Alexa Vega

Real Name        :     Alexa Ellesse Vega
Born                   :     August 27, 1988 Miami, Florida
Occupation        :     Actress, singer

Personal Life

Alexa Ellesse Vega born August 27, 1988 is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Carmen Cortez in the Spy Kids film series and Shilo Wallace in the film Repo! the Genetic Opera. In 2009, she starred as the title character Ruby Gallagher in the ABC Family series Ruby & The Rockits which in September 2009 after airing one season was officially cancelled by ABC Family.

She was born in Miami, Florida. Her father is Colombian Baruch Vega --a former undercover government agent with the DEA, FBI and CIA --is now a Miami fashion photographer. Her mother is Gina Rue  Alexa has six siblings: paternal half-sister Margaux Vega (b.1981), sister Krizia Vega (b.1990), sister Makenzie Vega (b.1994; starred in Saw and Sin City), maternal half-sister Greylin James (b.2000), maternal half-brother Jet James (b.2005), and maternal half-brother Cruz Hudson Rue (b.2009). She moved with her family to California when she was four years old. She attended Notre Dame Catholic High School.