Paz Vega Biography

Fast Facts

• Her role in "Lucía y el sexo" won her an award for best breakthrough actress performance at the 2001 Premios Goya
• Completed compulsory education when she was 16 years old and studied acting at the Centro Andaluz de Teatro stage school for 2 years followed by 2 years of journalism study
• She grew up with a homemaker mother and a retired bullfighter father
• Decided she wanted to become an actress when she was 15 after seeing a performance f Federico García Lorca's "La casa de Bernarda Alba․"
• Quote: "I am only an actress when they say, 'action' and I stop being an actress when they say, 'cut․' I am a normal person outside of acting․ I am an actress only when I am working․ Of course, I am always an actress because of my profession and my job, but in reality, my character is like any other normal woman․"
• Started her career working in Spanish language television, finding her greatest success as a peppy Andalusian girl who comes to stay with a man who has recently come out of a coma on the sitcom "7 Vidas․"
• Was introduced to United States audiences when she acted opposite Adam Sandler in the 2004 film "Spanglish․"