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Salma Hayek presenterar insamlingen i ett filmklipp på Instagram. (Instagram.)

Salma Hayek startar insamling till skalvets offer

Skådespelaren Salma Hayek skänker 100 000 dollar, ungefär 800 000 kronor, till Unicef och deras arbete för att hjälpa överlevande efter jordskalvet i sin gamla hemstad Mexico City. Hayek berättar i ett filmklipp på Instagram hur hon själv evakuerades i samband med jordskalvet i staden 1985. Flera av hennes vänner dog och hon beskriver hela upplevelsen som ”fruktansvärd”. I filmklippet uppmanar hon andra att donera det de kan.

Det förödande skalvet inträffade söder om huvudstaden Mexico City i tisdags och har krävt minst 230 liv samtidigt som räddningsarbetet med att gräva fram överlevande ur rasmassorna fortsätter.

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Salma Hayek
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Salma Hayek Pinault (née Hayek Jiménez) (born September 2, 1966), known professionally as Salma Hayek, is a Mexican and American film actress, producer, and former model. She began her career in Mexico starring in the telenovela Teresa and starred in the film El Callejón de los Milagros (Miracle Alley) for which she was nominated for an Ariel Award. In 1991 Hayek moved to Hollywood and came to prominence with roles in movies such as Desperado (1995), From Dusk Till Dawn (1996), Dogma (1999), and Wild Wild West (1999). Her breakthrough role was in the 2002 film Frida as Mexican painter Frida Kahlo for which she was nominated in the category of Best Actress for an Academy Award, BAFTA Award, Screen Actors Guild Award, and Golden Globe Award. This movie received widespread attention and was a critical and commercial success. She won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing in a Children/Youth/Family Special in 2004 for The Maldonado Miracle and received an Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series in 2007 after guest-starring in the ABC television comedy-drama Ugly Betty. She also guest-starred on the NBC comedy series 30 Rock from 2009 to 2013. Hayek's recent films include Grown Ups (2010), Puss in Boots (2011), Grown Ups 2 (2013), and Tale of Tales (2015).
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