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{{Short description|Spanish actress (born 1976)}}
{{family name hatnote|Campos|Trigo|lang=Spanish}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name        = Paz Vega
| image       = Premios Goya 2020 - Paz Vega (cropped).jpg
| caption     = Vega in 2020
| birth_name  = María de la Paz Campos Trigo
| birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1976|01|02|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Seville]], Spain
| citizenship = 
| othername   =
| occupation  = {{Hlist|Actress|filmmaker}}
| yearsactive = 1997–present
| spouse      = {{marriage|Orson Salazar|2002}}
| children    = 3
| website     = 
}}

'''María de la Paz Campos Trigo''' (born 2 January 1976), known professionally as '''Paz Vega''' ({{IPA|es|paθˈβeɣa|lang}}), is a Spanish actress. She became popular for her performance in comedy television series ''[[7 vidas]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.deia.eus/on/2022/07/22/paz-vega-actriz-tiron-deudas-5844017.html|website=[[Deia (newspaper)|Deia]]|date=22 July 2022|title=Paz Vega: una actriz con tirón (y deudas con Hacienda)|first=Rosana|last=Lakunza}}</ref> Her film credits include ''[[Sex and Lucia]]'' (2001), ''[[Mine Alone]]'' (2001), ''[[The Other Side of the Bed]]'' (2002), ''[[Carmen (2003 Spanish film)|Carmen]]'' (2003), ''[[Spanglish (film)|Spanglish]]'' (2004), ''[[10 Items or Less (film)|10 Items or Less]]'' (2006), ''[[Theresa: The Body of Christ]]'' (2007), ''[[Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted]]'' (2012), ''[[All Roads Lead to Rome (2015 film)|All Roads Lead to Rome]]'' (2015), ''[[Acts of Vengeance (film)|Acts of Vengeance]]'' (2017), and ''[[Rambo: Last Blood]]'' (2019). She played the role of Catalina Creel in the 2019 television series ''[[Cuna de lobos (2019 TV series)|Cradle of Wolves]]'' (''Cuna de lobos'').

She made her directorial debut with ''[[Rita (2024 Spanish film)|Rita]]'' (2024), which she also wrote.

==Early life==
Vega was born in [[Seville]], [[Andalusia]], in 1976 to a housewife mother and a father who was a former bullfighter.<ref name=ref1>{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/SPANGLISH-ACTRESS-TALENT-TRANSLATES-WELL-2629877.php |title='Spanglish' Actress' Talent Translates Well |newspaper=[[San Francisco Chronicle]] |date=12 December 2004|access-date=14 January 2014| first=Hugh | last=Hart}}</ref> Vega's younger sister has performed as a [[flamenco]] dancer.<ref name=parade>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.parade.com/articles/editions/2004/edition_12-12-2004/in_step_with_0 |title=In Step With: Paz Vega | magazine=[[Parade Magazine|Parade]]|date=12 December 2004}}</ref> Vega has described her family as "traditional" and [[Catholic]].<ref name=ref1/> She took her stage surname of 'Vega' from her grandmother.<ref name="galan" /> Vega decided to become an actress after attending a performance of [[Federico García Lorca]]'s play, ''[[La casa de Bernarda Alba|Bernarda Alba's House]]'' (''La casa de Bernarda Alba''), when she was 16.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://thehollywoodinterview.blogspot.pt/2011/04/paz-vega-hollywood-interview_01.html|title=PAZ VEGA: The Hollywood Interview|website=thehollywoodinterview.blogspot.pt|access-date=2016-12-20}}</ref>

After completing [[compulsory education]] at 16, Vega was accepted at the ''Andalusian Theater Center'' (''Centro Andaluz de Teatro'') stage school.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hola.com/biografias/paz-vega/|title=Paz Vega. Noticias, fotos y biografía de Paz Vega|last=S.A.|first=Hola|website=hola.com|language=es|access-date=20 December 2016}}</ref> She studied there for two years and took another two years studying [[journalism]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/02/didnt-know-about-paz-vega_n_4531936.html|title=Happy Birthday Paz Vega! 9 Things You Didn't Know About The Star|date=2 January 2014|website=[[The Huffington Post]]|access-date=20 December 2016}}</ref> She next moved to [[Madrid]] to seek her future.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://uk.askmen.com/celebs/women/actress_250/261_paz_vega.html|title=The Sexiest Comedy Of 2010?|website=[[AskMen]]|access-date=20 December 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809170711/http://uk.askmen.com/celebs/women/actress_250/261_paz_vega.html|archive-date=9 August 2016}}</ref>

== Screen career ==
[[File:Morgan Freeman y Paz Vega en Madrid 01.jpg|thumb|upright=1.3|Vega at the ''[[10 Items or Less (film)|10 Items or Less]]'' premiere in Madrid with co-star [[Morgan Freeman]] in 2007]]
Vega made her television debut in the Spanish TV series, ''My Father Is So Nice'' (''Menudo es mi padre''), which starred [[Flamenco Rumba|rumba]] singer [[El Fary]]. She appeared in two other series in 1997; ''More Than Friends'' (''Más que amigos'') and ''Companions'' (''Compañeros'').

