Elizabeth Peña

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AKA: Elizabeth Pena
Nationality: American
Birthdate: 09/23/1959
Birthplace: Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA

biography

This striking, stage-trained Latina first gained recognition as the maid-turned-revolutionary in Paul Mazursky's "Down and Out in Beverly Hills" (1986). Born in the US, Pena was raised in Cuba and moved back to Manhattan at the age of eight. She was acting professionally two years later and subsequently attended the famed High School of Performing Arts. Pena went on to appear in more than 20 off-Broadway shows and toured for two years as Shakespeare's Juliet. She has worked with such renowned theater companies as Joseph Papp's Public Theater, La Mama, and San Francisco's American Conservatory Continued

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Esperanza
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Isabel Parades
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Margaret
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Rosie Diaz
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1996
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1995
Jezzie
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Aurelita
Mirabella
Liz Garcia
Marisa Esquivel
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milestones

Year
Milestone
1969 
First lead role in a play at age ten
1979 
Debut feature, "El Super"
1980 
First US film role, "Times Square"
1985 
Made TV debut in an episode of "Cagney and Lacey" (CBS)
1986 
Breakthrough film role, "Down and Out in Beverly Hills"
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