Salma hayek's acting experience

First she performed in some local theaters, and then she turned to TV. In the late 1980s, Shamma appeared in two TV series, which left a deep impression on the audience.

First of all, the TV series Nuevo amanecer plays an innocent schoolgirl. 1989, she played the naughty girl Teresa in a famous Mexican soap opera Teresa. The film was a great success in Mexico, so Shamma won the title of Best Actress in the Novella TV Award in Mexico and became a sex TV star that Mexicans were crazy about. However, Shamma, who is sober-minded, worries that the audience only cares about her appearance, not her acting skills. Dissatisfied, she made a decision that surprised her followers: quit Mexican TV and go to Hollywood to seek new development opportunities.

Break into Hollywood alone

Shamma said: At that time, everyone thought I was crazy, but she persisted. Later success proved that she was right.

199 1 year, Martha Hayek, who didn't know English, came to Los Angeles alone and spent a year studying English and performing at Stella Adler Theatre. This year, she met little richard kleiner Jr in an acting class, and soon they got married (they no longer live together).

From 1993 to 1994, she started to make a guest appearance in the family sitcom Sinbad Show of Fox Company. 1993, the famous female directors allison anders invited her to play a supporting role in the independent film My Crazy Life. It is this small role that makes diligent Shamma a member of the actors' guild.

By this time, she had learned English well, but she couldn't get any role. After repeated auditions, she finally got the chance to star in the Spanish TV talk show, which was directed by the new American director robert rodriguez. Robert, who knew her very well, immediately invited her to play the young heroine Donna in the first episode of his first TV series "Rebel Highway". Soon, Robert arranged for her to shoot crotch with antonio banderas, a famous Latin lover, and starred in his second film, the big-budget thriller Heroes Don't Cry, which is the sequel to robert rodriguez's debut El Mariachi (Heroes Don't Cry and Sad Black Boy are the first and second parts of Robert's killer trilogy). The success of this film made the director and her an instant hit, and Shamma was able to draw his own blueprint in Hollywood, from then on, the stars were brilliant.

1995, she cooperated with the director again in the comedy Four Rooms and played a role in the action film Fair Game directed by Andrew Sipes.

Career ups and downs

1996, robert rodriguez invited her again to co-star with George Clooney and the famous director quentin tarantino in the action film from dusk to dawn about vampires. Unfortunately, this film didn't bring Shamma the expected success, and her later films received a mediocre response.

From 65438 to 0997, Shamma and matthew perry co-starred in her first romantic comedy "Fools Rush in", in which she played a Mexican woman Isabel. Although she worked hard, she didn't attract the attention of critics and audiences. In the TV series Humpback directed by Mandy Patinkin, Shamma felt much better. I met Edward Harrison Norton during filming and started dating frequently. In the same year, she and Oscar-winning actress Russell Crowe co-starred in Breaking Up, which did not leave a deep impression on the audience.

1998, the drama "54 Passion Club" (54) starring her and ryan phillippe reflected the leisure and enjoyment of famous people in new york. Because of the need of the plot, her performance was greatly cut. At 1998, things got better in the sci-fi horror film Campus directed by robert rodriguez, in which she played a teacher living abroad.

1999 In the black comedy Dogma directed by American director Kevin Smith, she plays the sexy goddess of inspiration. In the film, two fallen angels, Bartobi and Loki, who were kicked out of heaven by God, were played by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon respectively. Also in this year, she starred with will smith and kevin kline in the sci-fi comedy Wild West directed by barry sonnenfeld, which may be her biggest movie. Although the movie was a good box office, unfortunately, the strict appearance packaging still failed to attract people's attention.

In 2000, Shamma took part in some low-budget films, and played jeanne tripplehorn's female lover Ross in the black comedy experimental film Time Code directed by Mike Figgis and shot by a digital camera at one time. In the indie comedy Chain of Fools, she plays a beautiful and intelligent female police detective Corcau De, who is a nude model. In the same year, she also played a small role in the famous anti-drug drama Traffic, starring Catherine Zeta-Jones and michael douglas and directed by steven soderbergh.

Career rebound

With the favor of Hollywood directors robert rodriguez and quentin tarantino, the Mexican girl who could not speak the language quickly gained a foothold in the highly competitive Hollywood, starring in films such as Despair, Dawn, and Stupid Love Come True, which was gradually accepted by fans. In 2002, Hayek finally waited for a script that seemed to be tailored for her, and successfully played the Mexican surrealist female painter Frida Kahlo in the biographical film Frida, which brought her performance to the extreme and impressed her. It was her persistence that brought the life story of this fellow countryman to the screen, presented Frida's legendary career and colorful life to the mobile phone photo audience, won the recognition of the mainstream film circle, was awarded the top ten films by the American Film Academy Award (AFI), and won the 60th Golden Globe Award and the 75th Oscar nomination for best actress for her outstanding performance in both form and spirit, becoming the first Mexican actress to be shortlisted for the Oscar, which ushered in the peak of her career. Soon after, salma hayek began to secretly meet Fran? ois-Henri Pi Nuo, president of PPR Group.

Next, salma hayek will once again join hands with antonio banderas in "Once upon a time in Mexico", the third part of "robert rodriguez's killer", to jointly fight against drug traffickers and corrupt police. He will also produce and star in the film Murphy's Law directed by his younger brother Sammy.

She will also personally produce and direct the TV series Miracle of maldonado.

20 15 The B-rated film Everly starring salma hayek was released in the United States a few days ago. In the film, the 48-year-old Heyek shows off his underwear talent, and his graceful figure shows no trace of time.