Salma Hayek is to receive a 'knighthood' in France.
The 45-year-old actress will be given the Legion d'Honneur medal award by French President Nicolas Sarkozy at the Elysees Palace in Paris within the next two months.
Salma - who is married to French businessman Francois-Henri Pinault, with whom she has four-year-old daughter Valentina - will join the five-tiered academy with the grade of Chevalier, or 'knight' in English.
Following the pinning of the medal, she will be invited to attend a banquet at which all of those gifted with the honour will go to.
She will not be the only person in her family to receive the award this year - her father-in-law Francois Pinault has been promoted to the rank of Grand Officer.
