Paz Vega
María de la Paz Campos Trigo (born 2 January 1976), known professionally as Paz Vega (Spanish: [paθˈβeɣa]), is a Spanish actress. She became popular for her performance in comedy television series 7 vidas.[1] Her film credits include Sex and Lucia (2001), Spanglish (2004), 10 Items or Less (2006), Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted (2012), All Roads Lead to Rome (2015), Acts of Vengeance (2017), and Rambo: Last Blood (2019). She played the role of Catalina Creel in the 2019 television series Cuna de lobos.
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Campos and the second or maternal family name is Trigo.
Paz Vega
Actress
1997–present
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Early life[edit]
Vega was born in Seville, Andalusia, in 1976 to a housewife mother and a father who was a former bullfighter.[2] Vega's younger sister has performed as a flamenco dancer.[3] Vega has described her family as "traditional" and Catholic.[2] She took her stage name from her grandmother. Vega decided to become an actress after attending a performance of Federico García Lorca's play, La casa de Bernarda Alba, when she was 16.[4]
After completing compulsory education at 16, Vega was accepted at the Centro Andaluz de Teatro stage school.[5] She studied there for two years and took another two years studying journalism.[6] She next moved to Madrid to seek her future.[7]
Personal life[edit]
Vega and her Venezuelan husband, Orson Salazar, had their first child, a son, in May 2007.[11] Their second child, a daughter, was born in July 2009.[12] Their third child, another son, was born in August 2010.[13] They married in 2002.