About
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...
Known for
The MentalistSeries • 2008
ERSeries • 1994
The MiddleSeries • 2009
Ghost WhispererSeries • 2005
Chicago HopeSeries • 1994
The Bernie Mac ShowSeries • 2001
Royal PainsSeries • 2009
NashvilleSeries • 2012
The Tomorrow PeopleSeries • 2013
TwisterMovie • 1996
The Magnificent SevenSeries • 1998
Sin City: A Dame to Kill ForMovie • 2014
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost DreamsMovie • 2002
Spy KidsMovie • 2001
Ladies ManSeries • 1999
UnsupervisedSeries • 2012
Spy Kids 3-D: Game OverMovie • 2003
Machete KillsMovie • 2013
The Deep End of the OceanMovie • 1999
The Casagrandes MovieMovie • 2024
SleepoverMovie • 2004
Mother's DayMovie • 2010
Spy Kids: All the Time in the WorldMovie • 2011
Nine MonthsMovie • 1995