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Name :
Paz Vega
Paz
January 2, 1976
5' 8
Spanish
Actor
As Lucia in Sex and Lucia (2001)
Orson Salazar (2002 - present) 1 child
Mailing Address
Paz Vega
c/o Creative Artists Agency
2000 Avenue Of The Stars
Awards:
Year : 2004
Category : Breakout of the Year - On Screen
For : Spanglish
Won
Year : 2002
Category : Best Spanish Actress (Mejor Actriz Española)
For : Lucía y el sexo
Won
Year : 2001
Category : Best Actress (Mejor Actriz)
For : Lucía y el sexo
Won
Trivia:
Her stage name translated into English means 'peace meadow'.
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Paz Vega Biography:
Paz's first big jobs came on TV, where she appeared in three episodes of the Spanish series Menudo es mi padre, and in two other series, Mas que amigos and Companeros. In 1999, Paz got her first major movie role in Zapping, in which she played a hot sex-loving vixen who snagged another woman's husband. That same year, she had a minor part in Sobrevivire (I Will Survive), which got people noticing her.
Movie director Julio Medem saw her potential and asked Vega to leave her TV role to dedicate herself to his new project. His film would be provocative, steamy and sensual, so he needed just the right actress. In 2001, Lucia y el sexo (Sex and Lucia) hit theaters. It told the story, in graphic and lurid detail, of an innocent girl who slowly discovers her sexuality. Paz appeared nude, acting with her whole body in a gush of sensuality. Sex and Lucia became an international hit and won Paz a Goya,
After two more movies, including a rendition of Carmen in 2003, Paz started being coveted abroad. James L. Brooks, of The Simpsons and As Good as It Gets, signed her for his new directing project, a comedy called Spanglish, with Adam Sandler and Tea Leoni. This movie will no doubt raise her profile in the
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Filmography:
Spanglish ( 2004 )