In `Inside the Actors Studio` when asked for her Ethnicity she replied that Her dad is of Lebanese and her mom is of Spanish ancestry.

Bought a home for around $4Million

Lives in Los angles

Wears mostly prada or gorgio armani

Has mad full figured women more appealing to the masses

Loves French food

Thought of as snobby by people in Mexico

Has a daughter

Grew up in Mexico City

Is from a wealthy Mexican Family

Loves expensive clothes

Chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the 50 most beautiful people in the world [1996]

Played a stripper twice: in From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) and in Dogma (1999)

Good friend of Penélope Cruz.

Ranked #31 in Stuff magazine's "102 Sexiest Women in the World" (2002).

Fluent in English, Arabic, Spanish and Portugese

Ranked #90 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2007 list.

Measurements: 36C-25-37 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)

She loves dogs

Named #12 in FHM's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2005" special supplement. (2005)

Named #36 in FHM magazine's "100 Sexiest Women in the World 2006" supplement. (2006).

Named #34 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2005 list.

Is good friends with Ashley Judd

Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2005

Made the cut to People magazine's 50 most beautiful people list twice. in 1996 and 2003

Was ranked 8th of the 100 Sexiest Women by FHM Taiwan (2001).

Her younger brother is a highly respected make-up artist in Hollwood.

Her fiancé, François-Henri Pinault, has a son Francois b. 1998 and a daughter Mathide b. 2001 from his first marriage.

Recently diagnosed with diabetes while pregnant (July 2007).

Gave birth to her first child, a baby girl named Valentina Paloma Pinault, on Friday September 21th 2007. Father is Salma`s fiancé Francois-Henri Pinault, chairman and chief executive officer of the luxury goods company PPR SA.

As the announcer for the Oscars 2007, she was able to announce best friend Penélope Cruz` nominations for Best Actress for Volver (2006/I).

Visited Guatemala from 2 May 2005 to 5 May 2005 as ambassador to Youth/AIDS, to promote the prevention of the mortal disease. Ashley Judd and Colombian pop singer Juanes also came with her.

Played a (mythological creature disguised as a) stripper twice: in From Dusk Till Dawn (1996) and in Dogma (1999) (A Vampire and a Muse respectively).

Her parents are Sami Hayek (oil company executive) and Diana Jimenez Hayek (opera singer).

Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 2005.

E! entertainment voted her look at the 1997 Academy Awards one of the 5 most memorable in Oscar history. At the event she wore a beaded Armani gown complemented by a 1920s diamond tiara.

She loves dogs.

Was named one of the ten most stylish women in the world by Mr. Blackwell (aka Richard Selzer) in 1997. InStyle named her the most stylish celebrity of 2003 and Eonline.com ranked her as the best dressed female celebrity.

Good friend of Penélope Cruz and Ashley Judd.

Her brother, Sami, designs custom chairs. His celebrity clients include Jennifer Aniston and her ex-husband, Brad Pitt.

Is the second Latin American actress to be nominated for the Best Actress in a Leading Role Academy Award, for her performance in Frida (2002). Brazilian veteran Fernanda Montenegro was the first, for Central do Brasil (1998).

Has her own production company, Ventanarosa.

Won Best Newcomer at the 1989 Novela Awards for "Nuevo amanecer, Un" (1988).

Studied International Relations & Drama at College in Mexico City.

Father was born in Lebanon and came to Mexico to start a small business where he met her mother.

She was sent to a boarding school in Louisiana at age 12, but was soon sent back home after getting in trouble for frequently terrorizing the nuns!

Godmother to Robert Rodriguez`s children.

Salma is an Arabic name that means "peace" or "calm".

Was originally considered for the part of Alicia Larde in _Beautiful Mind, A (2001)_ because the character in real life is from El Salvador. But the character for the film was later changed to American and given to Jennifer Connelly.

Fluent in English, Arabic, Spanish and Portugese.

Frequently collaborates with Antonio Banderas and Robert Rodriguez.

Is dyslexic.