Isela Vega

Isela Vega

actress, writer, producer

Isela Vega was born on Nov 05, 1939 in Mexico. Isela Vega's big-screen debut came with The Rage directed by Myron J. Gold in 1962. Isela Vega is known for Hell directed by Luis Estrada, Damián Alcázar stars as Benny García and Joaquín Cosio as El Cochiloco. Isela Vega has got 7 awards and 6 nominations so far. The most recent award Isela Vega achieved is Ariel Awards, Mexico. The upcoming new movie Isela Vega plays is Dora and the Lost City of Gold which will be released on Aug 09, 2019.

Isela Vega was born in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico on November 5, 1939. The young beauty was named Princess of the 1957 Carnaval in Hermosillo, and parlayed that into work as a model. She also had some success as a singer before turning to acting. (Her composition "Bennie's Song" was used in Apportez-moi la tête d'Alfredo Garcia (1974), which features her singing.)She made her film debut in the Pedro Armendáriz movie Verano violento (1960). From her beginning in small roles in Mexican films in the early 1960s, her career grew and Isela became very popular as a sex symbol in the late 1960s. (She would appear nude in a multi-page feature in Playboy Magazine's July 1974 issue.) In addition to her Mexican films, TV shows, and stage appearances, she also worked in a number of foreign films, most famously in Sam Peckinpah's Apportez-moi la tête d'Alfredo Garcia (1974), for which she received a Best Actress Ariel Award nomination in 1975. (Previously, Vega had been nominated for a Best Actress Ariel for her turn in Las reglas del juego (1971) in 1972.) She had made her United States film debut the year previously in Le shérif ne pardonne pas (1973) (the U.S.-Mexico horror cheapie Fear Chamber (1968) doesn't really count) and continued to appear occasionally in small parts in American films and TV until the late 1990s.In addition to her work as an actress, Vega produced, wrote and directed Las amantes del señor de la noche (1986), and has written and produced other films. She has a son whose father is Alberto Vázquez, and a daughter (Shaula, an actress) whose father is Jorge Luke.

  • Birthday

    Nov 05, 1939
  • Place of Birth

    Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico

Known For

Awards

7 wins & 6 nominations

Ariel Awards, Mexico
2017
Winner - Special Golden Ariel
2015
Best Supporting Actress (Mejor Coactuación Femenina)
Winner - Silver Ariel
2007
Best Supporting Actress (Mejor Coactuación Femenina)
Winner - Silver Ariel
2000
Best Supporting Actress (Mejor Coactuación Femenina)
Winner - Silver Ariel
Premios ACE
2010
Cinema - Best Supporting Actress
Winner - Premio ACE
2001
Cinema - Best Supporting Actress
Winner - Premio ACE

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