- Split from her boyfriend of a year, actor Josh Lucas. (2004)
- Penelope Cruz and Salma Hayek are poised to team up as a pair of bank robbers in new movie set in Mexico -- The project is currently untitled and a director has yet to be recruited. (November 5, 2003)
- Named one of the Best-Dressed Celebrities by America's People magazine. (September 15, 2003)
- Hayek yearns for a simple country life, and insists the bright lights of Hollywood have failed to dim her agricultural ambition, which is having a chicken farm. (September 12, 2003)
- Hayek has found a new man after splitting from Edward Norton, in the shape of actor Josh Lucas -- The couple have been seen out and about in Hollywood in recent weeks, and friends are convinced they're set to become Tinseltown's next big couple. (August 14, 2003)
- Edward Norton and Salma Hayek's suspected break-up has been confirmed -- While promoting his new movie SPY KIDS 3-D: GAME OVER, in which Hayek co-stars, child actor Daryl Sabara revealed on Monday, I was showing off (to Hayek), you know? She isn't with Ed Norton anymore. (July 23, 2003)
- Initially turned down the offer to direct the upcoming cable television movie THE MALDONADO MIRACLE that stars Ruben Blades, Peter Fonda and Mare Winningham.
- Hayek said on Monday that while her controversial film portrayal of artist Frida Kahlo was a high point in her career, financially it was a losing proposition for her. (March 18, 2003)
- Hayek was terrified after bumping into the niece of the real-life character she plays in new movie FRIDA, and even more shocked to find the relative loved her role. (February 22, 2003)
- Hayek shivered in the cold at the premiere of her film FRIDA on Thursday - she waved to fans and signed autographs outside the Odeon Cinema in London's Leicester Square, declined to remove her red velvet coat to reveal the glamorous cream gown underneath, declaring herself freezing. (February 14, 2003)
- Was nominated for her first Oscar for her role in FRIDA at the 75th Academy Awards.
- Has the most-desired jawline and chin, according to an annual survey conducted by the Beverly Hills Institute For Aesthetic And Reconstructive Surgery in Los Angeles. (February 6, 2003)
- Hayek is having fun at the Sundance Film Festival. The actress, who is known for her seriousness, lightened up after the standing ovation she received for her directorial debut, THE MALDONADO MIRACLE, which debuted on Monday night. (January 23, 2003)
- Hayek has turned her back on Catholicism because she disagrees with the church's stance on homosexuals -- the Mexican actress, who plays bisexual artist Frida Kahlo in new movie Frida, admits she has always had problems with sexism and homophobia in the church. (January 4, 2003)
- FRIDA, the Hollywood film about the bohemian cult painter Frida Kahlo starring Mexican heartthrob and former soap star Salma Hayek in the title role, got a broad thumbs up on its debut in her Mexican homeland, although the fact it was in English ruffled some nationalists. (November 22, 2002)
- Hayek has come home to promote her latest film, FRIDA, before it opens nationally in Mexico on Nov. 20, but the few local critics who have seen the Miramax film have bristled at what they termed superficial portrayals of some of Mexico's most revered artists by foreigners speaking accented English. (November 11, 2002)
- Hayek became living art in the new movie FRIDA -- director Julie Taymor created living versions of some of Frida Kahlo's paintings with Hayek. (November 2, 2002)
- Hayek has told how she was kidnapped at gunpoint and held for ransom - and loved it; she says: They put a gun to my head and I said, kill me. I believe in reincarnation. I'll just come back.
- Hayek said she misses the days when she had one eyebrow because it would have come in handy for the movie in which she plays the legendary Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, notorious for her thick, connecting eyebrow. (September 2002)
- Finally she glowed with satisfaction on Friday after the world premiere of FRIDA, the film she fought for seven years to make -- The movie tells the story of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo and her troubled love affair with muralist Diego Rivera in the politically-charged 1930s and 1940s. (September 3, 2002)
- She is a former soap opera star in Mexico
- Had to see off competition from Jennifer Lopez and Madonna who were eying Frida Kahlo scripts.