In 1999, she made her film debut in ''[[Zapping (film)|Zapping]]''. The same year, she also had a minor role in the David Menkes movie ''[[I Will Survive (1999 film)|I Will Survive]]'', alongside [[Emma Suárez]], and [[Juan Diego Botto]].

Vega found success in 1999's TV series ''[[7 Vidas|7 Lives]]'' (''7 Vidas''). The series was billed as a Spanish ''[[Friends]]'' and became one of the country's best-loved domestic [[sitcom]]s. Vega played Laura, a perky [[Andalusia]]n girl who had come to stay with David, who had recently come out of a [[coma]]. The series was broadcast on [[Telecinco]] and finished on 12 April 2006, albeit without Vega.

In 2001, she starred in [[Julio Médem]]'s film ''Sex and Lucia'', which brought her to the attention of a larger audience. However, she received prominent exposure, particularly to American audiences, when she appeared in the 2004 [[James L. Brooks]] American film ''Spanglish'' opposite [[Adam Sandler]]. In 2006, she co-starred with American actor [[Morgan Freeman]] in the independent film ''10 Items or Less'', directed by [[Brad Silberling]]. In 2008, she co-starred with [[Gabriel Macht]], [[Samuel L. Jackson]], and [[Scarlett Johansson]] in ''[[The Spirit (2008 film)|The Spirit]]''. In 2011, Vega had a role in [[Michele Placido]]'s film ''[[Vallanzasca – Gli angeli del male|Vallanzasca – The Angels of Evil]]''.

Vega also works as a [[Model (person)|model]]; she is signed to 1/One Management in New York City. In May 2011, Vega replaced [[Penélope Cruz]] as the face for [[L'Oreal]] Spain.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hola.com/cine/2011050552370/paz-vega-imagen-cosmetica/|title=Paz Vega tras la estela de Penélope Cruz: 'Para mí es un honor que me comparen con ella'|magazine=[[Hola!]]|date=5 May 2011|access-date=7 May 2011|language=es}}</ref>

In 2018, she participated in the third season of the reality cooking show ''[[MasterChef Celebrity (Spanish TV series)|MasterChef Celebrity]]''.<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.hola.com/noticias-de-actualidad/04-05-2018/136572 |title=Paz Vega participará en la próxima edición de 'Masterchef Celebrity' |date=4 May 2018 |access-date=13 September 2018 |journal=[[Hola!]] |language=es}}</ref>

In 2019, Vega appeared in [[Televisa]] to portray the lead character Catalina Creel in the miniseries ''[[Cuna de lobos (2019 TV series)|Cradle of Wolves]]'' (''Cuna de Lobos''), based on the [[Cuna de lobos|1986 original telenovela of the same title]]. The same year, she portrayed an independent Mexican reporter in ''Rambo: Last Blood'', in which she co-starred with [[Sylvester Stallone]].

In 2023, Vega announced in Cannes the beginning of filming of her directorial debut, ''[[Rita (2024 film)|Rita]]'', a feature film set in 1980s Seville billed by Vega as a "''[[costumbrismo|costumbrista]]'' and nostalgic" story.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariodesevilla.es/ocio/paz-vega-comienza-rodaje-rita_0_1794721418.html|website=[[Diario de Sevilla]]|title=Paz Vega comenzará a rodar la próxima semana 'Rita', su debut como directora|date=20 May 2023 }}</ref> The film premiered at [[77th Locarno Film Festival|2024 Locarno Film Festival]] and earned her a nomination for the [[Goya Award for Best New Director]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariodenavarra.es/noticias/cultura-ocio/cultura/2024/08/21/rita-opera-prima-paz-vega-camaras-llegara-cines-el-25-octubre-619217-1034.html|website=Diario de Navarra|date=21 August 2024|title='Rita', la ópera prima de Paz Vega tras las cámaras, llegará a los cines el 25 de octubre}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|website=[[ABC (Spain)|ABC]]|url=https://www.abc.es/sevilla/cultura/sevillanas-paz-vega-sandra-romero-nominadas-mejor-20241218124650-nts.html|first=Rocío|last=Vázquez|date=18 December 2024|title=Las sevillanas Paz Vega y Sandra Romero, nominadas a la mejor dirección novel en los 39 premios Goya}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Vega and her [[Venezuelan people|Venezuelan]] husband, Orson Salazar, had their first child, a son, in May 2004.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/03/arts/EU-A-E-Spain-Paz-Vega.php |title=Spanish actress Paz Vega gives birth to baby boy |page=3 |date=3 May 2007 |agency=Associated Press |newspaper=[[International Herald Tribune]] |access-date=10 February 2008 |location=Madrid |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070527073752/http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/05/03/arts/EU-A-E-Spain-Paz-Vega.php |archive-date=27 May 2007}}</ref> Their second child, a daughter, was born in July 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://people.com/parents/paz-vega-welcomes-daughter-ava/|title=Paz Vega Welcomes Daughter Ava|work=People|date=21 July 2009|access-date=13 November 2019|first=Anya|last=Leonardo|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712081739/http://celebritybabies.people.com/2009/07/21/paz-vega-welcomes-daughter-ava/|archive-date=12 July 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> Their third child, another son, was born in August 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/paz-vega/paz-vega-leaves-hospital-baby-lenon-400878 |title=Paz Vega Leaves Hospital with Baby Lenon |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160315170943/http://www.celebrity-gossip.net/paz-vega/paz-vega-leaves-hospital-baby-lenon-400878 |archive-date=15 March 2016 |date=18 August 2010 |access-date=13 September 2018 |work=Celebrity Gossip |agency=Brand Technologies Inc. |publisher=Bluefin Media}}</ref> They married in 2002.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}}

