Name
Alexa PenaVega
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1988-08-27 (38 years old)
Place of Birth
Ocala, Florida, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
6.402
Some of Sin City's most hard-boiled citizens cross paths with a few of its more reviled in...
5.623
Ex-Federale agent Machete is recruited by the President of the United States for a mission...
6.556
A three-year-old boy disappears during his mother's high school reunion. Nine years later,...
6.122
When a group of close-knit friends assemble for the marriage of Skylar and Dan, they have ...
- 2001 Spy Kids as Carmen Cortez
- 2008 Remember the Daze as Holly
- 1995 Nine Months as Molly Dwyer
- 1999 The Deep End of the Ocean as Kerry Cappadora (age 9)
- 2003 Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over as Carmen Cortez
- 2002 Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams as Carmen Cortez
- 2004 Sleepover as Julie
- 2008 Repo! The Genetic Opera as Shilo Wallace
- 2009 Broken Hill as Kat Rogers
- 2022 Big Time Rush: The City Is Ours - Live at Madison Square Garden as Self
- 2011 From Prada to Nada as Mary Dominguez
- 2011 Café as Sally
- 2004 State's Evidence as Sandy
- 2005 Odd Girl Out as Vanessa
- 1999 NetForce as Susan 'Susie' Michaels
- 2011 Spy Kids: All the Time in the World as Carmen Cortez
- 2012 The Devil's Carnival as Wick
- 2023 Never Too Late to Celebrate as Camila
- 2007 Marrying God as Ivy
- 2012 The Pregnancy Project as Gaby Rodriguez
- 2013 Abandoned Mine as Sharon
- 2013 The Hunters as Dylan Savini
- 2009 Innocent as Ashley
- 2014 Wicked Blood as Amber Baker
- 2015 Spare Parts as Karla
- 2022 Love in the Limelight as Summer Rivera
- 2014 The Remaining as Skylar
- 2014 The Clockwork Girl as Tesla (voice)
- 2013 Machete Kills as Killjoy
- 2014 23 Blast as Ashley
- 2014 Sin City: A Dame to Kill For as Gilda
- 1995 It Was Him or Us as Young Carrie
- 1996 Ghosts of Mississippi as Claire DeLaughter
- 2001 Follow the Stars Home as Amy Williams
- 1994 Little Giants as Priscilla O'Shea
- 1996 Twister as Jo – 5 years old
- 1998 Dennis the Menace Strikes Again! as Gina
- 2000 Run the Wild Fields as Opal 'Pug' Miller
- 2006 Walkout as Paula Crisostomo
- 2010 Mother's Day as Jenna Luther
- 2015 Do You Believe? as Lacy
- 2024 The Casagrandes Movie as Carlota (voice)
- 2015 Roommate Wanted as Janie
- 1996 The Glimmer Man as Cole's Daughter
- 2015 The Murder Pact as Camille
- 2015 Pixies as Michelle Meyers (voice)
- Soon Dweller as Brittney
- 1996 Shattered Mind as Actress
- 2012 Summer Song as Ellie
- 2023 A Paris Proposal as Anna
- 2024 Mr. Manhattan as Dani Alvarez
- 2016 Ms. Matched as Libby Boland
- 2014 FUTURESTATES: Code Academy as Libby
- 2024 Get Him Back for Christmas as Bella Harlan
- 2016 Elephant Kingdom as Melody (voice)
- 2013 Bounty Killer as Stewardess
- 2017 Destination Wedding as Ellie Hamilton
- 2017 Enchanted Christmas as Laura Trudeau
- 1996 A Promise to Carolyn as Young Kay
- 2018 Love at Sea as Olivia Grayham
- 2018 Christmas Made to Order as Gretchen
- 2019 Picture Perfect Mysteries: Newlywed and Dead as Allie Adams
- 2020 Picture Perfect Mysteries: Dead Over Diamonds as Allie Adams
- 2020 Mighty Oak as Valerie Scoggins
- 2020 Picture Perfect Mysteries: Exit Stage Death as Allie Adams
- 2021 Taking a Shot at Love as Jenna
- 2022 The Adventures of Bunny Bravo as Tig
- 2025 Before Your Father Finds Us as Sophia
- Soon Home
- Soon Boot Lake
- 2009 The Middle ( 2 episodes ) as Morgan Edwards
- 2005 Ghost Whisperer ( 1 episode ) as Serena Westen
- 2001 The Bernie Mac Show ( 1 episode ) as Jill
- 1994 All That ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1999 The Early Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame ( 1 episode ) as Amy
- 1994 Chicago Hope ( 1 episode ) as Sara Wilmette
- 1999 Ladies Man ( 30 episodes ) as Wendy Stiles
- 1996 Life's Work ( 18 episodes ) as Tess Hunter
- 1998 To Have & to Hold ( 13 episodes ) as Kelly McGrail
- 1998 The Magnificent Seven ( 1 episode ) as Olivia Greer
- 2009 Royal Pains ( 1 episode ) as Hollister (as Alexa Vega)
- 2009 Ruby & The Rockits ( 10 episodes ) as Ruby Gallagher
- 2012 Nashville ( 2 episodes ) as Kiley Brenner
- 2013 The Tomorrow People ( 8 episodes ) as Hilary Cole
- 2008 The Mentalist ( 1 episode ) as Lily Stoppard
- 2005 Dancing with the Stars ( 10 episodes ) as Self - Contestant
- 2019 The Power Couple ( 6 episodes ) as Gaby Powers
- 2012 Unsupervised ( 3 episodes ) as Christina (voice)
- 1999 Netforce ( 2 episodes ) as Susan 'Susie' Michaels
- 1994 ER ( 1 episode ) as Bonnie Howe
