Alexa PenaVega
Known for: Acting
Born: August 27, 1988
Place of birth: Ocala, Florida, USA
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.
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Filmography
70 movies · 21 TV shows, newest first
7.0
Before Your Father Finds Us
2025
9.0
Get Him Back for Christmas
2024
7.4
Mr. Manhattan
2024
7.1
The Casagrandes Movie
2024
7.2
Never Too Late to Celebrate
2023
6.1
A Paris Proposal
2023
9.2
Big Time Rush: The City Is Ours - Live at Madison Square Garden
2022
NR
The Adventures of Bunny Bravo
2022
7.0
Love in the Limelight
2022
7.1
Taking a Shot at Love
2021
7.3
Picture Perfect Mysteries: Exit Stage Death
2020
6.5
Mighty Oak
2020
7.6
Picture Perfect Mysteries: Dead Over Diamonds
2020
NR
The Power Couple
2019
7.4
Picture Perfect Mysteries: Newlywed and Dead
2019
6.1
Christmas Made to Order
2018
6.2
Love at Sea
2018
6.3
Enchanted Christmas
2017
5.9
Destination Wedding
2017
NR
Elephant Kingdom
2016
5.4
Ms. Matched
2016
6.1
The Murder Pact
2015
4.7
Pixies
2015
4.2
Roommate Wanted
2015
6.7
Do You Believe?
2015
7.2
Spare Parts
2015
6.8
23 Blast
2014
6.1
The Remaining
2014
6.4
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
2014
5.0
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
2014
5.5
Wicked Blood
2014
5.4
The Clockwork Girl
2014
5.6
The Hunters
2013
6.9
The Tomorrow People
2013
5.6
Machete Kills
2013
5.6
Bounty Killer
2013
4.0
Abandoned Mine
2013
6.6
Nashville
2012
5.5
The Devil's Carnival
2012
7.0
Summer Song
2012
6.7
The Pregnancy Project
2012
6.7
Unsupervised
2012
5.4
Café
2011
4.7
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
2011
5.4
From Prada to Nada
2011
6.5
Mother's Day
2010
7.6
The Middle
2009
4.3
Broken Hill
2009
6.6
Ruby & The Rockits
2009
10.0
Innocent
2009
6.8
Royal Pains
2009
6.3
Repo! The Genetic Opera
2008
8.4
The Mentalist
2008
4.9
Remember the Daze
2008
7.5
Marrying God
2007
5.3
Walkout
2006
8.1
Ghost Whisperer
2005
6.1
Dancing with the Stars
2005
5.6
Odd Girl Out
2005
5.7
State's Evidence
2004
6.1
Sleepover
2004
5.1
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
2003
5.6
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
2002
6.6
The Bernie Mac Show
2001
6.4
Follow the Stars Home
2001
5.8
Spy Kids
2001
5.1
Run the Wild Fields
2000
6.2
The Early Show
1999
7.3
Ladies Man
1999
6.6
The Deep End of the Ocean
1999
5.0
NetForce
1999
3.5
Netforce
1999
9.5
To Have & to Hold
1998
5.4
Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!
1998
6.6
The Magnificent Seven
1998
6.6
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996
5.4
The Glimmer Man
1996
7.5
Life's Work
1996
4.7
Shattered Mind
1996
6.6
Twister
1996
7.1
A Promise to Carolyn
1996
9.8
It Was Him or Us
1995
5.7
Nine Months
1995
6.5
Little Giants
1994
7.8
ER
1994
7.2
Chicago Hope
1994
7.7
All That
1994
8.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
NR
Dweller
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NR
Home
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Boot Lake
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