Paz Vega is listed amongst the major tax defaulters by the [[Spanish Tax Agency]], owing €1.7 million in 2023 and €2.3 million in 2024.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2025-06-27 |date=2025-06-27 |first=Laura Delle |language=es |last=Femmine |title=List of major debtors with the Tax Agency: Isabel Pantoja, Bertín Osborne and Arda Turan added |url=https://elpais.com/economia/2025-06-27/lista-de-grandes-morosos-con-hacienda-entran-isabel-pantoja-bertin-osborne-y-arda-turan.html |website=El País}}<!-- auto-translated from unknown (Italian or Spanish) by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>

== Filmography ==
=== Film  ===
[[File:Premios Goya 2019 - Paz Vega (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=0.9|Vega at the [[33rd Goya Awards]] in 2019.]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Roles !! class="unsortable" | Notes !! class="unsortable" | {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference(s)}}
|-
| rowspan=3|1999
| ''[[Zapping (film)|Zapping]]''
| Elvira
| Feature film debut
| align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite book|title=Cine español de los 90. Diccionario de películas, directores y temático|first=Francisco María|last=Benavent|year=2000|isbn=84-271-2326-4|location=Bilbao|publisher=Ediciones Mensajero|page=630}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[I Will Survive (1999 film)|I Will Survive]]'' (''Sobreviviré'')
| 
| 
| {{center|<ref name="galan">{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/diario/2004/01/31/espectaculos/1075503602_850215.html|website=[[El País]]|date=31 January 2004|first=Diego|last=Galán|title=La fuerza de Paz Vega}}</ref>}}
|-
| ''[[Nobody Knows Anybody]]'' (''Nadie conoce a nadie'')
| Ariadna
| 
| align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite journal|title=Argumentos, personajes y escenarios para la reelaboración de la imagen de Andalucía en el cine (1975-2006)|trans-title=Plots, Characters and Scenarios for Revamping the Image of Andalucía in Cinema (1975-2006)|volume=11|issue=1|year=2008|first=María Jesús|last=Ruiz-Muñoz|url=http://www.scielo.org.co/pdf/pacla/v11n1/v11n01a10.pdf|journal=Palabras Clave|via=[[SciELO]]|page=136|issn=0122-8285}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2|2001
| ''[[Sex and Lucia]]'' (''Lucía y el sexo'')
| Lucía
| 
| align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite book|page=245|first=Laura|last=Birkin|chapter=''Lucía y el sexo'' (''Sex and Lucia'') (2001)|title=The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Films|editor-first=Salvador|editor-last=Jimenez Murguía|editor-first2=Alex|editor-last2=Pinar|publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]]|isbn=9781442271333|year=2018}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Mine Alone]]'' (''Sólo mía'')
| Ángela
| 
| align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a9579/solo-mia/|website=[[Fotogramas]]|date=29 May 2008|title=Sólo mía}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=3|2002
| ''[[Talk to Her]]'' (''Hable con ella'')
| Amparo
| 
| align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite book|page=190|first=Amanda Eaton|last=McMenamin|chapter=''Hable con ella'' (''Talk to Her'') (2002)|title=The Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish Films|editor-first=Salvador|editor-last=Jimenez Murguía|editor-first2=Alex|editor-last2=Pinar|publisher=[[Rowman & Littlefield]]|isbn=9781442271333|year=2018}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Other Side of the Bed]]'' (''El otro lado de la cama'')
| Sonia
| 
| align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite book|title=La Pantalla Popular. El cine español durante el Gobierno de la derecha (1996-2003)|first=José María|last=Caparrós Lera|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1wJ8Hoa5FDEC&pg=PA198|page=198|location=Tres Cantos|publisher=[[Ediciones Akal]]|year=2005|isbn=978-84-460-2414-9}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Novo (film)|Novo]]''
