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Elizabeth Peña
Born September 23, 1961 (1961-09-23) (age 48)[1]
Elizabeth, New Jersey,
United States
Occupation Actress, Director
Years active 1979 - present

Elizabeth Peña (born September 23, 1961)[1] is an American actress.

Peña was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, daughter of Estella Margarita (née Toirac), an arts administrator and producer, and Mario Peña, a Cuban-born actor, writer, and director who co-founded the Latin American Theatre Ensemble.[1] Peña graduated from New York's famous High School of Performing Arts in 1977. Her classmates include Ving Rhames (with whom she would later co-star in Jacob's Ladder) and Esai Morales (with whom she would later co-star in La Bamba).

Peña has appeared in movies such as La Bamba, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Lone Star, Vibes, and Rush Hour. She recently starred in Showtime's Resurrection Blvd. as Tia Bibi Corrades and voiced the character Mirage in Pixar's animated film The Incredibles. She guest stars in the 18th episode of Numb3rs season two as Sonya Benavides.

Peña also starred in the television series I Married Dora, a sitcom that lasted only 13 episodes in 1987. In the final show, the cast broke the "fourth wall" of suspended disbelief by announcing their cancellation on-camera and taking a curtain call.

Writer-director John Sayles produced the critically-acclaimed but short-lived television series Shannon's Deal (1989-1991) co-starring Peña. In 1996 Sayles wrote and directed the mystery film Lone Star and again cast her in a co-starring role.


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[edit] Personal life

Her first marriage to William Kibler ended in divorce in 1988. She then married Hans Rolla, a carpenter by trade, in 1994. They have two children: one daughter and one son.

[edit] Filmography

[edit] Actress

Year Title Role Notes
1979 El Super Aurelita
1980 Times Square Disco Hostess (as Elizabeth Pena)
1981 They All Laughed Rita
1985 Crossover Dreams Liz Garcia
Cagney & Lacey Adelita Carrena TV episode (Ordinary Hero)
T.J. Hooker Maria TV episode (Rip-off)
1986 Hill Street Blues Alice TV episode (Come and Get It)
"Tough Cookies" Connie Rivera TV series
Down and Out in Beverly Hills Carmen
1987 La Bamba Rosie Morales
*batteries not included Marisa Esteval
I Married Dora Dora Calderon TV series (13 episodes)
1988 Vibes Consuelo The Secret of the Golden Pyramids (Philippines: English title)
1989 Shannon's Deal Lucy Acosta TV series
1990 Blue Steel Tracy Perez
Jacob's Ladder Jezzie
Drug Wars: The Camarena Story Mika Camarena
1992 The Waterdance Rosa
Fugitive Among Us Flo Martin ABC TV movie
1993 Dream On Debra TV episode ("Super Freak")
1993-1994 L.A. Law Jinx Baldasseri (4 TV episodes)
1994 Dead Funny Viv Saunders
Roommates Lisa TV
1995 Two Elizabeth Gaitan TV
Across the Moon Carmen
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home Kate Haley
It Came From Outer Space II Ellen Fields TV movie
The Invaders Ellen Garza TV miniseries
1996 Lone Star Pilar Cruz
1997 Contagious Det. Luisa Rojas
Gridlock'd (as Elizabeth Anne Dickinson) .... Admissions Person
1998 The Pass Zeena
Rush Hour Demolition Specialist Tania Johnson
Strangeland Toni Gage
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within Rosario Ames
1999 Highway Hitcher
Seven Girlfriends Martha
On the Borderline Maria Rodriguez
2001 Things Behind the Sun
Tortilla Soup
Ten Tiny Love Stories
2002 Impostor
ZigZag
2004 The Incredibles Mirage (voice)
Suburban Madness
The Hollywood Mom's Mystery
NCIS FBI Agent Lina Reyes Terminal Leave TV episode
2005 Transamerica
How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer
The Lost City
Sueño
2006 Down in the Valley
2007 Goal! 2: Living the Dream...
D-War
Adrift in Manhattan
2008 Racing for Time
A Single Woman
Nothing Like the Holidays

[edit] Director

Year Title Notes
2002 "Resurrection Blvd." Justica TV episode
2003 "The Brothers Garcia" It Was Fun While It Lasted TV episode

[edit] Producer

Year Title Notes
co-producer

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