Alexa PenaVega

Alexa PenaVega

Known for
Acting
Born
August 27, 1988 (age 38)
Birthplace
Ocala, Florida, USA

Biography

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.

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Filmography

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Dweller poster

Dweller

Movie · as Brittney

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Home poster

Home

Movie

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Boot Lake

Boot Lake

Movie

2026
Repo! This Movie: The Anatomy of a Cult poster

Repo! This Movie: The Anatomy of a Cult

Movie · as Self – Shilo Wallace

2025
Before Your Father Finds Us poster

Before Your Father Finds Us

Movie · as Sophia

2025
Celebrity Weakest Link poster

Celebrity Weakest Link

TV · as Self - Contestant · 1 ep

2024
The Casagrandes Movie poster

The Casagrandes Movie

Movie · as Carlota (voice)

2024
Mr. Manhattan poster

Mr. Manhattan

Movie · as Dani Alvarez

2024
Get Him Back for Christmas poster

Get Him Back for Christmas

Movie · as Bella Harlan

2023
Never Too Late to Celebrate poster

Never Too Late to Celebrate

Movie · as Camila

2023
A Paris Proposal poster

A Paris Proposal

Movie · as Anna

2022
Big Time Rush: The City Is Ours - Live at Madison Square Garden poster

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

Movie · as Self

2022
Love in the Limelight poster

Love in the Limelight

Movie · as Summer Rivera

2022
The Adventures of Bunny Bravo poster

The Adventures of Bunny Bravo

Movie · as Tig

2021
Taking a Shot at Love poster

Taking a Shot at Love

Movie · as Jenna

2020
Picture Perfect Mysteries: Dead Over Diamonds poster

Picture Perfect Mysteries: Dead Over Diamonds

Movie · as Allie Adams

2020
Mighty Oak poster

Mighty Oak

Movie · as Valerie Scoggins

2020
Picture Perfect Mysteries: Exit Stage Death poster

Picture Perfect Mysteries: Exit Stage Death

Movie · as Allie Adams

2019
Picture Perfect Mysteries: Newlywed and Dead poster

Picture Perfect Mysteries: Newlywed and Dead

Movie · as Allie Adams

2019
The Power Couple poster

The Power Couple

TV · as Gaby Powers · 6 eps

2018
Love at Sea poster

Love at Sea

Movie · as Olivia Grayham

2018
Christmas Made to Order poster

Christmas Made to Order

Movie · as Gretchen

2017
Destination Wedding poster

Destination Wedding

Movie · as Ellie Hamilton

2017
Enchanted Christmas poster

Enchanted Christmas

Movie · as Laura Trudeau

2016
Ms. Matched poster

Ms. Matched

Movie · as Libby Boland

2016
Elephant Kingdom poster

Elephant Kingdom

Movie · as Melody (voice)

2015
Spare Parts poster

Spare Parts

Movie · as Karla

2015
Do You Believe? poster

Do You Believe?

Movie · as Lacy

2015
Roommate Wanted poster

Roommate Wanted

Movie · as Janie

2015
The Murder Pact poster

The Murder Pact

Movie · as Camille

2015
Pixies poster

Pixies

Movie · as Michelle Meyers (voice)

2014
Wicked Blood poster

Wicked Blood

Movie · as Amber Baker

2014
The Remaining poster

The Remaining

Movie · as Skylar

2014
The Clockwork Girl poster

The Clockwork Girl

Movie · as Tesla (voice)

