Biography
Alexa Ellesse Pena-VegaΒ (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.
Filmography (91)
Before Your Father Finds Us
2025
The Casagrandes Movie
2024
Mr. Manhattan
2024
Get Him Back for Christmas
2024
Never Too Late to Celebrate
2023
A Paris Proposal
2023
Big Time Rush: The City Is Ours - Live at Madison Square Garden
2022
Love in the Limelight
2022
The Adventures of Bunny Bravo
2022
Taking a Shot at Love
2021
Picture Perfect Mysteries: Dead Over Diamonds
2020
Mighty Oak
2020
Picture Perfect Mysteries: Exit Stage Death
2020
Picture Perfect Mysteries: Newlywed and Dead
2019
The Power Couple
2019
Love at Sea
2018
Christmas Made to Order
2018
Destination Wedding
2017
Enchanted Christmas
2017
Ms. Matched
2016
Elephant Kingdom
2016
Spare Parts
2015
Do You Believe?
2015
Roommate Wanted
2015
The Murder Pact
2015
Pixies
2015
Wicked Blood
2014
The Remaining
2014
The Clockwork Girl
2014
23 Blast
2014
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
2014
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy
2014
Abandoned Mine
2013
The Hunters
2013
Machete Kills
2013
Bounty Killer
2013
The Tomorrow People
2013
The Devil's Carnival
2012
The Pregnancy Project
2012
Summer Song
2012
Nashville
2012
Unsupervised
2012
From Prada to Nada
2011
CafΓ©
2011
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World
2011
Mother's Day
2010
Broken Hill
2009
Innocent
2009
The Middle
2009
Royal Pains
2009
Ruby & The Rockits
2009
Remember the Daze
2008
Repo! The Genetic Opera
2008
The Mentalist
2008
Marrying God
2007
Walkout
2006
Odd Girl Out
2005
Ghost Whisperer
2005
Dancing with the Stars
2005
Sleepover
2004
State's Evidence
2004
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over
2003
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams
2002
Spy Kids
2001
Follow the Stars Home
2001
The Bernie Mac Show
2001
Run the Wild Fields
2000
The Deep End of the Ocean
1999
NetForce
1999
The Early Show
1999
Ladies Man
1999
Netforce
1999
Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!
1998
To Have & to Hold
1998
The Magnificent Seven
1998
Ghosts of Mississippi
1996
Twister
1996
The Glimmer Man
1996
Shattered Mind
1996
A Promise to Carolyn
1996
Life's Work
1996
Nine Months
1995
It Was Him or Us
1995
Little Giants
1994
All That
1994
Chicago Hope
1994
ER
1994
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Dweller
Home
Boot Lake
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