Paz Vega
Born	January 2, 1976 (1976-01-02) (age 31) Seville, Spain
Official site	Paz-Vega.com

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Biography

Early life

Vega was born in Seville, Andalucía and takes 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. NO8DO (I was not abandoned) Location Coordinates : ( ) Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) - summer: CEST (GMT +2) General information Native name Sevilla (Spanish) Spanish name Sevilla Founded 8th-9th century BC Postal code 41001-41080 Website http://www. ... Motto: Dominator Hercules Fundator Andalucía por sí, para España y la humanidad (Andalusia for herself, for Spain, and for humanity) Capital Seville Area  â€“ Total  â€“ % of Spain Ranked 2nd  87 268 km²  17,2% Population  â€“ Total (2003)  â€“ % of Spain  â€“ Density Ranked 1st  7 478 432  17,9%  85,70... Federico García Lorca Federico García Lorca (June 5, 1898 – August 19, 1936) was a Spanish poet and dramatist, also remembered as a painter, pianist, and composer. ... La casa de Bernarda Alba (The House of Bernarda Alba) is a play by the Spanish playwright Federico García Lorca. ... Compulsory education is education which children are required by law to receive and governments to provide. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Motto: (Spanish for From Madrid to Heaven) Location Coordinates: , Country Spain Autonomous Community Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid Province Madrid Administrative Divisions 21 Neighborhoods 127 Founded 9th century Government  - Mayor Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón Jimémez (PP) Area  - Land 607 km² (234. ...

TV career

Vega made her television debut in the Spanish TV series Menudo es mi padre, which starred pint-sized 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 Suarez, Juan Diego Botto and a cameo from Boy George. Rumba Flamenca, Rumba Flamenco, Flamenco Rumba, or Gypsy Rumba is a style of Rumba music from Southern Spain. ... Jose Luis Cantero, (born August 20, 1937, in Madrid), known professionally as El Fary, is a Spanish singer and actor. ... Juan Diego Botto-Rota (born August 29, 1975, in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine-Spanish actor. ... George Alan ODowd, better known as Boy George (born June 14, 1961 in Eltham) is a rock singer-songwriter. ...

She made her big break in 7 Vidas, also in 1999. 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 Andalucian 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. 7 Vidas was a Spanish sitcom which aired on Telecinco from 1999 to 2006. ... For the use of the word in a general sense, see Friendship. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Motto: Dominator Hercules Fundator Andaluc a por s , para Espa a y la humanidad (Andalusia for herself, for Spain, and for humanity) Capital Seville Area  - total  - % of Spain Ranked 2nd 87 268 km 17,2% Population  - Total (2003)  - % of Spain  - Density Ranked 1st 7 478 432 17,9% 85,70... In medicine, a coma (from the Greek koma, meaning deep sleep) is a profound state of unconsciousness. ... Gestevisión Telecinco, S.A., (IBEX-35:TL5) is a Spanish television station, one of the leading Spanish private TV companies, created by Silvio Berlusconi. ... is the 102nd day of the year (103rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Film career

After seeing Vega on 7 vidas, film maker Mateo Gil cast her in a substantial role in his film Nadie conoce a nadie, scripted and soundtracked by Alejandro Amenábar. Mateo Gil Rodríguez (b. ... Sample from a screenplay, showing dialogue and action descriptions. ... In film formats, the soundtrack is the physical area of the film which records the synchronized sound. ... Alejandro Fernando Amenábar Cantos (born March 31, 1972 in Santiago, Chile) is a Spanish film director, widely considered one of the most important Spanish directors working today even though he has directed only four films. ...

Julio Medem cast Vega in the title role in Sex and Lucia (Lucía y el sexo), a split-narrative tale of a young lady who becomes involved with a writer. In order to concentrate on the role, Vega had to leave 7 vidas. The film soon became an international success, winning Vega a Goya (Spain's answer to an Oscar) for Best Female Newcomer. Julio Medem (born 21 October 1958) is a Spanish writer and film director. ... ... The Goya Awards, known in Spanish as los Premios Goya, are Spains main national film awards. ... Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ...

