Paz Vega-Spanish actress
Paz Vega made her television debut in the Spanish TV series, Menudo es mi padre, which starred pint-sized rumba singer El Fary. After appearing in two other series in 1997 - Mas que amigos and teen drama Compañeros - she went on to grace the silver screen in 1999 in Zapping. The same year she also had a minor role in the David Menkes movie I Will Survive (Sobreviviré) alongside Emma Suárez, Juan Diego Botto and a cameo from Boy George.
Paz Vega is a single mother in Mexico who travels to LA with her 12-year-old daughter and gets a job with the wealthy Clasky family — neurotic housewife Deborah (T閍 Leoni), chef John (Sandler), their sparky kids and drunken mother Evelyn (Cloris Leachman).
Flor speaks no English and they know no Spanish, but it’s the communication between family members that is the real problem.
The performances are almost faultless (notably Leoni and the hilarious Leachman) but the last 20 minutes exceeded my sugar tolerance level.
She made her big break in 7 Vidas, also in 1999. The series was billed as a Spanish Friends and went on to become one of the country’s best-loved domestic sitcoms. Vega played Laura, a perky Andalusian girl who had come to stay with David, who had recently come out of a coma. The series was broadcast on Telecinco and finished April 12, 2006, albeit without Vega.
Vega became better known in the United States after a star-making role in the 2004 James L. Brooks film Spanglish.
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