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Paz Vega
Born: January 2, 1976 Seville, Andalucía, Spain
Height: 5' 8"
Paz wanted to be a sportswoman and some time later she wanted to study Political Sciences. One day she went to a performance of "La casa de Bernarda Alba" and everything changed. She decided to become an actress, but she was only 16, so she had to finish her studies. Spanish film maker Julio Medemwas was captivated with Vega and she was chosen to play the title role in his "provocatively sensual" project Sex and Lucia (Lucía y el sexo), a split-narrative tale of a young lady who becomes involved with a writer and the unexpected turn events take when a discovery he makes is followed by tragedy. The film, an erotically charged piece of work, soon became an international success, winning Vega a Goya (Spain's answer to an Oscar) for Best Female Newcomer. In December 2004, Paz Vega made her Hollywood debut - as a Mexican housekeeper - alongside Adam Sandler in the romantic comedy Spanglish.
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Sex and Lucia:
This movie is a wonder. Not since the amazing films of Alain Renais has there been a film so emersed in physical beauty, in bewildering undertones, in challenging paths for the viewer to let go of the world as we see it and discover places and feelings once the sole territory of the Surrealists. This magical movie resembles Renais' LAST YEAR AT MARIENBAD but it is in color, is much more advanced in its sexuality, and fleshes out its story with more profound philosophical views. The cast is very fine without focusing on well known actors (in this country at least) to provide a prejudged concept of the characters examined. The women and men are beautiful, senusous, and vulnerable. And aside from the dual presentation of a love and passion tale, this movie addresses our perception of memory, of passion altering how we walk through life, and of the consequences of the decisions we make. A stunning film.
"...[A] mesmerizing film..." -- Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
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