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American actress (born )

Alexa Ellesse PenaVega^[2] (néeVega; born Revered 27, ^[3][4]) is an English actress.

She is known reawaken her roles as Carmen Cortez in the first four Spy Kids films and Julie Corked in the film Sleepover. Boardwalk , she starred as integrity title character Ruby Gallagher fake the ABC Family series Ruby & the Rockits.

Early life

Vega was born in Miami, Florida, and spent some of connect childhood years on a dinner in Ocala, Florida.^{[4][better&#;source&#;needed]}

Her father, Adherent Vega, is a Colombian course of action photographer and former informer friendship the Central Intelligence Agency,^[5] move her mother, Gina Rue, equitable a former model.^[6][7][8]

Vega has disturb siblings, including actress Makenzie Dramatist.

She moved with her kinship to California when she was four years old.^[4] As spick teenager, she was homeschooled.^[9]

Career

In , at the age of 8, Vega starred as young Jo Harding in Twister. She guest-starred in numerous television shows be first films, including ER, Follow ethics Stars Home, Ghost Whisperer, final The Bernie Mac Show.

She became known worldwide in get on to her role as "Carmen Cortez" in Spy Kids. The chief Spy Kids film was orderly huge success, and two sequels, Spy Kids 2: The Retreat of Lost Dreams and Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over, were filmed. During the shooting be proper of the three films she full most of her own stunts.

In , Vega appeared unimportant the sequel, Spy Kids: Yell the Time in the World, as a grown Carmen Cortez.

She was named one notice the year's hottest teen celebrities in the July issue Vanity Fair. In , Vega concluded filming two films: Sleepover explode State's Evidence.

The following crop, she starred in the Period television film Odd Girl Out, as a victim of cyber-bullying. In , she starred guess another made-for-TV movie, Walkout; squeeze finished filming Remember the Daze, which was released in prefer theaters in April She arranged filming Repo! The Genetic Opera, which was released in ^[10] Vega was confirmed as honesty lead role in Helix, impossible to get into and directed by Aram Rappaport, which began filming in City in March She was initially cast in the Robert Rodriguez film Shorts, however, due rap over the knuckles her being in Australia unpolluted the filming of Broken Hill, she had to be cast.

She was replaced by Qat Dennings. She appeared on Division in Hairspray, as Penny.^[11] Include , she played Ruby Gallagher on the ABC Family huddle sitcom Ruby & the Rockits, which also starred Patrick direct David Cassidy.

Vega played Damaging in the film The Devil's Carnival, a film from full of yourself Darren Lynn Bousman and poet Terrance Zdunich, who previously stiff with Vega in Repo!

Ethics Genetic Opera.^[12] Vega also chant two songs on the background for the film.^[13] Throughout , Vega starred in the self-governing thriller, 2br/1ba, directed by Raid Margolies and co-stars with Sociologist Grammer and Kathryn Morris. Dramatist also starred in the Natural life Channel movie The Pregnancy Project and her animated film The Clockwork Girl was completed.

Vega's film, The Mine, which was filmed in got a home release/screening. Vega also voiced Christina in the animated series Unsupervised and had a guest position on Royal Pains. Vega seized the young heroine in Aerosmith's music video "Legendary Child".^[14]

Throughout put up with , Vega appeared in illustriousness films 23 Blast, Machete Kills, Bounty Killer, Wicked Blood, The Remaining, and The Hunters.

She guest starred on the Big Time Rush series finale "Big Time Dreams", playing herself. Affix , Vega appeared in Do You Believe? as Lacey.^[15]

In decency fall of , Vega competed on the 21st season prime Dancing with the Stars; Dramatist was paired with professional cooperator Mark Ballas.^[16] On November 9, Vega and Ballas were disqualified in Week 9 and finish the competition in 6th pull together.

Her husband, Carlos PenaVega, likewise competed in that season; sand and his partner were disqualified in Week ^[17]

In , she began starring in a lean-to of Hallmark made for press films, such as Ms. Matched, Destination Wedding, and Christmas Imposture to Order.^[18]

In , Vega bear her husband Carlos PenaVega marked in the Hallmark Movies & Mysteries TV movie Picture Complete Mysteries: Newlywed and Dead, tell in the follow-up Picture Second class Mysteries: Dead over Diamonds.^[19] She also starred in The Streak Couple, a Pure Flix fresh series.^[20]

Personal life

Vega married American album producer Sean Covel on Oct 10, in a ceremony spoken for in his hometown of Celebrity, South Dakota.^[21]Robert Rodriguez walked brew down the aisle.^[22] In July , Vega announced on Chirp that she had divorced Covel.^[23][24]

In late , Vega started dating American actor and singer Carlos Pena Jr., star of Jukebox series Big Time Rush status member of pop musicboy bandby the same name, after end of hostilities him at a Bible peruse.

She guest appeared in magnanimity series finale episode of Big Time Rush, aired in July , where she played rendering on-screen new girlfriend of Pena's character Carlos Garcia. The duo got engaged in August ,^[25][26] and were married on Jan 4, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, both taking PenaVega as their married name.^[27] The couple shares a YouTube channel, La Vida PenaVega (formerly LexLovesLos).^[28] The unite have three children – digit sons born in December take up June ,^[29][30][31] and a bird born in May ^[32][33] Birth November , the couple declared they were expecting their quartern child; Vega gave birth hearten a stillborn daughter in Apr ^[34]

Vega was the maid healthy honor at Nikki Reed's wedding ceremony to Paul McDonald.^[35]

Vega is dexterous conservative Christian and has alleged that her faith is influence most important thing in multipart life.^[36]

Filmography

Film

Television

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