In 2001 she appeared alongside Sergi López as a battered wife in Solo mía. In 2002, Pedro Almodovar gave her a part in his film Talk to Her (Hable con ella). The film also starred her 7 vidas co-star Javier Cámara and went on to win an Oscar for Best Screenplay, almost unheard of for a foreign-language film. Soon after, she co-starred in the musical romantic sex comedy, The Other Side of the Bed (El otro lado de la cama, 2002). Sergi López i Ayats (born December 22, 1965) is a Spanish actor. ... Pedro Almodóvar (born September 24, 1949) is a Spanish filmmaker. ... Talk to Her (Spanish: Hable con ella) is a 2002 film written and directed by the Spanish director Pedro Almodóvar, starring Javier Cámara, Darío Grandinetti, Leonor Watling, Geraldine Chaplin and Rosario Flores. ... Javier Cámara (born January 19, 1967) is a Spanish actor, most notably in the Pedro Almodóvar film Hable con ella (Talk to Her) and the television series 7 Vidas (Seven Lives). ... // The Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay is the Academy Award for the best script not based upon previously published material. ... The Other Side of the Bed film poster The Other Side of the Bed a. ...

In 2003 Vega played a feisty Andalucian cigarette-girl in Vicente Aranda's Carmen, alongside Argentina's Leonardo Sbaraglia. The film was based on Prosper Merimée's 1845 novella. Vicente Aranda is a Spanish film director, screenwriter and producer born in Barcelona on 9 November 1926. ... Carmen is a 2003 film about the classical romance of the same name by Prosper Mérimée. ... Leonardo Sbaraglia (middle name: Máximo[1]; born June 30, 1970 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) is an Argentine film actor. ... Prosper Mérimée Prosper Mérimée (September 28, 1803–September 23, 1870) was a French dramatist, historian, archaeologist, and short story writer. ... Cover incorporating part of Mérimées own watercolor Carmen Carmen is a novella by Prosper Mérimée written and first published in 1845. ...

In 2004, she starred in the James L. Brooks comedy Spanglish alongside Adam Sandler and Tea Leoni. James L. Brooks (born May 9, 1940) is a three-time Academy Award, nineteen-time Emmy and Golden Globe-winning American producer, writer, and film director. ... Spanglish is a 2004 American film written and directed by James L. Brooks, and starring Adam Sandler, Téa Leoni, Paz Vega, and Cloris Leachman. ... Adam Richard Sandler (born September 9, 1966) is an American comedian, actor, musician, screenwriter, and film producer. ... Téa Leoni in The Counterfeit Contessa (1994) Téa Leoni (born Elizabeth Téa Pantaleoni, February 25, 1966) is an American television and film actress. ...

In 2006, Vega starred in 10 Items or Less with Morgan Freeman, the first film in history to be legally available for download while it was still in theaters. This was possible through Freeman's online entertainment company ClickStar. 10 Items or Less is a 2006 American film written and directed by Brad Silberling. ... For the Dawsons Creek director, see Morgan J. Freeman. ... ClickStar, Inc. ...

In 2007, she starred as Saint Teresa of Ávila in Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo, a biopic directed by Ray Loriga. For other saints with similar names, please see Saint Teresa. ... Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo (English title Teresa: The Body of Christ) is a 2007 biopic written and directed by Ray Loriga and starring Paz Vega as the title character, Saint Teresa of Ávila. ... Poster for Man on the Moon (1999), a biopic A biographical picture— often shortened to biopic— is a film that dramatizes the life of an actual person or people. ... Ray Loriga is a Spanish author, screenwriter, and director (born Madrid, 1967). ...

Personal life

Vega and her husband, Orson Salazar, welcomed their first child, Orson on May 2, 2007. ^[1] May 2 is the 122nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (123rd in leap years). ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...

External links

• The official web-site
• Paz Vega at the Internet Movie Database
• Paz Vega - Askmen.com
• Paz Vega - Spanish Commercial
• Paz Vega - interview with CNN, January 2007
• Paz-Vega-Online - The first fansite dedicated to Paz