| Isabelle
| 
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Carmen (2003 Spanish film)|Carmen]]''
| Carmen
| 
| align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Yl3cwxX2s_oC&pg=PA66|page=66|title=Carmen on Screen: An Annotated Filmography and Bibliography|first1=Ann|last1=Davies|first2=Phil|last2=Powrie|publisher=Tamesis|year=2006|isbn=1-85566-129-2}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2|2004
| ''[[Di que sí|Say Yes]]'' (''Di que sí'')
| Estrella Cuevas
| 
| align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eluniverso.com/2004/11/11/0001/260/05814771750D4E3EA45816DC20864A91.html|website=[[El Universo]]|date=11 November 2004|title=Paz Vega y Ornella Muti estrenan filme}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Spanglish (film)|Spanglish]]''
| Flor
| 
| align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/spanglish-112875/|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|author-link=Peter Travers|first=Peter|last=Travers|date=15 December 2004|title=Spanglish}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=3|2006
| ''[[10 Items or Less (film)|10 Items or Less]]''
| Scarlet
| 
| align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/01/movies/01item.html|title=Lingering on the Express Line: Bagging Some Humanity Amid Bar-Code Scanners|website=[[The New York Times]]|date=1 December 2006|first=A. O.|last=Scott|author-link=A. O. Scott}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Borgia]]'' (''Los Borgia'')
| [[Caterina Sforza]]
| 
| align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2006/film/reviews/the-borgias-2-1200511949/|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Jonathan|last=Holland|date=16 November 2006|title=The Borgias}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Fade to Black (2006 film)|Fade to Black]]''
| Lea Padovani
| 
|
|-
| rowspan=2|2007
| ''[[The Lark Farm]]'' (''La masseria delle allodole'')
| Nunik
| 
| align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/peliculas-criticas/a8291/el-destino-de-nunik/|website=[[Fotogramas]]|title=El destino de Nunik|first=Esteve|last=Riambau|date=29 May 2008}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[Theresa: The Body of Christ]]'' (''Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo'')
| [[Teresa of Ávila|Santa Teresa]]
| 
| align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite journal|title=Visiones de Santa Teresa de Jesús: tres representaciones cinematográficas|first=Leonor|last=Ortega Alcántara|journal=Isla de Arriarán: Revista cultural y científica|issn=1133-6293|issue=42–43|year=2015–2016|page=679|url=https://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/6118202.pdf}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=2|2008
| ''[[The Human Contract]]''
| Michael
| 
| align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/human-contract-125636/|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|title=The Human Contract|date=2 November 2008|first=Duane|last=Byrge}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[The Spirit (2008 film)|The Spirit]]''
| Plaster of Paris
| 
| align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/the-spirit-the-cbr-review/|website=[[cbr.com]]|title=The Spirit: The CBR Review|first=Josh|last=Wigler|date=18 December 2008}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=3|2009
| ''[[Not Forgotten (film)|Not Forgotten]]''
| Amaya
| 
|-
| ''[[The Six Wives of Henry Lefay]]''
| Verónica
| 
|
|-
| ''[[Triage (film)|Triage]]''
| Elena Morales
| 
|
|-
| rowspan=2|2010
| ''[[Burning Palms (film)|Burning Palms]]''
| Blanca Juárez
| 
|
|-
| ''[[Angel of Evil]]''
| Antonella D'Agostino
| 
|
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Cat Run]]''
| Catalina Rona
| 
|
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted]]''
