Paz Vega

Gender: Female
Born: 2nd January 1976 (currently 36 years old)
Nationality: Spain
TV programs: 7 Vidas
Movies: Lucía y el sexo, Spanglish, The Other Side of the Bed, Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo, 10 Items or Less, Novo, Fade to Black, The Six Wives of Henry LeFay, The Human Contract, Triage, Burning Palms, The Spirit, Not Forgotten, Carmen, Talk to Her, Vallanzasca-Gli Angeli Del Male, Mine Alone, Cat Run, Nobody Knows Anybody, The Borgia, La Masseria Delle Allodole, The Jesuit, Butterflies & Lightning, Sobreviviré, Di que sí, The Borgias

Paz Campos Trigo (born 2 January 1976), better known as Paz Vega, is a Spanish actress.

Vega was born in Seville, Andalusia, Spain to a homemaker mother and a retired bullfighter father. Vega's younger sister has performed as a flamenco dancer. Vega has described her family as "traditional" and Catholic. She took her stage name from her grandmother. After attending a performance of Federico García Lorca's La casa de Bernarda Alba at the age of 15 she was convinced that she wanted to become an actress. After completing compulsory education at 16, she was accepted at the prestigious Centro Andaluz de Teatro stage school. After two years at the stage school and two more years studying journalism, Vega moved to Madrid.

Vega made her television debut in the Spanish TV series, Menudo es mi padre, which starred rumba singer El Fary. After appearing in two other series in 1997 - Mas que amigos and teen drama Compañeros - she went on to grace the silver screen in 1999 in Zapping. The same year she also had a minor role in the David Menkes movie I Will Survive (Sobreviviré) alongside Emma Suárez, Juan Diego Botto and a cameo from Boy George.

Vega found success in 1999's 7 Vidas. The series

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