La Frida (2002) was considered the second richest Latin American actress in Hollywood, behind Jennifer Lopez. It has been said that the star has 100 million dollars in her piggy bank, a fact that Salma Hayek has challenged, even stating that she would give money to charities in Mexico, where she was born, if she had so much money.
Upset, she stated: "It’s a huge lie. It’s very, very far from reality. I don’t have that amount of money. Somebody sent me it and I laughed. It’s a bit like a joke. Obviously I have never earned $100m and I wouldn’t even want to."
"With things as they are in Mexico, it bothers me that they put me in a group of millionaires with $100m I don’t have when there are so many people dying of hunger. If I had $100m I would have retired and would be doing more things on an altruistic level than I can now."
"I would have opened centres in Mexico for violence against women and many other things," she concluded.
Salma Hayek is very popular in Mexico. She played in more than 30 movies and remains to this day undoubtedly the most well known Mexian actress. Salma is also known as a feminist, a strong advocate for human rights with strong opinions about things such as discrimination against immigrants and disclosure of violence acts towards women. She has helped her country, Mexico, which had difficulty solving a case of brutality towards a woman in the city of Juarez.