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Paz Vega
Born	Paz Campos Trigo January 2, 1976 (1976-01-02) (age 34) Seville, Spain
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1997–present
Official website

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

Contents 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Screen career 1.3 Personal life 2 Filmography 3 Awards and nominations 3.1 Premios Goya 3.2 Premios Unión de Actores 3.3 Fotogramas de Plata 3.4 European Awards 3.5 Cannes Festival 3.6 Imagen Foundation 3.7 Phoenix Film Critics Society 3.8 Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos 3.9 Sant Jordi Awards 3.10 Ondas Award 4 References 5 External links

Biography

Early life

Vega was born in Seville, Andalucía, Spain to a homemaker mother and a retired bullfighter father.¹ Vega has described her family as "traditional" and Catholic.¹ 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.

Screen career

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 was billed as a Spanish Friends and went on to become one of the country's best-loved domestic sitcoms. Vega played Laura, a perky Andalusian girl who had come to stay with David, who had recently come out of a coma. The series was broadcast on Telecinco and finished April 12, 2006, albeit without Vega. The saucy 2001 film Sex and Lucia brought the actress to the attention of a larger audience. She then became much better known in the United States after a star-making role in the 2004 James L. Brooks film Spanglish opposite Adam Sandler. In 2007, she co-starred with Morgan Freeman in the independent film 10 Items or Less. In 2008, she co-starred with Gabriel Macht, Samuel L. Jackson, and Scarlett Johansson in The Spirit. Vega is also a model. She is signed to 1/One Management in New York City.

Personal life

Vega and her Venezuelan husband, Orson Salazar, had their first child, son Orson, on May 2, 2007.² Her second child, daughter Ava was born on July 17, 2009.³

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role	Notes and Awards
1997	Más allá del jardín
1998	Perdón, perdón	María
1999	Zapping	Elvira
	Sobreviviré	Azafata
2000	Nadie conoce a nadie	Ariadna
	El chico en la puerta (short film)
2001	Lucía y el sexo	Lucía
	Sólo mía (Spanish)	Angela
2002	Hable con ella	Amparo
	El otro lado de la cama	Sonia
	Novo	Isabelle
2003	Carmen	Carmen
2004	Di que sí	Estrella Cuevas
	Spanglish	Flor Moreno
2006	10 Items or Less	Scarlet
	Los Borgia	Caterina Sforza
	Fade to Black	Lea Padovani
2007	Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo	Santa Teresa de Jesús
	La Masseria Delle Allodole	Nunik
2008	The Human Contract	Michael
	The Spirit	Plaster of Paris
2009	Not Forgotten	Amaya
	The Six Wives of Henry Lefay	Veronica
	Triage	Elena Morales
	Burning Palms	Blanca Juarez
	Wanted: Weapons of Fate	Araña4	video game

Awards and nominations

Premios Goya

Year	Category	Film	Result
2001	Best actress in a leading role	Sólo mía	NOMINATION
2001	Best breakthrough actress performance	Lucía y el sexo	WON

Premios Unión de Actores

Year	Category	Film	Result
2001	Best actress in a leading role	Sólo mía	NOMINATION
2001	Best breakthrough actress performance	Lucía y el sexo	NOMINATION

Fotogramas de Plata

Year	Category	Film	Result
2003	Best actress	Carmen	NOMINATION
2002	Best actress	El otro lado de la cama	NOMINATION
2001	Best actress	Lucía y el sexo and Sólo mía	NOMINATION

European Awards

Year	Category	Film	Result
2003	Viewers award best actress	Carmen	Nomination

Cannes Festival

Year	Category	Film	Result
2001	Trofeo Chopard best breakthrough performance	Lucía y el sexo	WON

Imagen Foundation

Year	Category	Film	Result
2004	Best actress	Spanglish	WON

Phoenix Film Critics Society

Year	Category	Film	Result
2004	Best breakthrough performance	Spanglish	WON

Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos

Year	Category	Film	Result
2001	Best actress	Sólo mía	WON

Sant Jordi Awards

Year	Category	Film	Result
2001	Best Spanish Act	Lucía y el sexo and Sólo mía	WON

Ondas Award

Year	Category	Film	Result
2001	Best actress	Lucía y el sexo	WON

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Paz Vega

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