| Esmeralda, Esperanza and Ernestina
| Voice role
|
|-
| rowspan=2|2013
| ''[[I'm So Excited!]]'' (''Los amantes pasajeros'')
| Alba
|
| align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite journal|url=http://www.miriadahispanica.com/revista/77ff9b2aa8927130ff64d1101576d5053ed2d8dd.pdf|title=''Los amantes pasajeros'': An Update on Almodóvar's Trans-Border Cinema|journal=Miríada Hispánica|volume=8|year=2014|issn=2171-5718|first=Marvin|last=D'Lugo|page=57}}</ref>
|-
| ''Demon Inside''
| Marta
| 
|-
| rowspan=4|2014
| ''[[Grace of Monaco (film)|Grace of Monaco]]''
| [[Maria Callas]]
| 
| align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|first=Alessandra|last=Stanley|date=24 May 2015|title=Review: 'Grace of Monaco,' a Fractured Fairy Tale on Lifetime|website=[[The New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/25/arts/television/review-grace-of-monaco-a-fractured-fairy-tale-on-lifetime.html}}</ref>
|-
| ''Paulo Coelho's Best Story''
| Luiza
| 
|
|-
| ''[[Kill the Messenger (2014 film)|Kill the Messenger]]''
| Coral Baca
| 
|
|-
| ''[[The Ignorance of Blood (film)|The Ignorance of Blood]]'' (''La ignorancia de la sangre'')
| Consuelo
| 
| align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.larazon.es/cultura/cine/la-ignorancia-de-la-sangre-atipico-cine-negro-con-paz-vega-y-juan-diego-botto-EB4663402/|website=[[La Razón (Madrid)|La Razón]]|date=8 December 2013|title="La ignorancia de la sangre", atípico cine negro con Paz Vega y Juan Diego Botto}}</ref>
|-
| 2015
| ''[[All Roads Lead to Rome (2015 film)|All Roads Lead to Rome]]''
| Giulia Carni
| 
|-
| 2016
| ''[[Tales of an Immoral Couple]]'' (''La vida inmoral de la pareja ideal'')
| Loles
| 
| align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elperiodico.com/es/ocio-y-cultura/20170907/paz-vega-continua-fuerte-union-6270499|website=[[El Periódico de Catalunya]]|title=Paz Vega continúa su "fuerte unión" con Latinoamérica y con la televisión|date=7 September 2017}}</ref>
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Acts of Vengeance (film)|Acts of Vengeance]]''
| Alma
| 
|
|-
| 2018
| ''{{ill|About The Train Driver Who Was looking For Love...|de}}'' (''Vom Lokführer, der die Liebe suchte…/The Bra'')
| Daria
| 
|
|-
| rowspan=2|2019
| ''Oh, my mother!'' (''¡Ay, mi madre!''
| Pili
| 
|
|-
| ''[[Rambo: Last Blood]]''
| Carmen Delgado
| 
|
|-
| 2020
| ''[[Chasing Wonders]]''
| Adrianna
|
|
|-
| 2021
| ''[[American Night]]''
| Sarah
|
|
|-
| 2021 || ''[[The House of Snails]]'' (''La casa del caracol'') || Berta || || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariodesevilla.es/ocio/Paz-Vega-adentra-thriller-fantastico_0_1581143928.html|website=[[Diario de Sevilla]]|title=Paz Vega se adentra en el 'thriller' fantástico con 'La casa del caracol'|date=7 June 2021|first=Alicia|last=García Arribas|publisher=[[Grupo Joly]]}}</ref>
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Wetland (film)|Wetland ]]'' (''El lodo'') || Claudia || || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lasprovincias.es/culturas/cine/vega-raul-arevalo-pelicula-lodo-20211207131849-nt.html|website=[[Las Provincias]]|date=7 December 2021|first=Jorge|last=Zarco|title=Paz Vega y Raúl Arévalo estrenan esta semana la película 'El Lodo', rodada en L'Albufera}}</ref>
|-
| 2021
| ''[[13 Minutes (2021 film)|13 Minutes]]'' || Ana || || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eu.oklahoman.com/story/entertainment/2021/10/28/oklahoma-made-indie-movie-13-minutes-spins-through-tornadoes-and-social-issues/8552345002/|website=[[The Oklahoman]]|date=28 October 2021|title=Oklahoma-made indie movie '13 Minutes' spins through tornadoes and social issues|first=Brandy|last=McDonell}}</ref>
|-
| 2022
| ''[[There Are No Saints]]''
| Nadia
|
|
|-
| 2022
| ''[[A todo tren 2|Full Train 2]]'' (''A todo tren 2'')
| Clara
| 
