Paz Vega
María de la Paz Campos Trigos, known professionally as Paz Vega, is a Spanish actress. Her film credits include Sex and Lucia, Spanglish, 10 Items or Less, All Roads Lead to Rome, Acts of Vengeance and . She played the role of Catalina Creel in the 2019 remake of the 1986 telenovela Cuna de lobos.
Early life
Vega was born in Seville, Spain, in 1976 to a housewife mother and a father who was a former bullfighter. Vega's younger sister has performed as a flamenco dancer. Vega has described her family as "traditional" and Catholic. 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.After completing compulsory education at 16, Vega was accepted at the Centro Andaluz de Teatro stage school. She studied there for two years and took another two years studying journalism. She next moved to Madrid to seek her future.
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, 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. However, she received prominent exposure, particularly to American audiences, when 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.
In 2018, she participated in the third season of the reality cooking show MasterChef Celebrity.
In 2019, Vega appears in Televisa to portray the lead character Catalina Creel in the mini-series Cuna de Lobos, based on the 1986 original telenovela of the same title. The same year, she portrayed an independent Mexican reporter in , where she co-starred with Sylvester Stallone.
Personal life
Vega and her Venezuelan husband, Orson Salazar, had their first child, a son in 2 May 2007. Her second child, a daughter, was born in July 2009. Their third child, another son, was born in August 2010. They married in 2002.Filmography
Film roles
| Year | Title | Roles | Notes |
| 1998 | Perdón, perdón | María | Short film |
| 1999 | Zapping | Elvira | |
| 1999 | I Will Survive | Azafata | |
| 1999 | Nobody Knows Anybody | Ariadna | |
| 2001 | Sex and Lucía | Lucía | |
| 2001 | Sólo mía | Ángela | |
| 2002 | Talk to Her | Amparo | |
| 2002 | The Other Side of the Bed | Sonia | |
| 2002 | Novo | Isabelle | |
| 2003 | Carmen | Carmen | |
| 2004 | Di que sí | Estrella Cuevas | |
| 2004 | Spanglish | Flor | |
| 2006 | 10 Items or Less | Scarlet | |
| 2006 | The Borgia | Caterina Sforza | |
| 2006 | Fade to Black | Lea Padovani | |
| 2007 | The Lark Farm | Nunik | |
| 2007 | ' | Teresa | |
| 2008 | The Human Contract | Michael | |
| 2008 | The Spirit | Plaster of Paris | |
| 2009 | Not Forgotten | Amaya | |
| 2009 | The Six Wives of Henry Lefay | Verónica | |
| 2009 | Triage | Elena Morales | |
| 2010 | Burning Palms | Blanca Juárez | |
| 2010 | Angel of Evil | Antonella D'Agostino | |
| 2011 | Cat Run | Catalina Rona | |
| 2012 | ' | Horses | Voice role |
| 2013 | I'm So Excited! | Alba | |
| 2013 | Demon Inside | Marta | |
| 2014 | Grace of Monaco | María Callas | |
| 2014 | Paulo Coelho's Best Story | Luiza | |
| 2014 | Kill the Messenger | Coral Baca | |
| 2014 | The Ignorance of Blood | Consuelo | |
| 2015 | All Roads Lead to Rome | Giulia Carni | |
| 2016 | Tales of an Immoral Couple | Loles | |
| 2017 | Acts of Vengeance | Alma | |
| 2018 | The Bra | Daria | |
| 2019 | ¡Ay, mi madre! | Pili | |
| 2019 | Carmen Delgado |
Television roles
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
- 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
- 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
- 2003, Viewers award best actress, Carmen, Nomination
- 2001, Trofeo Chopard best breakthrough performance, Lucía y el sexo, WON
- 2004, Best actress, Spanglish, WON
- 2004, Best breakthrough performance, Spanglish, WON
- 2001, Best actress, Sólo mía, WON
- 2001, Best Spanish Act, Lucía y el sexo and Sólo mía, WON
- 2001, Best actress, Lucía y el sexo, WON