Paz Vega

María de la Paz Campos Trigo (born 2 January 1976), known professionally as Paz Vega ({{#invoke:IPA|main}}), is a Spanish actress. She became popular for her performance in comedy television series 7 vidas.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Her film credits include Sex and Lucia (2001), Mine Alone (2001), The Other Side of the Bed (2002), Carmen (2003), Spanglish (2004), 10 Items or Less (2006), Theresa: The Body of Christ (2007), Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012), All Roads Lead to Rome (2015), Acts of Vengeance (2017), and Rambo: Last Blood (2019). She played the role of Catalina Creel in the 2019 television series Cradle of Wolves (Cuna de lobos).

She made her directorial debut with Rita (2024), which she also wrote.

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>Template:Cite news</ref> Vega's younger sister has performed as a flamenco dancer.<ref name=parade>Template:Cite magazine</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, Bernarda Alba's House (La casa de Bernarda Alba), when she was 16.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

After completing compulsory education at 16, Vega was accepted at the Andalusian Theater Center (Centro Andaluz de Teatro) stage school.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She studied there for two years and took another two years studying journalism.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> She next moved to Madrid to seek her future.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Screen career

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Vega at the 10 Items or Less premiere in Madrid with co-star Morgan Freeman in 2007

Vega made her television debut in the Spanish TV series, My Father Is So Nice (Menudo es mi padre), which starred rumba singer El Fary. She appeared in two other series in 1997; More Than Friends (Más que amigos) and Companions (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, and Juan Diego Botto.

Vega found success in 1999's TV series 7 Lives (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. In May 2011, Vega replaced Penélope Cruz as the face for L'Oreal Spain.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

In 2018, she participated in the third season of the reality cooking show MasterChef Celebrity.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

In 2019, Vega appeared in Televisa to portray the lead character Catalina Creel in the miniseries Cradle of Wolves (Cuna de Lobos), based on the 1986 original telenovela of the same title. The same year, she portrayed an independent Mexican reporter in Rambo: Last Blood, in which she co-starred with Sylvester Stallone.

In 2023, Vega announced in Cannes the beginning of filming of her directorial debut, Rita, a feature film set in 1980s Seville billed by Vega as a "costumbrista and nostalgic" story.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The film premiered at 2024 Locarno Film Festival and earned her a nomination for the Goya Award for Best New Director.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personal life

Vega and her Venezuelan husband, Orson Salazar, had their first child, a son, in May 2003.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Their second child, a daughter, was born in July 2005.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Their third child, another son, was born in August 2006.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> They married in 2002.Template:Citation needed

Filmography

Film

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Vega at the 33rd Goya Awards in 2019.

Year	Title	Roles	Notes	Template:Abbr
1999	Zapping	Elvira	Feature film debut	<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
	I Will Survive (Sobreviviré)			{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
	Nobody Knows Anybody (Nadie conoce a nadie)	Ariadna		<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
2001	Sex and Lucia (Lucía y el sexo)	Lucía		<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
	Mine Alone (Sólo mía]])	Ángela		<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2002	Talk to Her (Hable con ella]])	Amparo		<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
	The Other Side of the Bed (El otro lado de la cama)	Sonia		<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
	Novo	Isabelle
2003	Carmen	Carmen		<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2004	Say Yes (Di que sí)	Estrella Cuevas		<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Spanglish	Flor		<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
2006	10 Items or Less	Scarlet		<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	The Borgia (Los Borgia)	Caterina Sforza		<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Fade to Black	Lea Padovani
2007	The Lark Farm (La masseria delle allodole)	Nunik		<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Theresa: The Body of Christ (Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo)	Santa Teresa		<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
2008	The Human Contract	Michael		<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	The Spirit	Plaster of Paris		<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2009	Not Forgotten	Amaya
	The Six Wives of Henry Lefay	Verónica
	Triage	Elena Morales
2010	Burning Palms	Blanca Juárez
	Angel of Evil	Antonella D'Agostino
2011	Cat Run	Catalina Rona
2012	Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted	Esmeralda, Esperanza and Ernestina	Voice role
2013	I'm So Excited! (Los amantes pasajeros)	Alba		<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
	Demon Inside	Marta
2014	Grace of Monaco	Maria Callas		<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Paulo Coelho's Best Story	Luiza
	Kill the Messenger	Coral Baca
	The Ignorance of Blood (La ignorancia de la sangre)	Consuelo		<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2015	All Roads Lead to Rome	Giulia Carni
2016	Tales of an Immoral Couple (La vida inmoral de la pareja ideal)	Loles		<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2017	Acts of Vengeance	Alma
2018	Template:Ill (Vom Lokführer, der die Liebe suchte…/The Bra)	Daria
2019	Oh, my mother! (¡Ay, mi madre!	Pili
	Rambo: Last Blood	Carmen Delgado
2020	Chasing Wonders	Adrianna
2021	American Night	Sarah
2021	The House of Snails (La casa del caracol)	Berta		<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2021	Wetland (El lodo)	Claudia		<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2021	13 Minutes	Ana		<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2022	There Are No Saints	Nadia
2022	Full Train 2 (A todo tren 2)	Clara		<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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	I Can't Live Without You (No puedo vivir sin ti)	Adela		citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
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Television