| align =  "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fotogramas.es/noticias-cine/a40854657/a-todo-tren-2-fin-rodaje/|website=[[Fotogramas]]|title=Finaliza el rodaje de 'A todo tren 2. Ahora son ellas'|date=10 August 2022|first=María|last=Aller}}</ref>
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| rowspan = "2" | {{center|2024}} || ''[[Rita (2024 Spanish film)|Rita]]'' || Mari || Also director, writer, and executive producer || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cineuropa.org/en/newsdetail/465641|website=[[Cineuropa]]|title=Review: Rita|first=Marko|last=Stojiljković|date=19 August 2024}}</ref>}}
|-
| ''I Can't Live Without You'' (''No puedo vivir sin ti'') || Adela || || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|website=[[La Nación]]|first=Marcelo|last=Stiletano|date=17 August 2024|url=https://www.lanacion.com.ar/espectaculos/cine/no-puedo-vivir-sin-ti-la-primera-aventura-espanola-del-eterno-personaje-de-adrian-suar-nid17082024/|title=No puedo vivir sin ti, la primera aventura española del eterno personaje de Adrián Suar}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|website=[[Decider.com]]|date=16 August 2024|url=https://decider.com/2024/08/16/i-cant-live-without-you-netflix-movie-review/|title=Stream It Or Skip It: ‘I Can’t Live Without You’ on Netflix, a Toothless Spanish Comedy About Cell Phone Addiction|first=John|last=Serba}}</ref>}}
|-
| {{center|'''{{TableTBD}}'''}} || {{pending film|[[Trinidad (upcoming film)|Trinidad]]}} || Claudia || Filming || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.canarias7.es/cultura/cine/trinidad-emerge-sioux-city-20250611093700-nt.html|website=[[Canarias7]]|date=10 June 2025|first=Fran|last=Villalba|title='Trinidad' emerge en el Sioux City}}</ref>}}
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Title !! Roles !! Notes
|-
| 1997
| ''My Father Is So Nice'' (''Menudo es mi padre''
| Olga
| 6 episodes
|-
| 1997–1998
| ''more Than Friends'' (''Más que amigos''
| Olga
| 28 episodes
|-
| 1998
| ''Companions'' (''Compañeros'')
| Luz
| 17 episodes
|-
| 1999
| ''Shelly Fisher''
| Seidy Bender
| [[Television film]]
|-
| 1999–2006
| ''[[7 vidas|7 Lives]]'' (''7 vidas'')
| Laura Arteagabeitia
| 60 episodes
|-
| 2008
| ''Lex''
| Rocío Janer
| 4 episodes
|-
| rowspan=2|2012
| ''[[Mary of Nazareth (film)|Mary of Nazareth]]''
| [[Mary Magdalene]]
| [[Television film]]
|-
|''[[One Thousand and One Nights: Aladdin and Sherazade]]'' (''Le mille e una notte: Aladino e Sherazade'')
| Namuna
| Miniseries, three parts
|-
| rowspan=2|2015
| ''[[Beautiful & Twisted]]''
| Narcy
| Television film
|-
| ''[[Big Time in Hollywood, FL]]''
| Isabella Delgado
| 4 episodes
|-
| 2016–2017
| ''[[La Hermandad (TV series)|The Brotherhood]]'' (''La Hermandad'')
| Luisa Salinas
| Main role (seasons 1–2); 25 episodes
|-
| 2016–2019
| ''[[The OA]]''
| Renata
| Main role (seasons 1–2); 7 episodes
|-
| 2017
| ''[[Perdóname, señor|Forgive me, sir]]'' (''Perdóname, señor'')
| Lucía Medina
| 8 episodes
|-
| rowspan="4" |2018
| ''[[Fugitiva|Fugitive]]'' (''Fugitiva'')
| Magda
| 9 episodes
|-
| ''[[Paquita Salas]]''
| rowspan="2" | Herself
| Episode: ''"Starting Point"'' (''"Punto de partida"'')
|-
|''[[MasterChef Celebrity (Spanish TV series)|MasterChef Celebrity]]''
|Runner-Up (season 3); 11 episodes
|-
| ''[[El Continental|The Continental]]'' (''El Continental'')
| Belice
| 5 episodes
|-
| 2019
| ''[[Cuna de lobos (2019 TV series)|Cradle Of Wolves]]'' (''Cuna de lobos'')
| Catalina Creel de Larios 
| Lead role
|-
|2020
| ''[[The House of Flowers (TV series)|The House of Flowers]]'' (''La Casa de las Flores'')
| Carmelita's mother
|Episode: "LAUREL, (Symb. glory)"
|-
|rowspan=2|2020–2021
|rowspan=2|''[[Mask Singer: Adivina quién canta|Mask Singer: Guess Who Sings]]'' (''Mask Singer: Adivina quién canta'')
| Catrina
| Winner (season 1); 8 episodes
|-
| ''Herself''
| Investigator (season 2); 9 episodes
|-
|2023
|''[[Kaleidoscope (American TV series)|Kaleidoscope]]''
|Ava Mercer
|Main role
|}

