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Alexa Vega

Alexa Vega
Alexa Ellesse Vega was born on the 27th August 1988 in Miami in Florida.
She made her first movie appearance in Little Giants as Priscilla O'Shea alongside Rick Moranis and Ed O'Neill and as young Jo Harding in Twister, playing Helen Hunt's character as a young girl, in the scene where the twister claims her father. This film also stars Bill Paxton.
She has had other roles including Evening Shade as Emily Newton opposite Burt Reynolds and Marilu Henner, ER as Bonnie Howe in the episode called "Sleepless in Chicago" and also in Chicago Hope as Sara Wilmette in the episode called "Every Day a Little Death".
Other roles include Life's Work as Tess Hunter with Lisa Ann Walter, Michael O'Keefe and Jenny O'Hara, The Magnificent Seven as Olivia Greer in the episode called "Safecracker" and To Have & to Hold as Kelly McGrail alongside Moira Kelly, Jason Beghe and Fionnula Flanagan.
Alexa has also appeared in Ladies Man as Wendy Stiles opposite Alfred Molina, Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty, All That as Hannah Cortez, The Bernie Mac Show: Season 2" as Jill, Trading Spaces: Boys Vs. Girls as Alexa and Ruby and the Rockits as Ruby Gallagher with Austin Butler, Patrick Cassidy and David Cassidy.
She has also appeared in Follow the Stars Home, Nine Months as Molly Dwyer alongside Hugh Grant, Julianne Moore, Tom Arnold, Joan Cusack, Jeff Goldblum and Robin Williams, It Was Him or Us as Young Carrie and A Promise To Carolyn as Young Kay.
Another role was in Shattered Mind also known The Terror Inside as Sarah, she was also in The Glimmer Man as Cole's Daughter with Steven Seagal and Keenan Ivory Wayans and also in Ghosts of Mississippi as Claire DeLaughter alongside Alec Baldwin, Whoopi Goldberg, James Woods, William H. Macy and Craig T. Nelson.
Alexa has also starred in Dennis the Menace Strikes Again as Gina opposite Justin Cooper, Don Rickles, George Kennedy, Betty White and in NetForce as Susie Michaels with Scott Bakula.
Alexa has also been in The Deep End of the Ocean as Kerry Cappadora with Michelle Pfeiffer, Treat Williams, Whoopi Goldberg, Jonathan Jackson and Ryan Merriman, Run The Wild Fields as Opal 'Pug' Miller and in Follow the Stars Home which is also known as A Second Chance as Amy Williams.
Alexa has starred as Carmen Cortez in Spy Kids, Spy Kids 2 - The Island of Lost Dreams, Spy Kids 3: Game Over - Normal version and in Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over - 3D version alongside Antonio Banderas, Robert Patrick, Carla Gugino and Daryl Sabara.
She recorded three songs for the soundtracks while playing Carmen Cortez in the Spy Kids films. 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.
Alexa also made her Broadway debut in the musical Hairspray in the role of Penny Pingleton.
Other roles include Sleepover as Julie Corky opposite Mika Boorem and Jane Lynch, Odd Girl Out as Vanessa alongside Lisa Vidal and Leah Pipes and in State's Evidence as Sandy with Douglas Smith and Majandra Delfino.
Other roles Alexa has portrayed are as Paula Crisostomo in Walkout with Efren Ramirez and Michael Peña, Marrying God as Ivy and in Remember the Daze as Holly opposite Chris Marquette, Sean Marquette and Amber Heard.
Another role was as Shilo Wallace in Repo! The Genetic Opera with Sarah Brightman, Anthony Head and Paris Hilton, Helix as Ashley opposite Austin O'Brien, The Mine as Sharon alongside Adam Hendershott, Reiley McClendon, Charan Prabhakar and Saige Thompson and in Broken Hill as Kat Rogers with Luke Arnold and Rhys Wakefield.
She has also starred in From Prada to Nada as Mary based on the novel "Sense and Sensibility" by Jane Austen with Camilla Belle and April Bowlby
Other roles have been in Ghost Whisperer as Serena in two episodes called "Endless Love" and "The Book of Changes" and in Ruby And The Rockits as Ruby Gallagher.
Another role was in The Middle as Morgan in two episodes called "The Break-Up" and "Worry Duty".
Alexa was in Summer Song as Ellie filming and she also reprised her role of Carmen Cortez in Spy Kids 4: All the Time in the World.
She has also been in the film called Cafe as Sally with Jennifer Love Hewitt and Jamie Kennedy.




