United Kingdom, May 4 -- Salma Hayek says her greatest achievement in life has been watching her children grow up and become independent.

The 58-year-old actress has raised 18-year-old daughter Valentina with her husband, Kering CEO Francois-Henri Pinault, as well as be a stepmother to her spouse's three children, Francois, Mathilde and Augustin, from previous relationships. Francois and Mathilde's mother is Pinault's first wife Dorothee Lepere, while Augustin's mother is supermodel Linda Evangelista.

Salma insists seeing them all grow into fine young adults has made the decisions in her career - which saw her turn down many roles to ensure she was a present parent - to make her family her "priority" completely worthwhile.

Speaking to ...