Elizabeth Peña
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| Elizabeth Peña | |
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| Born | September 23, 1959 [1] Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States |
Elizabeth Peña (born September 23, 1959)[1] is an American actress.
Peña was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, daughter of Estella Margarita (née Toirac), an arts administrator and producer, and Mario Peña, a Cuban-born actor, writer, and director who co-founded the Latin American Theatre Ensemble.[1] Peña graduated from New York's famed High School of Performing Arts in 1977. Her classmates include Ving Rhames (with whom she would later co-star in Jacob's Ladder) and Esai Morales (with whom she would later co-star in La Bamba).
Peña has appeared in movies such as La Bamba, Lone Star, Vibes and Rush Hour. She recently starred in Showtime's Resurrection Blvd. as Tia Bibi Corrades and voiced the character Mirage in Pixar's animated film The Incredibles. She guest stars in the 18th episode of Numb3rs season two as Sonya Benavides.
Peña also starred in the television series I Married Dora, a sitcom best known for lasting less than three months in 1987.
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[edit] Birthday
Some online references give her year of birth as 1961 (therefore graduating high school at 15), while others give 1959.[1]
[edit] Select filmography
- Racing for Time (2008)
- Adrift in Manhattan (2007)
- D-War (2007)
- Down in the Valley (2006)
- Goal! 2: Living the Dream...(2006)
- Sueño (2005)
- The Lost City (2005)
- Transamerica (2005)
- The Hollywood Mom's Mystery (2004)
- Suburban Madness (2004)
- The Incredibles (2004)
- ZigZag (2002)
- Impostor (2002)
- Ten Tiny Love Stories (2001)
- Tortilla Soup (2001)
- Things Behind the Sun (2001)
- On the Borderline (2000)
- Seven Girlfriends (2000)
- Highway Hitcher (1999)
- Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within (1998)
- Strangeland (1998)
- Rush Hour (1998)
- The Pass (1998)
- Gridlock'd (1997)
- Contagious (1997)
- Lone Star (1996)
- The Invaders (1995)
- It Came From Outer Space II (1995)
- Free Willy II, The Adventure Home (1995)
- Fair Game (1995)
- Across the Moon (1995)
- Dead Funny (1994)
- Fugitive Among Us (1993)
- The Waterdance (1992)
- Drug Wars: The Camarena Story (1990)
- Jacob's Ladder (1990)
- Blue Steel (1990)
- *batteries not included (1987)
- La Bamba (1987)
- Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)
- Crossover Dreams (1985)
- They All Laughed (1981)
- Times Square (1980)
- El Super (1979)