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Alexa Vega - what members say


  • Spy Kids 3: Game Over - 2D version
  • Spy Kids 3: Game Over - 2D version review by eolake from Lancashire
    Rated - 1.0 stars Mainly for kids 2 November 2004
    ... this isn't Pixar... Buy or rent it for your kids. And be sure to check out Alexa Vega in concert, on the DVD extras. Good music, and Alexa is all grown up! ...   Read customer review

Alexa Vega - filmography


  • From Prada to Nada on DVD (2011)
    Starring: Camilla Belle,  April Bowlby,  Alexa Vega
    Director: Angel Gracia
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    Nora and Mary only know the good life in Beverly Hills – shopping, posh parties... and more shopping. But they’re in for a big shock when Daddy’s fortune suddenly disappears. Thankfully, an aunt takes them under her wing but she lives on the other side of town. Laugh out loud as these princesses ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 379 members
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  • Broken Hill (2009)
    Starring: Luke Arnold,  Alexa Vega,  Rhys Wakefield
    Director: Dagen Merrill
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Tommy was born and raised on a rocky, drought-ridden sheep station in the middle of the Australian Outback. He works at the station and does all he can to appease his demanding father but in his heart wants to be a great musician. That all changes when Tommy meets his new class mate Kat, a bold and ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 3 members
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  • Repo! The Genetic Opera on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Sarah Brightman,  Anthony Head,  Paris Hilton
    Director: Darren Lynn Bousman
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
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    Set in the 2056, "Repo! The Genetic Opera" tells the story of an epidemic of organ failures that devastates the planet, killing tens of millions. Out of the tragedy, a savior emerges: GeneCo, a biotech company that offers organ transplants--for a price. Those who miss their payments are scheduled ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 2,267 members
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  • Odd Girl Out (2004)
    Starring: Alexa Vega,  Lisa Vidal,  Leah Pipes
    Director: Tom McLoughlin
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Vanessa Snyder (Alexa Vega) is a middle schooler whose future is bright: she's a straight A-student, a star on the soccer team, and her mother's (Lisa Vidal) pride and joy. Pretty, popular, and well-adjusted, Vanessa finds that her life turns upside down when her so-called best friend (Leah Pipes) ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 12 members
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  • Sleepover on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Alexa Vega,  Mika Boorem,  Jane Lynch
    Director: Joe Nussbaum
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Four best friends, desperate to improve their social status, enter into an all-night scavenger hunt against the popular clique in their school.
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 5,434 members
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  • Spy Kids - Blu-ray (2001)
    Starring: Antonio Banderas,  Robert Patrick,  Alexa Vega
    Director: Robert Rodriguez
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    When the notorious husband-and-wife spy team, Gregorio and Ingrid Cortez (Antonio Banderas and Carla Gugino), is kidnapped by the children's show host Fegan Floop (Alan Cumming), the two Cortez children are the only ones who have the right skills and the insider know-how to help. Together Carmen ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 190 members
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  • Spy Kids on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Antonio Banderas,  Robert Patrick,  Alexa Vega
    Director: Robert Rodriguez
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Gregorio and Ingrid are the two greatest secret agents the world has ever known: masters of disguise, mavens of invention, able to stop wars before they even start. Working for separate countries, they are sent to eliminate their most dangerous enemy...each other. But in an exotic corner of the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 8,381 members
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Alexa Vega facts

5 most recent films

Spy Kids 4 - All The Time In The World - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
From Prada to Nada - 3.0 stars
Spy Kids 4 - All The Time In The World - 3.0 stars
Broken Hill - 2.5 stars
Repo! The Genetic Opera - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Spy Kids 4 - All The Time In The World - 3.0 stars
Spy Kids - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Spy Kids 4 - All The Time In The World - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Spy Kids 2 - The Island of Lost Dreams - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
Spy Kids 2 - The Island of Lost Dreams - 3.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Broken Hill - 2.5 stars
Odd Girl Out - 3.5 stars
Spy Kids 3 - Game Over - Blu-ray - 2.5 stars
Sleepover - 2.5 stars
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over - 3D version - 3.0 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Carla Gugino - 10 times - show films
Antonio Banderas - 10 times - show films
Daryl Sabara - 9 times - show films
Ricardo Montalban - 4 times - show films
Holland Taylor - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Robert Rodriguez - 13 times - show films
Darren Lynn Bousman - 3 times - show films
Angel Gracia - 2 times - show films
Tom McLoughlin - 1 times - show films
Dagen Merrill - 1 times - show films