, the daughter of Diana Jiménez Medina, an opera singer and talent scout, and Sami Hayek Dominguez, an oil company executive who once ran for mayor of Coatzacoalcos. Hayek's father is of Lebanese ancestry, while her mother's ancestry is Spanish. Her first given name, Salma, is Arabic for "safe". Raised in a wealthy, devoutly Roman Catholic family, she was sent to the Academy of the Sacred Heart in Grand Coteau, Louisiana, at the age of twelve. While there, she was diagnosed with dyslexia. She attended college in Mexico City, where she studied International Relations at the Universidad Iberoamericana.
At the age of 23, Hayek landed the title role in Teresa (1989), a successful Mexican telenovela that made her a star in Mexico. In 1994, Hayek starred in the film El Callejón de los Milagros (Miracle Alley), which has won more awards than any other movie in the history of Mexican cinema.[citation needed] For her performance, Hayek was nominated for an Ariel Award.
Actors: Damian Chapa (writer), Tiffany Pulvino (actress), Damian Chapa (director), Damian Chapa (actor), Damian Chapa (producer), Natasha Blasick (miscellaneous crew), Marcus Natividad (actor), Nathaniel Nose (editor), William Ngo (actor), Mario Amadeu (producer), Chuck Rockford (actor), Amor Sanchez (miscellaneous crew), Amor Sanchez (actress), Abraham Rubio (actor), Jay Tavare (actor),
Genres: Thriller,Actors: André Abujamra (composer), Luiz Carlos Barreto (producer), Carlos Eduardo Rodrigues (producer), Bruno Barreto (producer), Wagner Moura (actor), Lucy Barreto (producer), Alexandre Zacchia (actor), Fernanda Luz (miscellaneous crew), Augusto Madeira (actor), Cláudia Abreu (actress), Vicente Amorim (director), Claudio Jaborandy (actor), Pedro Amorim (editor), Fábio Lago (actor), Carla Regina (actress),
Plot: Romão, illiterate and unemployed, feels destiny drawing him on an odyssey to Rio de Janeiro in pursuit of a job and a decent life. A family of seven journeys 2,000 miles across the hinterlands of Brazil on bicycles. Along the way, the story explores the inner dynamics of a family facing a great challenge with the courage to pursue dreams.
Keywords: abandoned-bus, abandoned-house, baby, bandage, based-on-true-story, bathing, beach, beggar, begging, beliefActors: Shinobu Sakagami (director), Shinobu Sakagami (editor), Shinobu Sakagami (actor), Loretta Shenosky (actress), Santiago Craig (actor), Patrick Roddy (producer), John Aguiar (miscellaneous crew), John Aguiar (actor), John Aguiar (costume designer), Dean Anthony (actor), Richard Cordero (actor), Amiko Kanaya (actress), Camille Gordon (actress), Lisa Noelle (actress), Lisa Noelle (actress),
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