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Alexa Vega
Born	Alexa Ellesse Vega August 27, 1988 (1988-08-27) (age 20) Miami, Florida, U.S.A.
Years active	1994 — present
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Alexa Ellesse Vega (born August 27, 1988) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for playing Carmen Cortez in the Spy Kids trilogy and Shilo Wallace in Repo! the Genetic Opera as well as for a variety of film appearances, including her roles in Sleepover, Odd Girl Out, Walkout and Remember the Daze.

Contents 1 Personal background 2 Career 2.1 Film & television 2.2 Music 2.3 Broadway 3 Filmography 3.1 Television 3.2 Film 4 Discography 4.1 Singles 4.2 Songs 4.3 Music video 5 References 6 External links

Personal background

Vega was born in Miami, Florida to a Colombian father and an American mother.¹ Her sisters are actress Makenzie Vega (Saw & Sin City) and Krizia Vega (b. July 1, 1990). She has two half-sisters named Margaux Vega (b. December 25, 1981) and Greylin James (b. September 22, 2000), as well as a half-brother named Jet James (b. October 4, 2005). She lived in Florida until she was four years old when she moved with her family to California. She now lives in Los Angeles with her mother, Gina Rue (a model),² stepfather Eric James, brother, and sisters. She enjoys freshwater fishing, can speak Spanish fluently, and is an experienced gymnast.³

Career

Film & television

Vega made her first movie appearance in Little Giants, starring as the 6 year old daughter of Ed O'Neill. In 1996, Vega starred as young Jo Harding in Twister, playing Helen Hunt's character as a young girl, in the scene where the twister claims her father. She guest-starred in numerous television shows and films, including ER, Follow the Stars Home, and The Bernie Mac Show. She became known worldwide in 2001 for her role as Carmen Cortez in the Spy Kids. The first Spy Kids movie was a huge success, and subsequently two sequels, Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams and Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over were filmed. During the shooting of the three films, she performed most of her stunts.

In 2003, she was named one of that year's hottest teen celebrities in Vanity Fair. In 2004, Vega finished filming two films: Sleepover and State's Evidence, and in the following year starred in a made-for-television drama entitled Odd Girl Out. She also filmed for another made-for-TV movie, Walkout. In June 2006, she finished filming Remember the Daze, scheduled to come out in 2007. She finished filming Repo! the Genetic Opera, which is due out early this year.⁴ Vega has also been confirmed as the lead role in Helix, written and directed by Aram Rappaport, which began filming in Chicago in March 2008.

Music

She recorded three songs for the soundtracks in which she played Carmen Cortez. She released her debut single, "Isle of Dreams," to coincide with the release of the second film. She also released, "Game Over," for the third film. Another song, "Heart Drive," featuring Bobby Edner charted around that same time but wasn't released as a single. She also has recorded songs for the movie Repo! The Genetic Opera, released 2008.

Broadway

She made her Broadway debut in the musical Hairspray in the role of Penny Pingleton, replacing Diana DeGarmo. She performed on Broadway until August 5, 2007.

Filmography

Television

Year	Series	Role	Episode
1993- 1994	Evening Shade	Emily Newton	6 episodes
1995	ER	Bonnie Howe	"Sleepless in Chicago"
	Chicago Hope	Sara Wilmette	"Every Day a Little Death"
1996	Life's Work	Tess Hunter	Pilot
1998	The Magnificent Seven	Olivia Greer	"Safecracker"
	To Have & to Hold	Kelly McGrail	7 episodes
1999	Ladies Man	Wendy Stiles #2	9 episodes
2002	All That	Carmen Cortez	"Spy Kids/ Play"
2003	The Bernie Mac Show	Jill	"[[List of The Bernie Mac Show episodes#Season 2: 2002-2003 Magi

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Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1994	Little Giants	Priscilla O'Shea
1995	Nine Months	Molly Dwyer
	It Was Him or Us	Young Carrie	TV film
1996	A Promise To Carolyn	Young Kay	TV film
	Twister	Jo Harding (age 5)
	Shattered Mind		aka The Terror Inside
	The Glimmer Man	Cole's Daughter	cameo
	Ghosts of Mississippi	Claire DeLaughter
1998	Dennis the Menace Strikes Again	Gina	Straight-to-video
1999	NetForce	Susie Michaels	Mini-series
	The Deep End of the Ocean	Kerry Cappadora
	Run the Wild Fields	Opal 'Pug' Miller
2001	Follow the Stars Home	Amy Williams	aka A Second Chance (Australia)
	Spy Kids	Carmen Cortez
2002	Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams	Carmen Cortez
2003	Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Carmen Cortez
2004	Sleepover	Julie Corky
2005	Odd Girl Out	Vanessa	Lifetime movie
2006	State's Evidence	Sandy	DVD release only
	Walkout	Paula Crisostomo
	Marrying God	Ivy	Short film
2007	Remember the Daze	Holly
2008	Repo! The Genetic Opera	Shilo Wallace
	Helix (film)	Ashley
2009	Broken Hill5	Kat Rogers

Discography

Singles

• "Isle of Dreams"
• "Game Over"

Songs

• "Isle of Dreams
• "Game Over"
• "Heart Drive" (featuring Bobby Edner)
• "Game Over" (Level 5 Mix)
• "Isle of Dreams" (Cortez Mix)

Music video

Year	Song title	Album	Music video director	Source DVD/Home video	Song edits
2002	"Isle of Dreams"	Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams	Robert Rodriguez	Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams

References

External links

• Official Myspace
• Alexa Forever a fansite with a forum where Alexa sometimes answers her fan's questions.
• Alexa Vega at the Internet Movie Database