hollywood beauty salma hayek says that it was her fiesty twoyearold daughter valentina who made her legally change her name to accommodate her husbands surname the 43yearold actress who is married to french billionaire francoishenri pinault had changed her name to salma hayek pinault earlier last month it was valentina i didnt think about it until she brought it up we were shooting a film and she saw my chair with my name on it she said what does it say there and i said salma hayek and she said what about pinault why not pinault said the academy winning actress during an interview to in style magazine and i said to myself this is who i am now im starting a whole new life ive never been happier why shouldnt i share it with the people who have been with me since the beginning im a private person but i should let them in on the fact that im a different person a better person its a new life said the freida actress hayek met the fashion tycoon at a party at palazzo in venice italy in may 2006 the couple announced their engagement in may 2007 at the same time they made public that hayek was expecting her first child in september hayek gave birth to valentina paloma pinault the following july hayeks representative announced the couple had split but they were to reconcile just months later hayek and pinault married in paris on valentines day last year two months later they married again this time in venicefollow us on twitter for more stories