Salma Hayek

Her father is of Lebanese descent. In 2004, Janney began lending her voice to television and radio spots created by Kaiser Permanente in the health maintenance organization's broad "Thrive" media campaign. Hayek speaks Spanish, English, Arabic, and Portuguese. On May 17, 2004, Janney's boyfriend of two years, Richard Jenik, proposed to her in San Francisco. Frida, co-produced by Hayek, was a beautifully made film overflowing with passion and enthusiasm with terrific performances from Salma and Alfred Molina as Kahlo's cheating husband Diego Rivera. On the side was an entourage of stars including Antonio Banderas, Ashley Judd, Geoffrey Rush, Edward Norton and Valeria Golino. Janney has remained active in theatre; in 1998, she was nominated for a Tony Award for her role in Arthur Miller’s "A View from the Bridge.". It finally happened in 2002. Cregg on the television drama The West Wing, for which she has won four Emmy Awards.

The role was that of Frida Kahlo, The legendary Mexican painter whom Salma had been admiring her entire life and whose story she wanted to bring to the big screen ever since her arrival in Hollywood. In 1999 she was cast in the role of presidential press secretary C.J. The new millenium started out quietly around Salma as she was preparing to produce and star in her dream role. Janney has appeared in a number of films with roles of various sizes, including the 1990s films American Beauty, Drop Dead Gorgeous, Primary Colors, and Private Parts, and the 2000s films Nurse Betty, The Hours, How to Deal and the animated Finding Nemo. Hayek continued to rise her star in both commercial and artistic films. She went on to study drama at the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. Although her vampy role opposite George Clooney and Quentin Tarantino was a small one, it was a good credit to her box office name. Janney attended Kenyon College, where she was first noticed by director Paul Newman.

After her break, she was cast again by Rodriguez to star in his From Dusk Till Dawn. Janney was born in Dayton, Ohio and harbored dreams of becoming a Olympic figure skater before suffering a serious childhood injury. The moviegoers proved to be as dazzled with Hayek as he had been. Cregg on the television series The West Wing. To star opposite Antonio Banderas in the now cult classic Desperado which put her on Hollywood's map. Allison Brooks Janney (born 19 November 1960) is an American actress, best known as C.J. He soon gave her her big break.

Robert Rodriguez and his producer wife Elizabeth Avellan were immediately smitten with the intelligent opinionated young woman. However, anxious to make films and to explore her talent and passion, Hayek made her way to Los Angeles in 1991. Salma Hayek landed the title role in Teresa (1989), a hugely successful soap opera which earned her the star status in her native Mexico. Salma Hayek (born September 2, 1966 in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz, México) is a Mexican actress.

Un Nuevo Amanecer (series) (1988). Teresa (series) (1989). Mi Vida Loca (1993). The Sinbad Show (series) (1993).

Roadracers (TV) (1994). El Callejon de los Milagros (1995). Desperado (1995). Fair Game (1995).

From Dusk Till Dawn (1996). Follow Me Home (1996). Fled (1996). El Vuelo del Aguila (series) (1996).

Fools Rush In (1997). The Hunchback (TV) (1997). Breaking Up (1997). Sistole Diastole (1997).

54 (1998). The Velocity Of Gary (1998). The Faculty (1998). Dogma (1999).

El Coronel No Tiene Quien le Escriba (1999). Wild Wild West (1999). Time Code (2000). Chain Of Fools (2000).

La Gran Vida (2000). Traffic (2000). Hotel (2001). In The Time Of The Butterflies (2001).

Frida (2002). Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003). Once Upon A Time In Mexico (2003). After the Sunset (2004).

Ask the Dust (2004). Sian Ka'an (voice) (2005). Paint (2004). Bandidas (2005).

Murphy's Law (2005).