Salma (Hayek) Pinault

Salma Hayek made the decision to change her last name, after marrying François-Henri Pinault in 2009. Why? Because her daughter asked her to. "It was Valentina’s request,” Salma explained. "She said, ‘What does it say there?’ And I said, ‘Salma Hayek.’ And she said, ‘What about Pinault? Why not Pinault?’ Because here [in France] people say, ‘Madame Pinault.’ I said to myself, ‘This is who I am now. I’m starting a whole new life. Why shouldn’t I share it with the people who have been supporting me my whole career, who have been with me since the beginning?’ I should let them in on the fact that I’m a different person, and a better person.” [People]