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Paz Vega More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

2 January 1973, Seville, Andalucía, Spain

Birth Name

Paz Campos Trigo

Height

5' 6½" (1.69 m)

Spouse

Orson Salazar

(2002 - present) 1 child

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.

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.

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