- For the Frida role she had to shed her sultry image, donning fake eyebrows and shaving her upper lip to get a bit of stubble that would make her look more like the Bohemian Kahlo.
- Hayek tackled what she called the role of her lifetime as the controversial painter whose marriage to world-renowned muralist Rivera, and affair with Leon Trotsky, captivated the politically charged art world of the 1930s and '40s.
- A former soap opera star in Mexico, she arrived in Hollywood as a virtual unknown and had to fight for years to see her dream come to life.
- Though she spoke no English, she jumped into the fray and eventually scored a role in DESPERADO, Robert Rodriguez's 1995 sequel to his much-touted EL MARIACHI.
- Was never going to have a middle name
- Just weeks after being attacked by a monkey, she has been brutalized by another member of the animal kingdom.
- Has stunned Hollywood by romping with a Saudi tycoon in the Mediterranean.
- Is boosting the Latin arts
- Went to extreme lengths to get the right look for her new film - she grew a moustache.
- Does very little exercise and never goes to a gym.
- Plays the dancing woman on the TV screen in THE MISBEHAVIORS, directed by Robert Rodriguez. She has appeared in numerous films by the director.
- In FROM DUSK TILL DAWN (1996) she plays a stripper from hell. Later in Dogma she plays a stripper from heaven.
- Was considered for a role in DIE ANOTHER DAY (2002)
- Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role at BAFTA Awards for FRIDA (2003)
- Nominated for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama at Golden Globe Awards for FRIDA (2003)
- Nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role at Screen Actors Guild Awards for FRIDA (2003)
- Nominated for Best Kiss at MTV Movie Awards for DESPERADO (1996) - shared with Antonio Banderas
- Was an addict of home shopping
Quotes- "I am very angry about the way gay people are treated around the world. I think religion has a lot to do with it. I think that God doesn't make any differences - I think we're all loved by God the same. He has accepted gay people. It's part of creation but it's a lot easier to judge than to learn."
- "I think the biggest obstacle to making the film was myself because I was so obsessed with Frida and the subject matter that I never felt like it was good enough." (about her latest film, FRIDA)
- "I wanted to make a movie that showed the spirit of Mexico. We were part of a bigger movement in the world with a lot of intellectuals and artists and politicians who were kicked out of their countries for being radicals coming to Mexico."
- "I loved it and I'm already preparing my next film!"
- "A love story about a hairy woman and a fat man. They were communists. She was bisexual. It is a period piece. It was not attractive to most people." (about FRIDA).
- "But this is a character I've been in love with since I was 14. This is a story about my people ... and has been an inspiration for many, many years." (about her main role in FRIDA).
- "You can learn to listen to your inner self, get to know what's good for you and love the body you have. I'm definitely going for the second way,"
- "People say we're all identical, but Jennifer Lopez is an American. She's from New York. She doesn't have an accent. Some of these Latin people - their Spanish is pathetic. They learned it when they became famous as Latinos."
- "When I first came to Hollywood I was told to go out with an agent because it was good for my career. So I went to a party with him because it was good for my 'career.' Well, he thought the whole thing was a big date. Needless to say, I was very upset."
Awards- Golden Camera (Germany): Best International Actress, FRIDA (2003)
- Imagen Awards: Best Actress, FRIDA (2003)
- Imagen Awards: Best Picture, FRIDA (2003)
- Imagen Foundation's Creative Achievement Award. (June 2003)
- Mexican Cinema Journalists: Special Silver Goddess (2003)
- ALMA Awards: Outstanding Actor/Actress in a Made for Television Movie or Miniseries, IN THE TIME OF THE BUTTERFLIES (2002)
- Blockbuster Entertainment Awards: Favorite Supporting Actress - Action, WILD WILD WEST (2000)
- Nosostros Golden Eagle Awards: Best Actress in Film (1998)
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