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Salma Hayek and Daughter Valentina Turn Heads at Serpentine Gallery Summer Party

The joint appearance spotlights Valentina's step into public life as she says she plans to study political science with film as a minor.

Overview

  • The pair attended the invitation-only Serpentine Gallery summer party in Kensington Gardens on Tuesday, appearing together in coordinated looks that drew wide lifestyle and fashion coverage.
  • Salma Hayek is 59 and her daughter Valentina Paloma is 18, and outlets described the outing as a rare public appearance for the mother and daughter.
  • Valentina has told reporters she intends to study political science and take film as a minor and that she hopes to work as an actor and director in the future.
  • Coverage noted Valentina's volunteer work at a soup kitchen and her expressed concern about homelessness, though details of that volunteer activity have been reported without independent corroboration.
  • Reporters placed the appearance at the intersection of art, philanthropy and fashion, noting the event was a Serpentine fundraiser hosted by trustees and that Valentina has prior public visibility, including a 2022 Vogue Mexico cover and bilingual family ties to her father’s fashion-business network.