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Paz Campos Trigo (born January 2,
1976), better known as Paz Vega, is a Spanish actress.
Vega was born in Seville, Andalucía, Spain to a homemaker mother and a
retired bullfighter father. Vega has described her family as "traditional"
and Catholic. She took her stage name from her grandmother. After
attending a performance of Federico García Lorca's La casa de Bernarda
Alba at the age of 15 she was convinced that she wanted to become an
actress. After completing compulsory education at 16, she was accepted at
the prestigious Centro Andaluz de Teatro stage school. After two years at
the stage school and two more years studying journalism, Vega moved to
Madrid.
Vega made her television debut in the Spanish TV series, Menudo es mi
padre, which starred rumba singer El Fary. After appearing in two other
series in 1997 - Mas que amigos and teen drama Compañeros - she went on to
grace the silver screen in 1999 in Zapping. The same year she also had a
minor role in the David Menkes movie I Will Survive (Sobreviviré)
alongside Emma Suárez, Juan Diego Botto and a cameo from Boy George.
Vega found success in 1999's 7 Vidas. The series was billed as a Spanish
Friends and went on to become one of the country's best-loved domestic
sitcoms. Vega played Laura, a perky Andalusian girl who had come to stay
with David, who had recently come out of a coma. The series was broadcast
on Telecinco and finished April 12, 2006, albeit without Vega. The saucy
2001 film Sex and Lucia brought the actress to the attention of a larger
audience. She then became much better known in the United States after a
star-making role in the 2004 James L. Brooks film Spanglish opposite Adam
Sandler. In 2007, she co-starred with Morgan Freeman in the independent
film 10 Items or Less. In 2008, she co-starred with Gabriel Macht, Samuel
L. Jackson, and Scarlett Johansson in The Spirit. Vega is also a model.
She is signed to 1/One Management in New York City.
Vega and her Venezuelan husband, Orson Salazar, had their first child, son
Orson, on May 2, 2007. Her second child, daughter Ava was born on July 17,
2009. |
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"I don't want to play only
Latin women. I want to have roles in English."
"I am only an actress when they say, 'action' and I stop being an
actress when they say, 'cut'. I am a normal person outside of
acting."
"I'm not the new Penelope Cruz. I'm Paz Vega. There's only one
Penelope and she's marvelous." |
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Castro's Daughter (2010) ....
Alina
Roadkill (2010) .... Catarina
Burning Palms (2010) .... Blanca Juarez
Triage (2009) .... Elena Morales
The Six Wives of Henry Lefay (2009) .... Veronica
Wanted: Weapons of Fate (2009) (VG) (voice) .... Araña
Not Forgotten (2009) .... Amaya
The Spirit (2008) .... Plaster of Paris
... aka Will Eisner's The Spirit (USA: poster title)
"Lex" .... Rocío Janer (4 episodes, 2008)
- Guapa y mala (2008) TV episode .... Rocío Janer
- Con un par (2008) TV episode .... Rocío Janer
- 7 horas y 34 minutos (2008) TV episode .... Rocío Janer
- Mujeres y marihuana (2008) TV episode .... Rocío Janer
The Human Contract (2008) .... Michael
La masseria delle allodole (2007) .... Nunik
... aka La casa de las alondras (Spain)
... aka Le mas des alouettes (France)
... aka The Lark Farm (International: English title)
Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo (2007) .... Teresa
... aka Theresa: The Body of Christ (International: English title)
Fade to Black (2006/I) .... Lea Padovani
Los Borgia (2006) .... Caterina Sforza
... aka The Borgia (International: English title)
10 Items or Less (2006) .... Scarlet
"7 vidas" .... Laura Arteagabeitia (60 episodes, 1999-2006)
- ¡Qué bello es vivir en casa de Sole! (2006) TV episode .... Laura
Arteagabeitia
- De ratones y hombres (2005) TV episode .... Laura Arteagabeitia
- Laura y el sexo (2005) TV episode .... Laura Arteagabeitia
- La cena de los idiotas (2001) TV episode .... Laura Arteagabeitia
- Episode #3.10 (2000) TV episode .... Laura Arteagabeitia
(55 more)
Spanglish (2004) .... Flor Moreno
Di que sí (2004) .... Estrella Cuevas
Carmen (2003/I) .... Carmen
Novo (2002) .... Isabelle
... aka Novo (Spain)
El otro lado de la cama (2002) .... Sonia
... aka The Other Side of the Bed (International: English title)
(USA)
... aka The Wrong Side of the Bed (International: English title)
Hable con ella (2002) .... Amparo
... aka Talk to Her (International: English title) (UK) (USA)
Sólo mía (2001) .... Angela
... aka Mine Alone (Hong Kong: English title)
Lucía y el sexo (2001) .... Lucía
... aka Sex and Lucia (International: English title) (UK) (USA)
... aka Lucia et le sexe (France)
El chico en la puerta (2000)
... aka Wrinkle Movie
Nadie conoce a nadie (1999) .... Ariadna
... aka Nobody Knows Anybody (International: English title)
Sobreviviré (1999) .... Azafata
... aka I Will Survive (Europe: English title: festival title)
Zapping (1999) .... Elvira
"Compañeros" .... Luz (17 episodes, 1998)
... aka Compañeros de clase
- Asentar la cabeza (1998) TV episode .... Luz
- ¿Esto es Romeo y Julieta? (1998) TV episode .... Luz
- A veces, sin hablar, es todo más sencillo (1998) TV episode ....
Luz
- Quédate conmigo (1998) TV episode .... Luz
- No te fallaré (1998) TV episode .... Luz
(12 more)
"Más que amigos" .... Olga (28 episodes, 1997-1998)
- Dos años, dos meses y un día (1998) TV episode .... Olga
- Cuentos chinos (1998) TV episode .... Olga
- Aterrados (1998) TV episode .... Olga
- Desquiciados (1998) TV episode .... Olga
- Congelados (1998) TV episode .... Olga
(23 more)
Perdón, perdón (1998) .... María |
