Alexa PenaVega
Acting
- Born:
- 1988-08-27
- Place of birth:
- Ocala, Florida, USA
Biography
Alexa Ellesse Pena-Vega (born August 27, 1988) is an American actress, singer and pianist. She is best known for playing Carmen Cortez in Spy Kids film series and Shilo Wallace in the movie Repo! the Genetic Opera. In 2009, she starred as the title character Ruby Gallagher in the ABC Family series Ruby & The Rockits. Alexa Vega was born in Miami, Florida. Her father is Colombian and her mother, Gina Rue, is an American former model. Vega has six siblings: paternal half-sister Margaux Vega (b. 1981), sister Krizia Vega (b. 1990), sister Makenzie Vega (b. 1994), maternal half-sister Greylin James (b. 2000), maternal half-brother Jet James (b. 2005), and maternal half-brother Cruz Hudson Rue (b. 2009). She moved with her family to California when she was four years old. Vega married film producer Sean Covel on October 10, 2010 in a ceremony held in his hometown of Lead, South Dakota. She wore an Ian Stuart gown and was walked down the aisle by Robert Rodriguez. In July 2012, Vega announced on Twitter that she had divorced Covel. In August 2013, while on a cruise with friends, Vega became engaged to actor and singer Carlos Pena, Jr. The couple married on January 4, 2014 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and changed their surname to PenaVega. Vega is a Christian. Vega says her faith is the most important thing in her life. Vega enjoys freshwater fishing, can speak Spanish fluently, and is an experienced gymnast. Vega is close friends with Nikki Reed and was the maid of honor at Reed's wedding to Paul McDonald.
Known For
Filmography
Repo! This Movie: The Anatomy of a Cult
Celebrity Weakest Link
Before Your Father Finds Us
Get Him Back for Christmas
Mr. Manhattan
The Casagrandes Movie
Never Too Late to Celebrate
A Paris Proposal
Big Time Rush: The City Is Ours - Live at Madison Square Garden
The Adventures of Bunny Bravo
Love in the Limelight
Taking a Shot at Love
Picture Perfect Mysteries: Exit Stage Death
Mighty Oak
Picture Perfect Mysteries: Dead Over Diamonds
The Power Couple
Picture Perfect Mysteries: Newlywed and Dead
Christmas Made to Order
Love at Sea
Enchanted Christmas
Destination Wedding
Elephant Kingdom
Ms. Matched
The Murder Pact
Pixies
Roommate Wanted
Do You Believe?
Spare Parts
23 Blast
The Remaining
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
Wicked Blood
The Clockwork Girl
The Hunters
The Tomorrow People
Machete Kills
Bounty Killer
Abandoned Mine
Nashville
The Devil's Carnival
Summer Song
The Pregnancy Project
Unsupervised
Café
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
From Prada to Nada
Mother's Day
The Middle
Broken Hill
Ruby & The Rockits
Innocent
Royal Pains
Repo! The Genetic Opera
The Mentalist
Remember the Daze
Marrying God
Walkout
Ghost Whisperer
Dancing with the Stars
Odd Girl Out
State's Evidence
Sleepover
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
The Bernie Mac Show
Follow the Stars Home
Spy Kids
Run the Wild Fields
The Early Show
Ladies Man
The Deep End of the Ocean
NetForce
Netforce
To Have & to Hold
Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!
The Magnificent Seven
Ghosts of Mississippi
The Glimmer Man
Life's Work
Shattered Mind
Twister
A Promise to Carolyn
It Was Him or Us
Nine Months
Little Giants
ER
Chicago Hope
All That
Wild & Crazy Kids
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Dweller
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