Salma Hayek

Cast as the bearded lady, Madame Truska, in the feature adaptation of "Cirque du Freak: The Vampire's Assistant"

Signed a two-year overall production deal with ABC in which she and partner Jose Tamez will develop new projects for the studio through their company, Ventanarosa Productions

Co-starred with Colin Farrell in the Robert Towne-directed adaptation of John Fante's Depression Era novel, "Ask the Dust"

Co-starred with Penelope Cruz as two bank robbers in "Bandidas"

Produced the ABC comedy, "Ugly Betty"; also guest starred in several episodes; earned an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series

Co-starred with Pierce Brosnan and Woody Harrelson in "After the Sunset"

Signed on to be the spokes woman for Avon's makeup and fragrance lines

Cast as the female lead in "Once Upon A Time In Mexico"

Portrayed the title role in "Frida," a biopic of artist Frida Kahlo, directed by Julie Taymor and produced by Hayek; earned Golden Globe, BAFTA, SAG and Oscar nominations for her performance

Executive produced and starred in the Showtime original "In the Time of the Butterflies"

Reteamed with Figgis for "Hotel"

Made cameo appearance in "Traffic"

Played featured role in "Timecode," director Mike Figgis' four-screen digital feature

Had female lead in Barry Sonnenfeld's "Wild Wild West"

Signed agreement with Sony to create TV programs in both Spanish (for Telemundo) and English (for Columbia TriStar TV)

Had featured role as a coat-check girl with aspirations to be a singer in "54"

Signed contract to act as spokesperson for Revlon cosmetics

Breakthrough Hollywood feature role, co-starring opposite Antonio Banderas in Rodriguez's "Desperado"

Returned to Mexico to play a lead in "Midaq Alley/El Callejon de los Milagros"

US TV-movie debut, "Roadracers," a segment of Showtime's "Rebel Highway" series; first collaboration with filmmaker Robert Rodriguez

Played a recurring role on the Fox family series "The Sinbad Show"

US feature debut, Alison Anders' "Mi Vida Loca/My Crazy Life"

First US TV guest spots included "Nurses" (NBC) and "Dream On" (HBO)

Left Mexico at the height of her popularity and moved to Los Angeles

Stopped acting for a year-and-a-half to study English

Mexican TV series debut, "Nuevo Amancer"

Won stardom as "Teresa" in the hugely popular Mexican primetime serial

At age 12, told her father she would "go on strike" and fail all her classes if he did not allow her to go to school in America

Formed Ventanarosa Productions

Raised in Coatzacaolcos, Mexico

Sent to a Catholic school in Texas; studied for two years before being expelled