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Elizabeth Peña
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Elizabeth Peña
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1959-09-23,Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
Elizabeth Maria Peña (September 23, 1959 – 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. Peña was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, daughter of Estella Margarita (née Toirac), an arts administrator and producer, and Mario Peña, the Cuban-born actor, writer, and director who jointly founded the Latin American Theatre Ensemble. It is unknown whether Peña was named after the town of her birth. Peña graduated from New York's High School of Performing Arts in 1977. Her classmates included Ving Rhames, alongside whom she would later co-star in Jacob's Ladder, and Esai Morales, alongside whom she would later co-star in La Bamba. She is also a founding member of the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors. In 1979, Peña appeared in her first film, El Super, "an exceptionally moving and melancholy comedy about a family of lower-middle-class Cuban refugees attempting to adjust to life in Spanish Harlem.", New York City. Peña worked once again with film director, Leon Ichaso in his next feature Crossover Dreams opposite Ruben Blades. Peña 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 Bibi Corrades in the episode "Justicia," 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 Benavides. Although the actress does speak Spanish, she does not dub her own voice for Spanish releases. Peña is also noted for having starred in I Married Dora, a sitcom that lasted only 13 episodes in 1987, as Dora Calderon, the "Dora" 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. Writer-director John Sayles produced the critically acclaimed but short-lived television series Shannon's Deal (1989–1991) co-starring Peña alongside series lead Jamey Sheridan. In 1996 Sayles wrote and directed the mystery film Lone Star and again cast her in a co-starring role. Peña died on October 14, 2014 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, California at the age of 55.

Filmography

7

Transamerica
2005-02-14

7.089

Rush Hour
1998-09-18

7.4

Jacob's Ladder
1990-11-02

Dragon Wars: D-War

4.6

Dragon Wars: D-War
2007-08-01

Mother and Child

6.6

Mother and Child
2009-11-07

*batteries not included

6.7

*batteries not included
1987-12-18

Down in the Valley

5.9

Down in the Valley
2005-05-13

5.8

Blue Steel
1990-03-16

Nothing Like the Holidays

6.3

Nothing Like the Holidays
2008-12-12

How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer

5.6

How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer
2005-01-23

Goal II: Living the Dream

6

Goal II: Living the Dream
2007-02-09

7

Lone Star
1996-06-21

5

Strangeland
1998-10-02

6.4

Tortilla Soup
2001-08-24

Racing for Time

5.8

Racing for Time
2008-02-16

3.5

Down for Life
2010-10-01

6

The Waterdance
1992-05-13

7.288

La Bamba
1987-07-24

The Hollywood Mom's Mystery

7.3

The Hollywood Mom's Mystery
2004-08-08

5

The Invaders
1995-11-12

The Perfect Family

4.6

The Perfect Family
2011-04-30

Love Comes Lately

5.2

Love Comes Lately
2007-09-09

9

Shannon's Deal
1989-06-04

4.5

Sueno
2005-09-30

On the Borderline

4.5

On the Borderline
2001-10-23

6.8

The Pass
1998-05-07

Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within

6.2

Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
1998-11-29

4.5

Contagious
1997-01-22

Suburban Madness

6.7

Suburban Madness
2004-10-04

4.577

In the Dark
2013-01-12

2.7

Blaze You Out
2013-07-30

Across the Moon

4.2

Across the Moon
1994-10-01

4.5

Roommates
1994-05-30

7.6

El Super
1979-04-28

Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home

5.924

Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
1995-07-19

The Second Civil War

6.1

The Second Civil War
1997-12-04

Down and Out in Beverly Hills

5.9

Down and Out in Beverly Hills
1986-01-31

Crossover Dreams

5.4

Crossover Dreams
1985-08-23

6

Dead Funny
1994-05-21

Ana Maria in Novela Land

5.3

Ana Maria in Novela Land
2015-02-27

Adrift in Manhattan

5.7

Adrift in Manhattan
2007-01-10

6.4

Grandma
2015-06-04

Keep Your Distance

4.3

Keep Your Distance
2005-09-02

It Came from Outer Space II

3.9

It Came from Outer Space II
1995-12-31

The Incredibles

7.73

The Incredibles
2004-10-27

Justice League: Starcrossed - The Movie

8.1

Justice League: Starcrossed - The Movie
2004-07-13

Girl on the Edge

5.8

Girl on the Edge
2015-02-23

Things Behind the Sun

6

Things Behind the Sun
2001-10-12

5.5

Plush
2013-09-13

6.5

Times Square
1980-10-17

5.6

Vibes
1988-08-05

Fugitive Among Us

5

Fugitive Among Us
1992-02-04

7

Border Line
1999-02-22

5.5

A Single Woman
2008-09-21

5.7

Zig Zag
2002-06-14

Ten Tiny Love Stories

4.3

Ten Tiny Love Stories
2002-08-10

Seven Girlfriends

4.5

Seven Girlfriends
2000-04-21

The Song of Sway Lake

5.2

The Song of Sway Lake
2019-06-07

6.1

Impostor
2001-12-03

They All Laughed

6

They All Laughed
1981-11-20

Building 'Jacob's Ladder'

4.5

Building 'Jacob's Ladder'
1990-12-01

9

Recon
1996-07-01

6.6

Gridlock'd
1997-01-29

6.2

The Lost City
2005-09-03

A Piece of the Action: Behind the Scenes of Rush Hour

7.5

A Piece of the Action: Behind the Scenes of Rush Hour
1999-03-02

7

L.A. Law
1986-09-15

7.6

Boston Public
2000-10-23

7

Numb3rs
2005-01-23

7.019

American Dad!
2005-02-06

6.5

T. J. Hooker
1982-03-13

Ghost Whisperer

8.1

Ghost Whisperer
2005-09-23

6.6

Maya & Miguel
2004-10-11

Hill Street Blues

7.6

Hill Street Blues
1981-01-15

Without a Trace

7.2

Without a Trace
2002-09-26

7

Cagney & Lacey
1982-03-25

7.615

NCIS
2003-09-23

6.5

I Married Dora
1987-09-22

Resurrection Blvd.

8.3

Resurrection Blvd.
2000-06-26

7.7

Shannon's Deal
1990-04-16

The Outer Limits

7.7

The Outer Limits
1995-03-26

7

Tough Cookies
1986-03-05

Charlie's Angels

5.2

Charlie's Angels
2011-09-22

8.2

Justice League
2001-11-17

Justice League Unlimited

8.304

Justice League Unlimited
2004-07-31

Drug Wars: The Camarena Story

6.5

Drug Wars: The Camarena Story
1990-01-07

7.7

CSI: Miami
2002-09-23

5.5

The Invaders
1995-11-12

7.9

Modern Family
2009-09-23

6.3

Two
1996-09-12

6.9

Dream On
1990-07-08

8

Dellaventura
1997-09-23

6.9

Common Law
2012-05-11