Salma Hayek goes naked swimming to celebrate milestone birthday

| Deputy TV editor Published September 8, 2026 7:55pm Updated September 8, 2026 7:55pm Salma Hayek is celebrating in style (Picture: EPA) Salma Hayek is celebrating her 60th birthday by stripping down to her birthday suit. The Oscar-nominated actor celebrated the big day on Wednesday, September 2, but she’s still making a splash online. Salma shared the photos on Instagram, which show her paddling in the sea while stark naked, with her modesty carefully covered by the water. The From Dusk till Dawn star captioned the revealing photos: ’60 and grateful.’ Unsurprisingly, the pics immediately caught the attention of fans and well-wishers. ‘Gorgeous! Happy birthday,’ wrote Rita Ora, while Lindsay Lohan declared the photos ‘(and presumably Salma): ‘Beautiful’. Fans and friends loved the pics (Picture: Salma Hayek / Instagram) Baywatch star Brandy Ledford went so far as to call Salma ‘Goals’. And if you’re wondering how she’s maintained her looks, Salma credited her youthful appearance to meditation. ‘No Botox,’ she told the Let’s Talk Off Camera podcast in 2023. ‘I developed this strange meditation that I keep evolving… I can do it for hours because you don’t feel the time, and it’s so much fun because it’s not like you sit there and you think of nothing. It’s actually feeling the energy, and it moves, and it dances inside of you.’ Salma has been clear that she doesn’t use Botox (Picture: Salma Hayek / Instagram) That said, last year she told People she used a skin-lifting and collagen-boosting ultrasound procedure to address what she called her ‘turkey neck’. She didn’t do it for herself, however; she did it for her husband, François-Henri Pinault.‘I just want my husband [François-Henri Pinault] to still go, ‘Wow’ when he looks at me,” she said. ‘I still want to feel good about the way I look, but not necessarily because I want to look 20. I’m okay. I’m more excited about being 50 and 60 and looking good at 50 and 60. It’s a different kind of beauty.’ Salma wants her husband to think ‘wow’ when he looks at me (Picture: Matthieu Mirville/DPPI/Shutterstock) This isn’t the first time the star has shared revealing photos of her in the water. Last year she dazzled Sports Illustrated readers when she became a cover star for their Swimsuit Issue. Speaking at the time, she said [via Page Six]: ‘I remember when I was young, a long, long time ago, I was always excited to see the Swimsuit Issue of Sports Illustrated, and [thinking] “Who’s going to be in it?”‘ Salma, rather modestly, said, however, that as she ‘didn’t look like a model’, it never crossed her mind that one day she’d be on the cover. Deals of the Day Topman’s new-season collection has arrived and prices start at just £10 An Instagram mattress left me with back pain – this one completely changed my mind Book Val d'Isère, Val Thorens and Tignes for less in Club Med's ski sale Save 25% on red light therapy masks, sauna blankets and sleep gadgets in Bon Charge sale The viral LED face mask with over 350 lights that's currently discounted by £100 ‘If somebody had told me I was gonna be in it at 58, I would have sent them to the madhouse, but the world has changed, and that’s exciting.’ Switched On Get plugged into the week’s must-watch shows, unmissable moments, and expert reviews with Metro TV Editor Sabrina Barr.