==Accolades==
{{Incomplete list|date=November 2022}}
[[Image:Paz Vega Nicole Kidman Cannes 2014.jpg|thumb|Vega and [[Nicole Kidman]] at the [[2014 Cannes Film Festival]]]]
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Work
! Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable"| {{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| align = "center" | 2001 || {{Sort|Ondas 48|48th [[Ondas Awards]]}} || Best Actress || ''Sex and Lucia'' || {{won}} || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|website=[[ABC (Spain)|ABC]]|url=https://www.abc.es/espana/abci-salir-clase-otros-y-oreja-gogh-entre-ganadores-premios-ondas-2001-200110310300-56747_noticia.html|title=«Hoy por hoy», «Al salir de clase», «Los otros» y «La oreja de Van Gogh», entre los ganadores de los Premios Ondas 2001|date=31 October 2001}}</ref>
|-
| align = "center" rowspan = "7" | 2002 || {{Sort|CEC 57|57th [[CEC Awards|CEC Medals]]}} || Best Actress || ''Mine Alone'' || {{nom}} || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/cultura/cine-00128/noticia-noche-entregan-premios-circulo-escritores-cinematograficos-20020121134406.html|website=[[Europa Press (news agency)|Europa Press]]|date=21 January 2002|title=Esta noche se entregan los Premios del Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730042124/http://www.cinecec.com/EDITOR/premios/palmares/2001.htm|archive-date=30 July 2020|publisher=[[Círculo de Escritores Cinematográficos]]|title=Medallas del CEC a la producción española de 2001|url=http://www.cinecec.com/EDITOR/premios/palmares/2001.htm}}</ref>
|-
| {{Sort|Sant Jordi 46|46th [[Sant Jordi Awards]]}} || Best Spanish Actress || ''Sex and Lucia'' & ''Mine Alone'' || {{won}} || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/epsocial/rsc/noticia-construccion-mejor-pelicula-46-edicion-sant-jordi-cine-20020123095019.html|website=[[Europa Press (news agency)|Europa Press]]|date=23 January 2002|title='En construcción', mejor película de la 46 edición de los Sant Jordi de Cine}}</ref>
|-
| {{Sort|Fotogramas de Plata 52|52nd [[Fotogramas de Plata]]}} || Best Film Actress || ''Sex and Lucia'' || {{nom}} || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2002/02/15/cine/1013775984.html|website=[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]]|date=15 February 2002|title="En construcción" de Guerín, Fotogramas de Plata a mejor película}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2002/02/25/cine/1014666095.html|website=[[El Mundo (Spain)|El Mundo]]|date=25 February 2002|title=Pilar López de Ayala y Sergi López, Fotogramas de Plata de cine}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan = "2" | {{Sort|Goya 16|[[16th Goya Awards]]}} || [[Goya Award for Best New Actress|Best New Actress]] || ''Sex and Lucia'' || {{won}} || align = "center" rowspan = "2" | <ref>{{Citation |url=https://www.accioncultural.es/virtuales/premiosgoya/pdf/catalogo_expo_Goya_1987_2013.pdf|title=Viaje al cine español. 25 años de los Premios Goya|isbn=978-84-9785-791-8|year=2011|publisher=Lunwerg|pages=283–284}}</ref>
|-
| [[Goya Award for Best Actress|Best Actress]] || ''Mine Alone'' || {{nom}} 
|-
| rowspan = "2" | {{Sort|Actors and Actresses Union 11|11th [[Actors and Actresses Union Awards|Actors Union Awards]]}} || Best Film Performance in a Leading Role || || {{nom}} || rowspan = "2" align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.libertaddigital.com/cultura/2002-03-03/paz-vega-victoria-abril-y-pilar-lopez-de-ayala-compiten-de-nuevo-por-un-premio-62451/|website=[[Libertad Digital]]|date=3 March 2002|title=Paz Vega, Victoria Abril y Pilar López de Ayala compiten de nuevo por un premio}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://elpais.com/diario/2002/03/05/espectaculos/1015282803_850215.html|date=5 March 2002|first=Rosana|last=Pastor|website=[[El País]]|title=La Unión de Actores premia la trayectoria profesional de Adolfo Marsillach}}</ref>
|-
| Best New Performance || || {{nom}} 
|-
| align = "center" | 2003 || {{Sort|Fotogramas de Plata 53|53rd [[Fotogramas de Plata]]}} || Best Actress || ''The Other Side of the Bed'' || {{nom}} || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariodeleon.es/articulo/cultura/las-mejores-de-fotogramas/20030126010000642409.html|website=Diario de León|title=Las mejores de Fotogramas|date=26 January 2003}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariocordoba.com/cultura/2003/03/04/premio-fotogramas-plata-elige-leon-39009971.html|website=[[Córdoba (newspaper)|Córdoba]]|date=4 March 2003|title=El premio Fotogramas de Plata elige a León de Aranoa|publisher=[[Prensa Ibérica]]}}</ref>
|-
| align = "center" | 2004 || {{Sort|European Film 17|[[17th European Film Awards]]}} || [[Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress]] || ''Carmen'' || {{nom}} || align= "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnevnik.si/93651|website=Dnevnik|date=2 September 2004|title=Prve nominacije za letošnje evropske filmske nagrade}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/german-spanish-pictures-dominate-european-film-awards/4021274.article|website=[[ScreenDaily]]|title=German, Spanish pictures dominate European Film Awards|first=Patrick|last=Frater|date=12 December 2004}}</ref>
