Known For
Acting
Born
Aug 27, 1988
Place of Birth
Ocala, Florida, USA
Credits
91 titles
Alexa PenaVega
Biography
Alexa Ellesse Pena-Vega (born August 27, 1988) is an American actress, singer and pianist. She is best known for playing Carmen Cortez in Spy Kids film series and Shilo Wallace in the movie Repo! the Genetic Opera. In 2009, she starred as the title character Ruby Gallagher in the ABC Family series Ruby & The Rockits. Alexa Vega was born in Miami, Florida. Her father is Colombian and her mother, Gina Rue, is an American former model. Vega has six siblings: paternal half-sister Margaux Vega (b. 1981), sister Krizia Vega (b. 1990), sister Makenzie Vega (b. 1994), maternal half-sister Greylin James (b. 2000), maternal half-brother Jet James (b. 2005), and maternal half-brother Cruz Hudson Rue (b. 2009). She moved with her family to California when she was four years old. Vega married film producer Sean Covel on October 10, 2010 in a ceremony held in his hometown of Lead, South Dakota. She wore an Ian Stuart gown and was walked down the aisle by Robert Rodriguez. In July 2012, Vega announced on Twitter that she had divorced Covel. In August 2013, while on a cruise with friends, Vega became engaged to actor and singer Carlos Pena, Jr. The couple married on January 4, 2014 in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and changed their surname to PenaVega. Vega is a Christian. Vega says her faith is the most important thing in her life. Vega enjoys freshwater fishing, can speak Spanish fluently, and is an experienced gymnast. Vega is close friends with Nikki Reed and was the maid of honor at Reed's wedding to Paul McDonald.
Known For
Filmography
Before Your Father Finds Us
Sophia
Get Him Back for Christmas
Bella Harlan
Mr. Manhattan
Dani Alvarez
The Casagrandes Movie
Carlota (voice)
Never Too Late to Celebrate
Camila
A Paris Proposal
Anna
Big Time Rush: The City Is Ours - Live at Madison Square Garden
Self
The Adventures of Bunny Bravo
Tig
Love in the Limelight
Summer Rivera
Taking a Shot at Love
Jenna
Picture Perfect Mysteries: Exit Stage Death
Allie Adams
Mighty Oak
Valerie Scoggins
Picture Perfect Mysteries: Dead Over Diamonds
Allie Adams
The Power Couple
Gaby Powers
Picture Perfect Mysteries: Newlywed and Dead
Allie Adams
Christmas Made to Order
Gretchen
Love at Sea
Olivia Grayham
Enchanted Christmas
Laura Trudeau
Destination Wedding
Ellie Hamilton
Elephant Kingdom
Melody (voice)
Ms. Matched
Libby Boland
The Murder Pact
Camille
Pixies
Michelle Meyers (voice)
Roommate Wanted
Janie
Do You Believe?
Lacy
Spare Parts
Karla
23 Blast
Ashley
The Remaining
Skylar
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
Gilda
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
Libby
Wicked Blood
Amber Baker
The Clockwork Girl
Tesla (voice)
The Hunters
Dylan Savini
The Tomorrow People
Hilary Cole
Machete Kills
Killjoy
Bounty Killer
Stewardess
Abandoned Mine
Sharon
Nashville
Kiley Brenner
The Devil's Carnival
Wick
Summer Song
Ellie
The Pregnancy Project
Gaby Rodriguez
Unsupervised
Christina (voice)
Café
Sally
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
Carmen Cortez
From Prada to Nada
Mary Dominguez
Mother's Day
Jenna Luther
The Middle
Morgan Edwards
Broken Hill
Kat Rogers
Ruby & The Rockits
Ruby Gallagher
Innocent
Ashley