Salma Hayek, the Mexican-born Hollywood star and Oscar nominee for Best Actress, accepted in an interview for an entertainment magazine to have remained as an illegal immigrant in the United States; but it was just a small span of time.
The actress admitted, “I was an illegal immigrant in the United States. It was for a small period of time, but I still did it.
She further stated, "I had to suffer the worst time of all in terms of racial discrimination in Hollywood when I first started out. It was inconceivable to American directors and producers that a Mexican woman could have a lead role.”
Obviously, after Salma Hayek moved to LA in 1991 to study acting, her visa expired and she became an unlawful foreigner. Hayek's agent has mentioned that her visa situation was rapidly fixed.
Salma Hayek Jiménez Valgarma Pinault, her married name, has starred in films like "growns up", "Desperado", "Cirque du Freak," "Fool rush in", "From dusk till dawn", and was the producer of TV's hit series "Ugly Betty."
Salma Hayek had spent time as a child in the United States before 1991; while attending the Academy of the Sacred Heart in New Orleans.
