Salma
Hayek Jiménez (born September 2, 1966) is an Academy
Award-, Golden Globe- and Emmy-nominated Mexican-American
actress, Daytime Emmy-winning director, and an
Emmy-nominated TV and film producer. Hayek has appeared in
more than thirty films and performed as an actress outside
of Hollywood in Mexico and Spain. Hayek's charitable work
includes increasing awareness on violence against women and
discrimination against immigrants. In July 2007, The
Hollywood Reporter ranked Hayek fourth in their inaugural
Latino Power 50, a list of the most powerful members of the
Hollywood Latino community. That same month, a poll found
Hayek to be the "sexiest celebrity" out of a field
of 3,000 celebrities (male and female); according to the
poll, "65 percent of the U.S. population would use the
term 'sexy' to describe" her. Hayek is an executive
producer of Ugly Betty, television series airing around the
world since September 2006. Hayek adapted the series for
American television with Ben Silverman, who acquired the
rights and scripts from the Colombian telenovela Yo Soy
Betty La Fea in 2001. Originally intended as a half hour
sitcom for NBC in 2004, the project would later be picked up
by ABC for the 2006–2007 season with Silvio Horta also
producing. Hayek guest-starred on Ugly Betty as Sofia Reyes,
a magazine editor. She also had a cameo playing an actress
in the telenovela within the show. The show quickly became a
ratings hit and won a Golden Globe Award for Best Comedy
Series in 2007 ... more
