Feeling under-appreciated by Anglo filmmakers, Hayek vented her frustrations on comedian Paul Rodriguez's late-night Spanish-language talk show in 1992. She also had one line in the Allison Anders film Mi vida loca (1993). She appeared on Street Justice (1991), The Sinbad Show (1993), Nurses (1991), and as a sexy maid on the HBO series Dream On (1990). By late 1992, Hayek had landed only bit parts. The 24 year old actress approached Hollywood with naïve enthusiasm, and quickly learned that Latin actresses were, if at all, typecast as the mistress maid or local prostitute. At long last, Salma made her way to Los Angeles. Heartbroken fans spread rumors that she was having a secret affair with Mexico's president and left to escape his wife's wrath. However, anxious to make films and to explore her talent and passion, Hayek left both Teresa (1989) and Mexico in 1991. She soon landed the title role in Teresa (1989), a hugely successful soap opera which earned her the star status in her native Mexico. Only after attending Mexico City's Universidad Iberoamericana did she feel ready to pursue acting seriously. At 12, she was sent to the Academy of the Sacred Heart in New Orleans, Louisiana, where she pulled pranks on the nuns by setting their clocks back three hours. After having seen Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971) in a local movie theatre, Salma decided she wanted to become an actress. Her father is of Lebanese descent and her mother is of Mexican/Spanish ancestry. Hayek has freely admitted that she and her brother, Sami, were spoiled rotten by her well-to-do businessman father, Sami Hayek Dominguez, and her opera-singing mother, Diana Jiménez Medina. One of Hollywood's most dazzling leading actresses, Salma Hayek was born on September 2, 1966, in the oil boomtown of Coatzacoalcos, Mexico.
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