Salma Hayek Celebrates ‘Beautiful’ Stepdaughter Mathilde on Her 24th Birthday: ‘We Love You’

Salma Hayek is showering her stepdaughter with love on her special day.

The Grown Ups actress, 58, penned a sweet message to her stepdaughter Mathilde Pinault to celebrate her 24th birthday. The post included pictures of the two all dressed up on two different occasions as well as a throwback picture with Hayek holding onto Mathilde and her daughter Valentina, 17, when they were younger. 

"Happy Birthday Tildie 🎂," Hayek began her caption. "Wishing you a year as bright, beautiful, and full of promise as you are. So proud of the woman you’ve become! We love you @mathildepinault ♥️."

In the comments of the post, Mathilde dropped a string of heart emojis in reply to her stepmom.

All About Salma Hayek's Stepdaughter, Mathilde Pinault

The Eternals actress became a stepparent when she married her husband, François-Henri Pinault, in 2009. Pinault was already a father to three children — Mathilde and her brothers, François, and Augustin. Hayek, who welcomed daughter Valentina with Pinault in 2007, immediately took to her new role as a stepmother.

"I always wanted to have a lot of children, and I was not able to. My body, as a miracle, had one," she told Red magazine in 2017. "The huge blessing I've had is that my husband has three other children. So I have four. And they are all so different."

Hayek told PEOPLE in 2015 that it was her husband who encouraged her to continue doing what she loves after welcoming her daughter. She is thankful for that decision today and feels being a working mom teaches her daughter a valuable lesson.

“It’s important that your kids understand that they are the most important thing but it’s not all about them," she said. "You set an example that you are also your own person and you have to continue to grow in the field that you are working.”

While she agreed with her husband that going back to work was the right choice, she told PEOPLE there is one thing the two don’t see eye to eye on – who Valentina most takes after.

“I think she is more like him and he thinks she is more like me,” Hayek said. “I think she looks like him and he things she looks like me.”