|-
| align = "center" | 2005 || [[Imagen Awards]] || Best Actress || ''Spanglish'' || {{nom}} || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4517593.stm|website=[[BBC News]]|title=Guevara film up for Latin award|date=5 May 2005}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chron.com/life/article/Motorcycle-Diaries-wins-top-honors-1944244.php|website=[[Chron.com]]|title=Motorcycle Diaries wins top honors|date=21 June 2005}}</ref>
|-
| align = "center" | 2020 || [[29th Actors and Actresses Union Awards]] || Best Actress in an International Production || ''The OA'' || {{nom}} || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fueradeseries.com/este-es-el-repartido-palmares-televisivo-de-los-premios-union-de-actores-2020-76ea1d952741/|website=Fuera de Series|title=Este es el repartido palmarés televisivo de los Premios Unión de Actores 2020|date=10 March 2020|language=es|first=Álvaro|last=Onieva}}</ref>
|-
| align = "center" | 2021 || {{Sort|Berlanga 04|4th [[Berlanga Awards]]}} || Best Actress || ''Wetland'' || {{nom}} || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/comunitat-valenciana/noticia-lucas-consecuencias-lodo-imponen-nominaciones-premios-berlanga-2021-20211118193008.html|publisher=[[Europa Press (news agency)|Europa Press]]|date=18 November 2021|title='Lucas', 'Las consecuencias' y 'El lodo' se imponen en las nominaciones de los Premios Berlanga 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lasprovincias.es/culturas/cine/cover-consecuencias-espiritu-20211204191231-nt.html|website=[[Las Provincias]]|title='El cover', 'Las consecuencias' y 'Espíritu sagrado' copan los Premios Berlanga|date=5 December 2021|first=Noelia|last=Camacho}}</ref>
|-
| align = "center" | 2022 || {{Sort|Carmen 01|[[1st Carmen Awards]]}} || Best Actress || ''The House of Snails'' || {{nom}} || align = "center" | <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.diariosur.es/culturas/cine/ganadores-premios-carmen-cine-andalucia-20220129162520-nt.html|website=[[Diario Sur]]|title=Listado completo de ganadores de los Premios Carmen del Cine Andaluz|date=31 January 2022|first=C.|last=Pinto}}</ref>
|-
| {{center|2024}} || {{Sort|Actors and Actresses Union 32|[[32nd Actors and Actresses Union Awards]]}} || Best Actress in an International Production || ''Kaleidoscope'' || {{nom}} || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.escribiendocine.com/noticias/2024/02/05/17023-todos-los-nominados-de-la-32-edicion-de-los-premios-union-de-actores-y-actrices-de-espana|website=Escribiendo Cine|title=Todos los nominados de la 32 edición de los Premios Unión de Actores y Actrices de España|date=4 February 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.europapress.es/cultura/cine-00128/noticia-malena-alterio-maribel-verdu-lola-duenas-quim-gutierrez-protagonistas-32-premios-ua-20240312042138.html|website=[[Europa Press (news agency)|Europa Press]]|title=Malena Alterio, Maribel Verdú, Lola Dueñas y Quim Gutiérrez, entre los protagonistas de los 32 Premios UA|date=12 March 2024}}</ref>}}
|-
| rowspan = "4" | {{center|2025}}
| rowspan = "3" | [[4th Carmen Awards]] || Best New Director || rowspan = "4" | ''Rita'' || {{won}} || rowspan = "3" | {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cordobahoy.es/articulo/cultura/solos-noche-15-nominaciones-rita-14-encabezan-iv-premios-carmen-cine-andaluz/20241217171610169149.html|title='Solos en la noche', con 15 nominaciones, y 'Rita', con 14, encabezan los Premios Carmen del Cine Andaluz|date=17 December 2024|website=Córdoba Hoy}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.es/espana/andalucia/cordoba/cordoba-brilla-premios-carmen-encumbran-segundo-premio-20250202013533-nts.html|website=[[ABC (Spain)|ABC]]|first=Alfredo|last=Martín-Gorriz|date=2 February 2025|title=Córdoba brilla en unos Premios Carmen que encumbran a 'Segundo premio', 'Rita' y '¿Es el enemigo?'}}</ref>}}
|-
| Best Original Screenplay || {{nom}}
|-
| Best Supporting Actress || {{nom}}
|-
| [[39th Goya Awards]] || [[Goya Award for Best New Director|Best New Director]] || {{pending}} || {{center|<ref>{{Cite web|website=[[Cinemanía]]|via=[[20minutos.es]]|url=https://www.20minutos.es/cinemania/noticias/premios-goya-2025-nominaciones-directo-gala-cine-espanol-5664953/|date=18 December 2024|first=Daniel de|last=Partearroyo|title=Premios Goya 2025: 'El 47' domina con 14 nominaciones, seguida de 'La infiltrada'}}</ref>}}
|}
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* 2001, Trofeo Chopard best breakthrough performance, ''[[Lucía y el sexo]]'', '''WON'''

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* 2004, Best breakthrough performance, ''[[Spanglish (film)|Spanglish]]'', '''WON'''
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==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Paz Vega}}
* {{IMDb name|891895|Paz Vega}}

{{Cannes Film Festival Revelation Award}}
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[[Category:Masked Singer winners]]
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