Alexa PenaVega

Alexa PenaVega
Birth name	Alexa Ellesse Vega
Born	August 27, 1988 in Miami, Florida, USA
Sometimes credited as	Alexa Vega
Notable Roles
Notable Episodes
Awards

Roles

Starring Roles

Series	Role	Year(s)	Season(s)
Life's Work (credited as Alexa Vega)	Tess Hunter	1996–1997	1
Ladies Man (credited as Alexa Vega)	Wendy Stiles	1999–2001	1	2
Ruby & the Rockits (credited as Alexa Vega)	Ruby Gallagher	2009	1

Guest Starring Roles

Series	Role	Episode	Airdate
Evening Shade	Emily	4x02 - One Down, Three to Go	September 27, 1993
Evening Shade	Emily	4x03 - One Hot Game	October 4, 1993
Evening Shade	Emily Newton	4x04 - Witness for the Prosecution	October 11, 1993
Evening Shade	Emily	4x06 - Night of the Living Newtons	October 25, 1993
Evening Shade	Emily Newton	4x07 - The Dance	November 1, 1993
Evening Shade	Emily Newton	4x14 - The People's Choice	January 3, 1994
Evening Shade	Emily Newton	4x15 - Educating Calvin	January 10, 1994
Evening Shade	Emily	4x17 - The Perfect Woman	January 31, 1994
Evening Shade	Emily Newton	4x20 - I Did, I Did	March 7, 1994
Evening Shade	Emily	4x22 - Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wood?	March 28, 1994
Evening Shade	Emily Newton	4x25 - The Odder Couple	May 16, 1994
ER	Bonnie Howe	1x18 - Sleepless in Chicago	February 23, 1995
Chicago Hope	Sara Wilmette	2x04 - Every Day a Little Death	October 9, 1995
The Magnificent Seven	Olivia Greer	1x03 - Safecracker	January 24, 1998
To Have & to Hold	Kelly McGrail	1x01 - Pilot	September 30, 1998
To Have & to Hold	Kelly McGrail	1x03 - Tangled Up in You	October 14, 1998
To Have & to Hold	Kelly McGrail	1x08 - Turkey Day Blues	November 2, 1998
To Have & to Hold	Kelly McGrail	1x09 - Since I Don't Know You	December 9, 1998
To Have & to Hold	Kelly McGrail	1x10 - The Kids Are All Right?	December 16, 1998
To Have & to Hold	Kelly McGrail	1x11 - The Least Wonderful Time of the Year	unaired, ca. 1998
To Have & to Hold	Kelly McGrail	1x13 - Stuck in the Blizzard with You	unaired, ca. 1999
All That	Hannah Cortez	8x02 - Alexa Vega & Daryl Sabara / Play	September 28, 2002
The Bernie Mac Show	Jill	2x12 - Magic Jordan	February 12, 2003
Ghost Whisperer	Serena Westen	4x22 - Endless Love	May 8, 2009
Ghost Whisperer	Serena Westen	4x23 - The Book of Changes	May 15, 2009
The Middle	Morgan	1x17 - The Break-Up	March 10, 2010
The Middle	Morgan	1x21 - Worry Duty	April 5, 2010

Made-for-TV Movies

Title	Role	Airdate	Series/Banner
It Was Him or Us	Young Carrie Wilson	November 21, 1995
A Promise to Carolyn	Young Kay	January 16, 1996
Shattered Mind		May 27, 1996
NetForce	Susan 'Susie' Michaels	February 1, 1999
Run the Wild Fields	Opal 'Pug' Miller	March 5, 2000
Follow the Stars Home	Amy Williams	May 6, 2001
Odd Girl Out	Vanessa	April 4, 2005
Walkout	Paula Crisostomo	March 18, 2006

Notable Film Roles

Film	Role	Released
Spy Kids	Carmen Cortez	March 30, 2001
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams	Carmen Cortez	August 10, 2001
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over	Carmen Cortez	July 25, 2003
Sleepover	Julie	July 9, 2004

Talk, News and Game Show Appearances

Series	Episode	Airdate
Hollywood Squares (1998)		December 24-28, 2001

Awards and Accolades

ALMA Awards

(1 Win in 3 Nominations)

Trivia

• Married to Carlos Pena since 2014; they have two sons, Ocean (born in 2016) and Kingston (born in 2019)
• Was married to film producer Sean Covel from 2010 to 2012
• Is the older sister of Makenzie Vega
• Has six siblings
• Lived on a ranch in Ocala, Florida and moved to California when she was 4 years old
• Was homeschooled as a teenager
• Her father, Baruch Vega is a fashion photographer who was an informant for the DEA and her mother, Gina Rue is a former model
• Is fluent in Spanish
• Is a Christian
• Is an experienced gymnast