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==Early life== Vega was born in [[Seville]], Andalusia, in 1976 to a housewife mother and a father who was a former bullfighter.<ref name=ref1>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/SPANGLISH-ACTRESS-TALENT-TRANSLATES-WELL-2629877.php |title='Spanglish' Actress' Talent Translates Well |newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=12 December 2004|access-date=14 January 2014| first=Hugh | last=Hart}}</ref> Vega's younger sister has performed as a [[flamenco]] dancer.<ref name=parade>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2004/edition_12-12-2004/in_step_with_0 |title=In Step With: Paz Vega | magazine=[[Parade Magazine|Parade]]|date=12 December 2004}}</ref> Vega has described her family as "traditional" and [[Catholic]].<ref name=ref1/> She took her stage surname of 'Vega' from her grandmother.<ref name="galan" /> Vega decided to become an actress after attending a performance of [[Federico García Lorca]]'s play, ''[[La casa de Bernarda Alba|Bernarda Alba's House]]'' (''La casa de Bernarda Alba''), when she was 16.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thehollywoodinterview.blogspot.pt/2011/04/paz-vega-hollywood-interview_01.html|title=PAZ VEGA: The Hollywood Interview|website=thehollywoodinterview.blogspot.pt|access-date=2016-12-20}}</ref> After completing [[compulsory education]] at 16, Vega was accepted at the ''Andalusian Theater Center'' (''Centro Andaluz de Teatro'') stage school.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hola.com/biografias/paz-vega/|title=Paz Vega. Noticias, fotos y biografía de Paz Vega|last=S.A.|first=Hola|website=hola.com|language=es|access-date=20 December 2016}}</ref> She studied there for two years and took another two years studying [[journalism]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/02/didnt-know-about-paz-vega_n_4531936.html|title=Happy Birthday Paz Vega! 9 Things You Didn't Know About The Star|date=2 January 2014|website=[[The Huffington Post]]|access-date=20 December 2016}}</ref> She next moved to [[Madrid]] to seek her future.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://uk.askmen.com/celebs/women/actress_250/261_paz_vega.html|title=The Sexiest Comedy Of 2010?|website=[[AskMen]]|access-date=20 December 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809170711/http://uk.askmen.com/celebs/women/actress_250/261_paz_vega.html|archive-date=9 August 2016}}</ref>
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