Paz Vega (born Paz Campos Trigo January
2, 1976) is a Spanish actress.
Early life: Vega was born in Seville, Andalucía
and takes her stage name from her grandmother. After
attending a performance of in the 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 media studies, Vega
moved to Madrid hoping for a lucky break into the acting
world. It was rumored that she had a romantic
relationship with Fabian Marin, a young businessman from
El Paso,Texas (USA) in 2004.
TV career: Vega made her television debut in the
Spanish TV series Menudo es mi padre, which starred
pint-sized rhumba 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 Suarez, Juan Diego Botto and a cameo from
Boy George.
Yet it was with the series 7 Vidas (also in 1999) that
her really big break came. 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 Andalucian girl who had come to stay in
the flat of David, who had recently come out of a coma.
The series was broadcast on Telecinco and finished April
12, 2006, albeit without Vega.
Film career: After seeing Vega on 7 vidas, film
maker Mateo Gil was so taken with her that he gave her a
substantial role in his film Nadie conoce a nadie,
scripted and soundtracked by Alejandro Amenábar (who
was later to be instrumental in the transatlantic
success of Penélope Cruz and successful internationally
in his own right as director of The Others and The Sea
Inside).
The next Spanish film maker to be captivated by Vega was
Julio Medem. Vega was chosen to play the title role in
his "provocatively sensual" project Sex and
Lucia (Lucía y el sexo), a split-narrative tale of a
young lady who becomes involved with a writer and the
unexpected turn events take when a discovery he makes is
followed by tragedy. In order to concentrate on the
role, Vega had to leave 7 vidas. The film, an erotically
charged piece of work, soon became an international
success, winning Vega a Goya (Spain's answer to an
Oscar) for Best Female Newcomer.
In 2001 she appeared alongside Sergi López as a
battered wife in the brutal Solo mía and in 2002 no
less than Pedro Almodovar, gave her a part in his film
Talk to Her (Hable con ella). The film also starred her
7 vidas co-star Javier Cámara and went on to win an
Oscar for Best Screenplay, almost unheard of for a
foreign-language film. Soon after, she co-starred in the
musical romantic sex comedy, The Other Side of the Bed
(El otro lado de la cama, 2002).
In 2003 Vega played the feisty Andalucian cigarette-girl
Carmen in Vicente Aranda's film of the same name,
alongside Argentina's Leonardo Sbaraglia. As was Bizet's
famous opera, the film was based on Prosper Merimée's
1845 novella of passion and jealousy.
In 2004, she starred in the James L. Brooks comedy
Spanglish alongside Adam Sandler and Tea Leoni. The film
was successful in theatres.
In 2006, Vega starred in 10 Items or Less with Morgan
Freeman, a groundbreaking film that was the first in
history to be legally available for download while it
was still in theaters. This was possible through
Freeman's online entertainment company ClickStar.
In 2007, she starred as Saint Teresa of Ávila in
Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo, a biopic directed by Ray
Loriga.
Trivia:
In December 2004, Paz Vega made her Hollywood
debut—as a Mexican housekeeper—alongside Adam
Sandler in the romantic comedy Spanglish.
Took her surname Vega from her grandmother.
Vega made her television debut in the Spanish TV
series Menudo es mi Padre.
Majored in journalism, but dropped out of college
after two years to pursue an acting career.
After two years at the acting school, she moved to
Madrid, where she worked in bars.
While she was unemployed she auditioned for every
gig she heard about.
Was a television star before making it in movies.
The movie Hable Con Ella where Paz Vega acted with
her "7 Vidas" co-star, won an Oscar for
"Best Screenplay".
Husband is Venezuelan. They met while vacationing
on a Spanish island.
Her real name translated into English means 'peace
meadows wheat'.
Got an "Introducing" credit for
Spanglish (2004), despite it being her 13th film.
Shares birthday with Kate Bosworth, Cuba Gooding
Jr., Tia Carrere, Saint Teresa of Lisieux, and
writer Isaac Asimov.
Spanish citizen.
Vega and her husband Orson Salazar welcomed their
first child and son, Orson on May 2, 2007.
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