2014
23 Blast poster

23 Blast

Movie · as Ashley

2014
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For poster

Sin City: A Dame to Kill For

Movie · as Gilda

2014
FUTURESTATES: Code Academy poster

FUTURESTATES: Code Academy

Movie · as Libby

2013
Abandoned Mine poster

Abandoned Mine

Movie · as Sharon

2013
The Hunters poster

The Hunters

Movie · as Dylan Savini

2013
Machete Kills poster

Machete Kills

Movie · as Killjoy

2013
Bounty Killer poster

Bounty Killer

Movie · as Stewardess

2013
The Tomorrow People poster

The Tomorrow People

TV · as Hilary Cole · 8 eps

2012
The Devil's Carnival poster

The Devil's Carnival

Movie · as Wick

2012
The Pregnancy Project poster

The Pregnancy Project

Movie · as Gaby Rodriguez

2012
Summer Song poster

Summer Song

Movie · as Ellie

2012
Nashville poster

Nashville

TV · as Kiley Brenner · 2 eps

2012
Unsupervised poster

Unsupervised

TV · as Christina (voice) · 3 eps

2011
From Prada to Nada poster

From Prada to Nada

Movie · as Mary Dominguez

2011
Café poster

Café

Movie · as Sally

2011
Spy Kids: All the Time in the World poster

Spy Kids: All the Time in the World

Movie · as Carmen Cortez

2010
Mother's Day poster

Mother's Day

Movie · as Jenna Luther

2009
Broken Hill poster

Broken Hill

Movie · as Kat Rogers

2009
Innocent poster

Innocent

Movie · as Ashley

2009
The Middle poster

The Middle

TV · as Morgan Edwards · 2 eps

2009
Royal Pains poster

Royal Pains

TV · as Hollister (as Alexa Vega) · 1 ep

2009
Ruby & The Rockits poster

Ruby & The Rockits

TV · as Ruby Gallagher · 10 eps

2008
Remember the Daze poster

Remember the Daze

Movie · as Holly

2008
Repo! The Genetic Opera poster

Repo! The Genetic Opera

Movie · as Shilo Wallace

2008
The Mentalist poster

The Mentalist

TV · as Lily Stoppard · 1 ep

2007
Marrying God poster

Marrying God

Movie · as Ivy

2006
Walkout poster

Walkout

Movie · as Paula Crisostomo

2005
Odd Girl Out poster

Odd Girl Out

Movie · as Vanessa

2005
Ghost Whisperer poster

Ghost Whisperer

TV · as Serena Westen · 1 ep

2005
Dancing with the Stars poster

Dancing with the Stars

TV · as Self - Contestant · 10 eps

2004
Sleepover poster

Sleepover

Movie · as Julie

2004
State's Evidence poster

State's Evidence

Movie · as Sandy

2003
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over poster

Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over

Movie · as Carmen Cortez

2002
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams poster

Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams

Movie · as Carmen Cortez

2001
Spy Kids poster

Spy Kids

Movie · as Carmen Cortez

2001
Follow the Stars Home poster

Follow the Stars Home

Movie · as Amy Williams

2001
The Bernie Mac Show poster

The Bernie Mac Show

TV · as Jill · 1 ep

2000
Run the Wild Fields poster

Run the Wild Fields

Movie · as Opal 'Pug' Miller

1999
The Deep End of the Ocean poster

The Deep End of the Ocean

Movie · as Kerry Age 9

1999
NetForce poster

NetForce

Movie · as Susan 'Susie' Michaels

1999
The Early Show poster

The Early Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1999
Ladies Man poster

Ladies Man

TV · as Wendy Stiles · 30 eps

1999
Netforce poster

Netforce

TV · as Susan 'Susie' Michaels · 2 eps

1998
Dennis the Menace Strikes Again! poster

Dennis the Menace Strikes Again!

Movie · as Gina

1998
To Have & to Hold poster

To Have & to Hold

TV · as Kelly McGrail · 13 eps

1998
The Magnificent Seven poster

The Magnificent Seven

TV · as Olivia Greer · 1 ep

1996
Ghosts of Mississippi poster

Ghosts of Mississippi

Movie · as Claire DeLaughter

1996
Twister poster

Twister

Movie · as Jo – 5 years old

1996
The Glimmer Man poster

The Glimmer Man

Movie · as Cole's Daughter

1996
Shattered Mind poster

Shattered Mind

Movie · as Actress

1996
A Promise to Carolyn poster

A Promise to Carolyn

Movie · as Young Kay

1996
Life's Work poster

Life's Work

TV · as Tess Hunter · 18 eps

1995
Nine Months poster

Nine Months

Movie · as Molly Dwyer

1995
It Was Him or Us poster

It Was Him or Us

Movie · as Young Carrie

1994
Little Giants poster

Little Giants

Movie · as Priscilla O'Shea

1994
All That poster

All That

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1994
Chicago Hope poster

Chicago Hope

TV · as Sara Wilmette · 1 ep

1994
ER poster

ER

TV · as Bonnie Howe · 1 ep

1990
Wild & Crazy Kids poster

Wild & Crazy Kids

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Amy · 1 ep