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===Hollywood breakthrough (1995–2001)===
[[File:Selma Hayek 1998.jpg|thumb|upright|Hayek in 1998 at the [[White House Correspondents' Association|White House Correspondents]] dinner]]
Robert Rodriguez and his co-producer and then-wife, Elizabeth Avellan,<ref name=Brittanica/> cast Hayek in the starring role of the self-confident and feisty Carolina, opposite [[Antonio Banderas]], in ''[[Desperado (film)|Desperado]]'' (1995), widely considered her breakout film.<ref>{{cite news|date=June 15, 2021|title=Salma Hayek on putting a menopausal woman in the centre of an action film|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/salma-hayek-francoishenri-pinault-ryan-reynolds-god-hollywood-b1866325.html|access-date=June 23, 2021|website=The Independent|language=en|archive-date=June 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624221242/https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/salma-hayek-francoishenri-pinault-ryan-reynolds-god-hollywood-b1866325.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="actors"/><ref name=Brittanica/> Describing the film's process as "grueling",<ref name="sh1" /> Hayek had to audition several times for Rodriguez before landing the part and a love scene in the script proved particularly difficult for her to film, because she did not want to be nude on camera. She once remarked: "It took eight hours [to film] instead of an hour".<ref name="sh1" /> Budgeted at $7 million, ''Desperado'' was a commercial success, grossing $25.4 million in the United States.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=desperado.htm |title=Desperado (1995) |publisher=[[Box Office Mojo]] |date=October 3, 1995 |access-date=September 23, 2011 |archive-date=September 1, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100901080929/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=desperado.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> She followed it with a brief role as a [[vampire]] queen in Rodriguez's cult horror film ''[[From Dusk till Dawn]]'' (1996), in which she performed an erotic table-top snake dance.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/salma-hayek-dusk-till-dawn-striptease-put-trance-perform-snake-121822903.html|publisher=[[Yahoo! Entertainment]]|title=Salma Hayek on 'From Dusk Till Dawn' Striptease: I Had to Put Myself in a Trance to Perform With a Snake|author=Polowy,Kevin|date=April 25, 2017|access-date=September 5, 2020|archive-date=December 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215124724/https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/salma-hayek-dusk-till-dawn-striptease-put-trance-perform-snake-121822903.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/news/salma-hayek-reminisces-about-her-from-dusk-till-dawn-dance-scene-173|author=Hamman, Cody|title=SALMA HAYEK REMINISCES ABOUT HER FROM DUSK TILL DAWN DANCE SCENE|publisher=[[JoBlo.com]]|date=April 27, 2017|access-date=September 5, 2020|archive-date=April 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170427203505/https://www.joblo.com/horror-movies/news/salma-hayek-reminisces-about-her-from-dusk-till-dawn-dance-scene-173}}</ref> In 1996, she also appeared in the drama ''[[Follow Me Home (film)|Follow Me Home]]'' and the cop comedy ''[[Fled]]''.
Hayek starred as a photographer and the [[on-and-off relationship|on-and-off girlfriend]] of a New York City architect, opposite [[Matthew Perry]], in the romantic comedy ''[[Fools Rush In (1997 film)|Fools Rush In]]'' (1997). Film critic [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film 3 stars out of a possible 4 and described it as "a sweet, entertaining retread of an ancient formula", elevated by good performances (particularly Hayek) and an insightful "level of observation and human comedy".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/fools-rush-in-1997|title=Fools Rush in movie review & film summary (1997) | Roger Ebert|access-date=January 2, 2022|archive-date=January 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102063105/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/fools-rush-in-1997|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Fool's Rush In'' was a moderate commercial success and earned Hayek an [[ALMA Award]] nomination for [[ALMA Award|Outstanding Actress in a Feature Film]]. In another romantic comedy, ''[[Breaking Up (1997 film)|Breaking Up]]'' (also 1997), she and [[Russell Crowe]] portrayed a couple whose relationship leads to an out-of-the-blue marriage. Ken Eisner of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' magazine wrote: "Russell Crowe and Salma Hayek make attractive leads, but they have neither the marquee power nor the requisite chemistry to keep ''Breaking Up'' from getting left at the altar of general distribution."<ref>{{cite web |date=29 June 1997 |last=Eisner |first=Ken |author-link=Ken Eisner |title=Breaking Up |url=https://variety.com/1997/film/reviews/breaking-up-2-1117432616/ |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=January 2, 2022 |archive-date=January 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220102063104/https://variety.com/1997/film/reviews/breaking-up-2-1117432616/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Indeed, the film was distributed for selected markets in the United States only.<ref>{{cite web| url = https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl877233665/weekend/| title = Breaking Up – Box Office Mojo| access-date = January 2, 2022| archive-date = January 2, 2022| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220102063105/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/release/rl877233665/weekend/| url-status = live}}</ref>
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