Salma Hayek Celebrates Daughter Valentina’s 'Last Birthday at Home': 'Already Having Separation Anxiety'

Mar. 15, 2025

Valentina Paloma Pinault and Salma Hayek in 2023.Photo:Robert Smith/Patrick McMullan via Getty

Robert Smith/Patrick McMullan via Getty

As her daughter turns 17,Salma Hayekis feeling bittersweet!

In anInstagram postcelebrating daughterValentina’s birthday on Saturday, Sept. 21, the actress, 58, shared some sweet memories with the now-17-year-old, along with a message about marking her “last birthday at home.”

Throughout the post, Hayek showed videos and photos of Valentina, whom she shares with her husband, French businessmanFrançois-Henri Pinault, from early childhood on.

In one video, she sits in the backseat of a car with cat-like face paint on, and in another, she wears a tight red hat and goggles.

Plus, in an added detail, each part of the tribute is framed in a matching border that reads “Happy birthday Vale” in both English and Spanish — the teen is trilingual, and also speaks French — along with several hearts.

In the caption, Hayek rounded out the birthday tribute with a heartfelt message for Valentina, who — according to the actress — will be moving away from her parents before next September rolls around.

“She makes me laugh all day, teaches me so many things, keeps me motivated, inspires in so many ways makes me want to dance sing and cook and makes life so exciting,” she said. “I love you sooooooooo much mi Vale 💋🙏♥️.”

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Throughout the years, theEternalsstar (who is also a stepparent to Pinault’s daughterMathildeand sons François and Augustin) has brought Valentina toseveral of her premieresand other star-studded events, likethe Oscars. In 2022, the mother-daughter duo even appeared together inVogue Mexico.

Salma Hayek and daughter Valentina.Bertrand Rindoff Petroff/Getty

In her interview for the May 2022 issue, Valentina revealed that she hopes to have a career arc that reflects her mom’s.

“I want different things, but I almost always move between four,” she told the magazine, as translated into English. “I would like to be an actress and then a director because that is what makes sense in my head.”

“Also, I think it must be more difficult to be a director if you don’t have experience on the other side of the screen, that could help directing,” she added.

Elsewhere in the interview, Valentina shared that another one of her passions is makeup.

“I love makeup, I have a lot of it, but I don’t do it to be very pretty or because I want to remove imperfections,” she toldVogue Mexico. “Sometimes I don’t want to apply concealer because I think dark circles add something else. I like to wear makeup in lots of colors and, I don’t know, I like to explore it.”

source: people.com