Paz Vega

Paz Vega (born 2 January 1976) ([paθ ˈβeɣa]), is a Spanish actress.
== Early life ==
Vega was born in Seville, Spain, in 1976 to a housewife mother and a father who was a former bullfighter.[1] Vega's younger sister has performed as a flamencodancer.[2] Vega has described her family as "traditional" and Catholic.[1] She took her stage name from her grandmother. Vega decided to become an actress after attending a performance of Federico García Lorca's play, La casa de Bernarda Alba, when she was 16.[3]
After completing compulsory education at 16, Vega was accepted at the Centro Andaluz de Teatro stage school.[4] She studied there for two years and took another two years studying journalism.[5] She next moved to Madrid to seek her future.[6]
== Screen career ==
Vega made her television debut in the Spanish TV series, Menudo es mi padre, which starred rumba singer El Fary. She appeared in two other series in 1997—Más que amigos and teen drama Compañeros.
In 1999 she made her film debut 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 by Boy George.
Vega found success in 1999's TV series 7 Vidas. The series was billed as a Spanish Friends and became 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 on 12 April 2006, albeit without Vega.
In 2001, she starred in Julio Médem's film Sex and Lucia, which brought her to the attention of a larger audience. She appeared in the 2004 James L. Brooks American film Spanglish opposite Adam Sandler. In 2006, she co-starred with American actor Morgan Freeman in the independent film 10 Items or Less, directed by Brad Silberling. In 2008, she co-starred with Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, and Scarlett Johansson in The Spirit. In 2011, Vega had a role in Michele Placido's film Vallanzasca –The Angels of Evil.
Vega also works as a model; she is signed to 1/One Management in New York City. On May 2011, Vega replaced Penélope Cruz as the face for L'Oreal Spain.[7]
In 2018 she appeared in the third season of MasterChef Celebrity.[8]
== Personal life ==
Vega and her Venezuelan husband, Orson Salazar, had their first child, son Orson, on 2 May 2007.[9] Her second child, daughter Ava, was born on 17 July 2009.[10] Their third child, son Lenon, was born on 13 August 2010.[11]
== Filmography ==
Year 	Film 	Role 	Notes and Awards
1997 	Más allá del jardín 	 	
1998 	Perdón, perdón 	María 	
1999 	Zapping 	Elvira 	
1999 	Sobreviviré 	Azafata 	
2000 	Nadie conoce a nadie 	Ariadna 	
2000 	El chico en la puerta (short film) 	 	
2001 	Lucía y el sexo 	Lucía 	
2001 	Mine Alone 	Angela 	
2002 	Hable con ella 	Amparo 	
2002 	El otro lado de la cama 	Sonia 	
2002 	Novo 	Isabelle 	
2003 	Carmen 	Carmen 	
2004 	Di que sí 	Estrella Cuevas 	
2004 	Spanglish 	Flor Moreno 	
2006 	10 Items or Less 	Scarlet 	
2006 	Los Borgia 	Caterina Sforza 	
2006 	Fade to Black 	Lea Padovani 	
2007 	Theresa: The Body of Christ 	Santa Teresa de Jesús 	
2007 	The Lark Farm 	Nunik 	
2008 	The Human Contract 	Michael 	
2008 	The Spirit 	Plaster of Paris 	
2009 	Not Forgotten 	Amaya 	
2009 	The Six Wives of Henry Lefay 	Veronica 	
2009 	Triage 	Elena Morales 	
2009 	Burning Palms 	Blanca Juarez 	
2009 	Wanted: Weapons of Fate 	Araña[12] 	video game
2010 	Angel of Evil 	Antonella D'Agostino 	
2010 	Castro's Daughter 	Alina Fernandez 	
2011 	The Flower of Evil 	Antonella D'Agostino 	
2011 	Cat Run 	Catalina "Cat" Rona 	
2012 	Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted 	the Andalusian Triplets (Esmeralda, Esperanza and Ernestina)	Voice
2012 	Mary of Nazareth 	Mary Magdalene 	
2013 	I'm So Excited 	Alba 	
2013 	Demon Inside 	Marta 	
2014 	Grace of Monaco 	Maria Callas 	
2014 	Não Pare na Pista - A Melhor História de Paulo Coelho	Luiza 	
2014 	Kill the Messenger 	Coral Baca 	
2014 	La ignorancia de la sangre 	Consuelo 	
2015-	Big Time in Hollywood, FL 	Isabella Delgado 	
2015 	Beautiful & Twisted 	Narcy Novack 	
2016 	All Roads Lead to Rome 	 	Post-production
2016 	The OA 	Renata 	TV
2017 	Acts of Vengeance 	Alma 	
2018 	The Jesuit 	 	
2019 	Rambo V: Last Blood 	Carmen Delgado 	
== Awards and nominations ==
; Premios Goya
* 2001, Best actress in a leading role, Sólo mía, NOMINATION
* 2001, Best breakthrough actress performance, Lucía y el sexo, WON
; Premios Unión de Actores
* 2001, Unión de Actores Award best actress|Best actress in a leading role, Sólo mía, NOMINATION
* 2001, Premio Unión de Actores best breakthrough actress performance|Best breakthrough actress performance, Lucía y el sexo, NOMINATION
; Anexo
: Fotogramas de Plata|Fotogramas de Plata
* 2003, Best actress, Carmen, NOMINATION
* 2002, Best actress, El otro lado de la cama, NOMINATION
* 2001, Best actress, Lucía y el sexo and Sólo mía, NOMINATION
; European Awards
* 2003, Viewers award best actress, Carmen, Nomination
; Cannes Festival
* 2001, Trofeo Chopard best breakthrough performance, Lucía y el sexo, WON
; Imagen Foundation
* 2004, Best actress, Spanglish, WON
; Phoenix Film Critics Society
* 2004, Best breakthrough performance, Spanglish, WON
; Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos
* 2001, Best actress, Sólo mía, WON
; Sant Jordi Awards
* 2001, Best Spanish Act, Lucía y el sexo and Sólo mía, WON
; Ondas Award
* 2001, Best actress, Lucía y el sexo, WON