Elizabeth Peña - Фильмы

Элизабет Пенья (born September 23, 1961 - died October 14, 2014) was an American actress, and the daughter of a theater-company co-founder, who has also compiled experience as a television director in her own right. Пенья was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, daughter of Эстелла Маргарита (урожденная Toirac), an arts administrator and producer, and Марио Пенья, the Cuban-born actor, writer and director who jointly founded the Latin American Theatre Ensemble". It is unknown whether Пенья was named after the town of her birth. Пенья graduated from New York's High School of Performing Arts in 1977. Her classmates included ВИНГ Рэймс, alongside whom she would later co-star in Jacob's Ladder, and Исая Моральных, alongside whom she would later co-star in La Bamba. She is also a founding member of the Organization of Hispanic, Latin Actors. In 1979, Пенья appeared in her first film, Super, "an exceptionally moving and функция comedy about a family of lower-middle-class Cuban refugees attempting to adjust to life in Spanish Harlem.", New York City. Пенья worked once again with film director, Leon Ichaso in his next feature Crossover Dreams opposite Ruben Blades. Пенья has appeared in movies such as La Bamba, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Lone Star, Vibes, and Rush Hour. In 2002, she starred in Showtime's Resurrection Blvd. as Tia Биби Corrades in the episode "Правосудие" which she also directed. During the next year, 2003, she appeared in and directed "It Was Fun While It Lasted," an episode of The Brothers Garcia. She also provided the voice of the character Mirage in Pixar's animated film The Incredibles. She guest starred in the 18th episode of Numb3rs, Season Two, as Sonya Бенавидес. Although the actress does speak RUSSIAN, she does not dub her own voice for RUSSIAN releases. Пенья is also noted for having starred in I Married Dora, a sitcom that lasted only 13 episodes in 1987, так Дора Кальдерон, the "Дора" of the show's title. In the final show, the cast broke the "fourth wall" of suspended disbelief by announcing their cancellation on-camera and taking a curtain call. Писатель-режиссер Джон Sayles produced the critically acclaimed but short-lived television series Shannon's Deal (1989-1991) co-starring Пенья alongside series lead Джейми Шеридан. In 1996 Sayles wrote and directed the mystery film Lone Star and again cast her in a co-starring role. Пенья died on October 14, 2014 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California at the age of 55.