Alexa Ellesse PenaVega born August 27 1988 is an American actress singer and pianist She is best known for playing Carmen Cortez in Spy Kids film series and Shilo Wallace in the movie Repo the Genetic Opera In 2009 she starred as the title character Ruby Gallagher in the ABC Family series Ruby The Rockits Alexa Vega was born in Miami Florida Her father is Colombian and her mother Gina Rue is an American former model Vega has six siblings paternal halfsister Margaux Vega b 1981 sister Krizia Vega b 1990 sister Makenzie Vega b 1994 maternal halfsister Greylin James b 2000 maternal halfbrother Jet James b 2005 and maternal halfbrother Cruz Hudson Rue b 2009 She moved with her family to California when she was four years old Vega married film producer Sean Covel on October 10 2010 in a ceremony held in his hometown of Lead South Dakota She wore an Ian Stuart gown and was walked down the aisle by Robert Rodriguez In July 2012 Vega announced on Twitter that she had divorced Covel In August 2013 while on a cruise with friends Vega became engaged to actor and singer Carlos Pena Jr The couple married on January 4 2014 in Puerto Vallarta Mexico and changed their surname to PenaVegaVega is a Christian Vega says her faith is the most important thing in her life Vega enjoys freshwater fishing can speak Spanish fluently and is an experienced gymnastVega is close friends with Nikki Reed and was the maid of honor at Reeds wedding to Paul McDonald
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