--- description: Find out why Salma Hayek Pinault is one of the 100 most influential people of 2023. title: Salma Hayek Pinault: The 100 Most Influential People of 2023 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt477dab288e645fb3/698a3bdc929fad65a5bf9ba8/salma-hayek-pinault-time100-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Apr 13, 2023 # Salma Hayek Pinault by Penelope Cruz  Robbie Fimmano—Trunk Archive I originally met [Salma Hayek Pinault](https://time.com/4069491/salma-hayek-young-girls-important-advice/ "undefined") when I had my first offer to do an American film. I knew almost no one in the U.S., but she picked me up from the airport and took me to her house. Meeting her was like reuniting with a sister you hadn’t seen in a long time. It was 100% trust from our first conversation. She’s incredibly generous—it’s something she extends to everyone, but especially other women. Salma is a great observer and feels everything deeply. She’s strong yet sensitive, and she can read people very well. That’s what makes her a great actor, her ability to put herself in someone else’s shoes, from her breakthrough portrayal of Frida Kahlo to her most recent performance as Maxandra in [_Magic Mike’s Last Dance_](https://time.com/6253731/magic-mikes-last-dance-review/ "undefined")_._ Her huge heart, great intelligence, and charisma are a winning combination, but the thing I’m most proud of is that she’s always entirely herself. As one of the first [Latinas working in Hollywood](https://time.com/5662739/latino-hollywood-representation/ "undefined"), she’s opened so many doors for people who followed. She is a total revolutionary, and there’s still so much she will do. _Cruz is an Oscar-winning actor_ Salma Hayek Pinault Is on the 2023 TIME 100 List ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2023/6269462/salma-hayek-pinault/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2023/6269462/salma-hayek-pinault/"},"headline":"Salma Hayek Pinault","datePublished":"2023-04-13T10:32:59.000Z","dateModified":"2026-07-21T07:22:35.125Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2023/6269462/salma-hayek-pinault/","keywords":["TIME 100","franchise","sponsorshipblock","TIME100 2023"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt477dab288e645fb3/698a3bdc929fad65a5bf9ba8/salma-hayek-pinault-time100-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt477dab288e645fb3/698a3bdc929fad65a5bf9ba8/salma-hayek-pinault-time100-2023.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2023/6269462/salma-hayek-pinault/","name":"Salma Hayek Pinault"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"TIME100 | The 100 Most Influential People of 2023","description":"See all the people on Time's 2023 Time 100 list","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/P6RIsapV/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2023-04-13T10:30:00.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/P6RIsapV.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2023/6269462/salma-hayek-pinault/","duration":"PT1M53S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/collections/100-most-influential-people-2023/6269462/salma-hayek-pinault/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```