Paz Vega full name is Maria Paz Campos Trigo, she was born on 1976 and she is actress of Spanish citizenship. From her biography from many websites including imdb, she was born in the city of Seville and her mother was working as a homemaker and her father is a retired bullfighter. She has a young sister who works as a Flamenco dancer. She says that her family is catholic and traditional. She took the stage name according to the name of her grandmother. She chose to be an actress after attending the performance for La Casa De Bernarda Alba of Federico Garcia Lorca. After finishing the compulsory education at the age of 16, she got accepted at the prestigious stage school called Centro Andaluz de Teatro. After studying there for 2 years and doing the journalism, she went to live in Madrid.
Paz Vega started the screen career with the Spanish TV series called Menudo Es Mi Padre and the same series starred rumba singer El Fary, she appeared in two series of the series in the year 1997 called Mas Que Amigos and of the teen drama called Companeros. She starred for silver screen with Zapping in the year 1999. This is the same year in which she had a minor role in the movie I will Survive of David Menkes. Other stars were Juan Deigo Botto and Emma Suarez with a cameo of Boy George.
Paz Vega became successful in movies with 7 Vidas of 1999. The series got billed as Spanish Friends and it became the best loved domestic sitcom of the country. She played Laura, who is a perky Andalusian girl who came to be with David who came out of the coma. The series were broadcasted by the Telecinco and they finished in the year 2006 but without Vegas.
Paz Vega starred in Sex and Lucia of Julia Medem and this brought her to the attention of even larger audience. She was in the supporting role for James L Brooks film called Spanglish and she was opposite to the Adam Sandler. In the year 2006, she was the co-star of Morgan Freeman in an independent film called 10 Items of Less. In the year 2008, she was the co-star of Gabriel Macht, Scarlett Johansson, and Samuel L Jackson in the movie called The Spirit. In the year 2011, Vegas had the role in Vallanzasca-The Angels of Evil and she was called Michelle Placido. Paz Vega works also like a model and she got signed to 1/one management in the city of New York. In May 2011, she replaced Penelope Cruz and she became the face for L’Oreal Spain.
Paz Vega is married to a Venezuelan husband called Orson Salazar. They got the first son called Orson in the year 2007. She has other children, a daughter Ava born in 2009 and a son Lenon in 2010.
Birth Date: | 2 Jan, 1976 |
Age: | 44 yrs |
Occupations: | Model Film actor |
Citizenship: | Spain |
Birth Place: | Seville |
Gender: | Female |
Description: | Spanish actress |
Net Worth 2021: | 10 million |