Alexa PenaVega
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Alexa PenaVega

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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.

Films Featuring Alexa PenaVega

Spy Kids

20015.8

Remember the Daze

20084.9

Nine Months

19955.7

The Deep End of the Ocean

19996.5

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

20035.1

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

20025.6

Sleepover

20046.1

Repo! The Genetic Opera

20086.3

Broken Hill

20094.3

Big Time Rush: The City Is Ours - Live at Madison Square Garden

20229.2

From Prada to Nada

20115.4

Café

20115.4

State's Evidence

20045.7

Odd Girl Out

20055.6

NetForce

19995.0

Spy Kids: All the Time in the World

20114.7

The Devil's Carnival

20125.5

Never Too Late to Celebrate

20237.2

Marrying God

20077.5

The Pregnancy Project

20126.7

Abandoned Mine

20134.0

The Hunters

20135.6

Innocent

200910.0

Wicked Blood

20145.5

Spare Parts

20157.2

Love in the Limelight

20227.0

The Remaining

20146.1

The Clockwork Girl

20145.4

Machete Kills

20135.6

23 Blast

20146.8

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

20146.4

It Was Him or Us

19959.8

Follow the Stars Home

20016.4

Ghosts of Mississippi

19966.6

Twister

19966.6

Little Giants

19946.5

Walkout

20065.3

Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!

19985.4

Do You Believe?

20156.6

Run the Wild Fields

20005.1

Mother's Day

20106.5

The Casagrandes Movie

20247.1

Roommate Wanted

20154.2

The Glimmer Man

19965.4

The Murder Pact

20156.1

Pixies

20154.7

Dweller

Shattered Mind

19964.7

Summer Song

20127.0

A Paris Proposal

20236.1

Mr. Manhattan

20247.4

Ms. Matched

20165.4

FUTURESTATES: Code Academy

20145.0

Get Him Back for Christmas

20249.0

Elephant Kingdom

2016

Bounty Killer

20135.7

Destination Wedding

20175.9

Enchanted Christmas

20176.3

A Promise to Carolyn

19967.1

Love at Sea

20186.2

Christmas Made to Order

20186.1

Picture Perfect Mysteries: Newlywed and Dead

20197.4

Picture Perfect Mysteries: Dead Over Diamonds

20207.6

Mighty Oak

20206.5

Picture Perfect Mysteries: Exit Stage Death

20207.3

Taking a Shot at Love

20217.1

The Adventures of Bunny Bravo

2022

Before Your Father Finds Us

20257.0

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