Alexa PenaVega

Known for ActingBorn 1988-08-27 (age 37)Ocala, Florida, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Innocent

It Was Him or Us

To Have & to Hold

Big Time Rush: The City Is Ours - Live at Madison Square Garden

Get Him Back for Christmas

The Mentalist

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Ghost Whisperer

Picture Perfect Mysteries: Dead Over Diamonds

ER

All That

The Middle

Mr. Manhattan

Marrying God

Picture Perfect Mysteries: Newlywed and Dead

Life's Work

Never Too Late to Celebrate

Picture Perfect Mysteries: Exit Stage Death

Spare Parts

The Casagrandes Movie

Ladies Man

Taking a Shot at Love

Before Your Father Finds Us

Love in the Limelight

Chicago Hope

Summer Song

The Tomorrow People

A Promise to Carolyn

23 Blast

The Pregnancy Project

Nashville

Unsupervised

Royal Pains

Do You Believe?

Mighty Oak

Ruby & The Rockits

The Bernie Mac Show

The Deep End of the Ocean

The Magnificent Seven

Mother's Day

Ghosts of Mississippi

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

Twister

Enchanted Christmas

Little Giants

Follow the Stars Home

Repo! The Genetic Opera

A Paris Proposal