Mini-Biography
Alexa Vega shot to fame in 2001 as one of the young secret agents in the 007 spoof Spy Kids. Born on August 27, 1988 in Miami. When she was four, her family relocated to California, where her mother got a job with a talent agency. Inspired by Vega's precocity, her mother brought her to an audition for Burt Reynolds' TV series Evening Shade -- she landed the two-year gig on her first try.
Vega worked continuously ever since, landing guest-starring roles on E.R. and Chicago Hope, and appearing in Little Giants (1994) and Nine Months (1995). After portraying a young Helen Hunt in Jan de Bont's Twister (1996), she played Steven Seagal's daughter in The Glimmer Man (1996), Alec Baldwin's daughter in Ghosts of Mississippi (1996), and Michelle Pfeiffer's daughter in The Deep End of the Ocean (1999).
Vega returned to series television as Alfred Molina's daughter in CBS' short-lived sitcom Ladies Man, before taking center stage in Spy Kids. Written and directed by Robert Rodriguez. Vega insisted on doing the majority of her own stunts, instantly becoming a hero to kids everywhere. The movie, which also featured Antonio Banderas, Carla Gugino, Alan Cumming, and Tony Shalhoub, was a box-office smash. Vega returned a year later for its highly anticipated sequel, Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams. Alexa returned for the third and final time as a Spy Kid in Spy Kid 3D: Game Over in 2003 since this has been announced as the final in the series.
Alexa has moved on to some new roles such as Sleepover with Mika Boorem and State's Evidence. Other film roles includes 2007's The Beautiful Ordinary and for 2008 she will star in Repo! The Genetic Opera! with Paris Hilton. On TV she guest starred on The Bernie Mac Show and Trading Spaces: Boys vs. Girls in 2003. Other television work includes the made for tv films Odd Girl Out playing "Vanessa" and coming soon Playing "Paula Crisostomo" in Walkout.
