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Salma Hayek Dating History: Her Former Boyfriends and Ex-lovers
Salma Hayek Pinault is a Mexican American actress, former model, and producer. Salma started showcasing her talent from her years in Mexico and when she moved to Hollywood her notoriety grew. His time in Hollywood also resulted in numerous nominations and awards. Her time in the spotlight has also caught the attention of some of the most talented men in the world, although she may have had a rough time when it comes to love, she seems to have finally found it. Let’s take a look at Salma Hayek’s dating history.
Salma Hayek Pinault was born in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, Mexico on September 2, 1966. Her birth name is Salma Hayek Jimenez. Her family was happy to do as her mother, Diana Jimenez Medina is an opera singer and talent scout. Salma’s father is an upper middle class oil company executive and owns an industrial equipment company.
She attended Sacred Heart Academy in Grand Coteau, Louisiana, USA at the age of 12, as her family was quite wealthy and Roman Catholic. Her father had also been a candidate for mayor of Coatzacoalcos where Salma was born. His university studies took place in Mexico, at the Universidad Iberoamericana.
Despite being diagnosed with dyslexia at school, Salma was cast in a Mexican telenovela when she was 23. Teresa in 1989. The series was a huge success and was also El Callejon de los Milagros (Miracle Alley), a film in which she plays the main role. Salma moved to Los Angeles in 1991 and studied acting under Stella Adler. Her first starring role was alongside Antonio Banderas in 1995’s Desperado and then she featured briefly in From Dusk Till Dawn
Her first star continued to rise as she featured in several projects such as Fools Rush In in 1997 and Wild Wild West in 1999. Her most notable project was when she produced and starred as Frida Kahlo in the film from 2002, Frida. Salma was nominated for Best Actress and the film was also nominated for six Oscars.
She was executive producer of the hit comedy television series Ugly Betty, the show ran from 2006 to 2010. She tried her hands at voice acting by starring in Puss in Boots alongside Antonio Banderas in the lead role. In 2015, she starred in the movie Always and was later involved in Kahlil Gibran’s book-turned-movie The Prophet. The project would bring Salma and her father to Baabdat, Lebanon as part of the film’s promotion. Baabdat is the home town of her father’s family. Her father is of Lebanese descent.
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Salma Hayek Dating History
As she would reveal while posing for an Allure a few years ago, Salma said she made some bad choices when she was younger. Saying she was “desperate” to find her perfect soulmate and it led her to date people she shouldn’t have had. Edward Atterton, Edward Norton, Josh Lucas and her husband, François-Henri Pinault, are part of her couple. Salma is a beauty to behold. Beautiful actresses find it easy to fall in love but it was not. His former friends and former lovers include:
Edward Atterton
Edward Atterton is an English actor born in Birmingham, England. He had a role in the ITV drama series Doctors and when he came to Hollywood he was cast as part of the film, The Man in the Iron Mask. Edward Atterton reportedly dated Salma Hayek from 1997 to 1999, an early start in Salma’s Hollywood career.
Edward Norton
Edward Harrison Norton is an actor, producer, director, screenwriter and activist. He received three Oscar nominations and was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He starred in films like Primordial Fear, Kingdom of Heaven, The Illusionist, 25th Hour, among other works. He has other off-screen contributions, including working with Salma on the film Frida. Both men were put together by their chiropractor and they are almost four years old, from 1999 to 2003.
Josh Lucas
Lucas is an actor who has appeared in numerous films, including Sweet Home Alabama and Stealth. Lucas and Salaam were a couple from 2003 to 2004.
Francois-Henri Pinault
Salma started dating Francois-Henri Pinault who is a French businessman in 2006. The following year they got engaged and had a daughter named Valentina Paloma Pinault. They married on Valentine’s Day 2009 in Paris with a second ceremony in Venice.