Biography
A talented, prolific child star, Alexa Vega made the difficult transition to grown-up working actress. Born Aug. 27, 1988 in Miami, FL, Alexa Ellesse Vega debuted as one of the children of Burt Reynolds and Marilu Henner on "Evening Shade" (CBS, 1990-94) and followed that up with roles in the features "Little Giants" (1994) and "Nine Months" (1995). She played the young version of Helen Hunt in "Twister" (1996) and earned series regular roles …
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Career Milestones
2011 | Once again directed by Robert Rodriguez in "Spy Kids: All the Time in the World" |
2009 | Played Ruby Gallagher on the ABC Family sitcom "Ruby & The Rockits" |
2008 | Played Shilo Wallace in the cult classic "Repo! the Genetic Opera" |
2007 | Made her Broadway debut in "Hairspray" |
2006 | Co-starred in the HBO movie "Walkout," based on a true story of the 1968 East L.A. walkouts |
2005 | Played a victim of cyber-bullying in the Lifetime movie "Odd Girl Out" |
2004 | Starred in the teen comedy "Sleepover" |
2003 | Reprised her role as Carmen for "Spy Kids 3D: Game Over" |
2002 | Re-teamed with Rodriguez for the sequel "Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams" |
2001 | Landed breakthrough role as Carmen Cortez in Robert Rodriguez's "Spy Kids" |
1999 | Played Michelle Pfeiffer's daughter in "Deep End of The Ocean" |
1996 | Cast in the ABC comedy series "Life's Work" |
1996 | Portrayed the younger version of Helen Hunt's character in the feature "Twister" |
1994 | Made feature debut portraying Ed O'Neill's perfect daughter in "Little Giants" |
1993 | First TV role, playing Emily Newton on the CBS series "Evening Shade" |