Paz vega

Date of Birth
2 January 1976, Seville, Andalucía, Spain

Birth Name
Paz Campos Trigo

Height
5' 6½" (1.69 m)

Spouse
Orson Salazar (2002 - present) 3 children

Trivia
Took her surname Vega from her grandmother.

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 auditioning for every gig she heard about.

Was a television star before making it in movies.

Husband is Venezuelan. They met while vacationing on a Spanish island.

Her stage name translated into English means 'peace meadow'.

Got an "Introducing" credit for Spanglish (2004), despite it being her 13th film.

Spanish citizen.

Her father was a bullfighter.

She and her husband welcomed their first son, Orson (2 May 2007].

Ranked #85 on the Maxim magazine Hot 100 of 2008 list.

Second child, Ava, was born on July 17th, 2009.

Welcomed her third child, a second son named Lenon Vega Salazar, on August 13th 2010, about 6 weeks early.


Personal Quotes
"I don't want to play only Latin women. I want to have roles in English."

"I am only an actress when they say, 'action' and I stop being an actress when they say, 'cut'. I am a normal person outside of acting."


Where Are They Now
(November 2006) Expecting first child with husband Orson.

(May 2007) Has given birth to first son, a baby boy called Orson as his father.

(July 2008) Has joined the cast of the Spanish series Lex for 4 episodes.

(December 2008) Expecting second child with husband Orson.

(April 2009) Has announced the sex of her second child: a girl.

(July 2009) Has given birth to second child, a baby girl called Ava.

(March 2010) Expecting third child.




Spanish-born actress Paz Vega studied at the Centro Andaluz de Teatro stage school before getting her first break on the Spanish TV series Menudo es Mi Padre. Her screen presence and acting ability were just as apparent as her beauty, and she soon appeared on the series Más Que Amigos, as well as in the films Perdón, Perdón and Zapping. Vega arrived on the scene as a recognizable name and face in 1999 with a role on the domestic sitcom 7 Vidas, also known as the "Spanish Friends." At the age of 23, Vega had become a star, and director Mateo_Gil took such notice of her that he gave her a substantial role in his slick thriller Nadie Conoce a Nadie. She soon afterward made waves with a provocative title role in the erotic drama Lucía y el Sexo -- winning her a Goya award (the Spanish equivalent of an Oscar) and effectively making her a sex symbol overnight. Vegatackled several high-quality and high-profile roles in the following few years, including a battered wife in Sólo_Mía and scientist in the award-winning Hable con Ella. Her arrival in Hollywood came in 2004, however, with a role in the Adam_Sandler dramatic comedy Spanglish. The film had only a modest run at the box office, but U.S. audiences were taken with the Spanish beauty. She was soon afterward offered a role in Oliver_Parker's old-Hollywood thriller Fade to Black, playing Italian actress Lea_Padovani. Cammila Albertson, Rovi