Year	Title	Roles	Notes
1997	My Father Is So Nice (Menudo es mi padre	Olga	6 episodes
1997–1998	more Than Friends (Más que amigos	Olga	28 episodes
1998	Companions (Compañeros)	Luz	17 episodes
1999	Shelly Fisher	Seidy Bender	Television film
1999–2006	7 Lives (7 vidas)	Laura Arteagabeitia	60 episodes
2008	Lex	Rocío Janer	4 episodes
2012	Mary of Nazareth	Mary Magdalene	Television film
	One Thousand and One Nights: Aladdin and Sherazade (Le mille e una notte: Aladino e Sherazade)	Namuna	Miniseries, three parts
2015	Beautiful & Twisted	Narcy	Television film
	Big Time in Hollywood, FL	Isabella Delgado	4 episodes
2016–2017	The Brotherhood (La Hermandad)	Luisa Salinas	Main role (seasons 1–2); 25 episodes
2016–2019	The OA	Renata	Main role (seasons 1–2); 7 episodes
2017	Forgive me, sir (Perdóname, señor)	Lucía Medina	8 episodes
2018	Fugitive (Fugitiva)	Magda	9 episodes
	Paquita Salas	Herself	Episode: "Starting Point" ("Punto de partida")
	MasterChef Celebrity		Runner-Up (season 3); 11 episodes
	The Continental (El Continental)	Belice	5 episodes
2019	Cradle Of Wolves (Cuna de lobos)	Catalina Creel de Larios	Lead role
2020	The House of Flowers (La Casa de las Flores)	Carmelita's mother	Episode: "LAUREL, (Symb. glory)"
2020–2021	Mask Singer: Guess Who Sings (Mask Singer: Adivina quién canta)	Catrina	Winner (season 1); 8 episodes
		Herself	Investigator (season 2); 9 episodes
2023	Kaleidoscope	Ava Mercer	Main role

Accolades

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Vega and Nicole Kidman at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Template:Abbr
2001	Template:Sort	Best Actress	Sex and Lucia	Template:Won	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2002	Template:Sort	Best Actress	Mine Alone	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sort	Best Spanish Actress	Sex and Lucia & Mine Alone	Template:Won	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sort	Best Film Actress	Sex and Lucia	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
	Template:Sort	Best New Actress	Sex and Lucia	Template:Won	<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
		Best Actress	Mine Alone	Template:Nom
	Template:Sort	Best Film Performance in a Leading Role		Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
		Best New Performance		Template:Nom
2003	Template:Sort	Best Actress	The Other Side of the Bed	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2004	Template:Sort	Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress	Carmen	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2005	Imagen Awards	Best Actress	Spanglish	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2020	29th Actors and Actresses Union Awards	Best Actress in an International Production	The OA	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2021	Template:Sort	Best Actress	Wetland	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
2022	Template:Sort	Best Actress	The House of Snails	Template:Nom	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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2025 {{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}	4th Carmen Awards	Best New Director	Rita	Template:Won	<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}
		Best Original Screenplay		Template:Nom
		Best Supporting Actress		Template:Nom
	39th Goya Awards	Best New Director		Template:Pending	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>{{safesubst:#invoke:Check for unknown parameters|check|unknown=|preview=Page using Template:Center with unknown parameter "_VALUE_"|ignoreblank=y| 1 | style }}

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