Elizabeth Peña

ACTRESS, DIRECTOR

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Elizabeth's love for the arts came naturally, as her father was a well-known playwright, actor, director and novelist, so it is not hard to understand that by the time she was eight, Cuban-American Elizabeth Pena already had designs to become an actress. Born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, and raised in New York, Elizabeth and her sister Tania's parents, Mario and Estella Margarita Peña, had opened off-Broadway's Latin American Theatre Ensemble, and were more than encouraging. Elizabeth attended New York City's High School of the Performing Arts, now the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and Art and Performing Arts, and found occasional work in repertory theatre and in television commercials. Her film debut in the independent Spanish-speaking feature, El Super (1979), and started her on a long line of independent and rebellious characters which showed plenty of independence. During the early 80s, she played everything - from a knife- threatening waitress to a disco queen, as she waited for her big break. The big break came in the 1990's form of 2 hugely successful films of different genres; one was the hugely popular comedy, Le clochard de Beverly Hills (1986), co-starring Bette Midler, Richard Dreyfuss and Nick Nolte, in which she stole many scenes as the sultry, politically-minded maid, "Carmen", who lusts for Nolte, and the other was the mystery, drama, L'échelle de Jacob (1990). This propelled her to move to Los Angeles, where she continued to spice up both the big and small screen, including the part of Ritchie Valens' stepsister-in-law, in the well-received biopic, La Bamba (1987).Honors also came by Elizabeth's way, when she received the "Independent Spirit" and "Bravo" awards for the film, Lone Star (1996), and the "ALMA Award" for Tortilla Soup (2001). On TV, Elizabeth never found the one series role which could showcase her abilities fully. Co-starring roles in Tough Cookies (1986), I Married Dora (1987) and Shannon's Deal (1990) were short-lived. Elizabeth was married since 1994 married to Hans Rolla. The couple had 2 children; a son, Kælan, and a daughter, Fiona . She passed away 14 October, 2014, after a brief illness. - IMDb Mini Biography By: U.N, Owen

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Streaming Availability

Amazon Video has the most number of Elizabeth Peña’s flixes, followed by Vudu compared to other streaming platforms. See the full graph below.

Releases by Year

Elizabeth Peña on average has worked on 2 movies per year from 1979 to 2013. See the full graphs of the number of Elizabeth Peña movies released per year from 1992 till 2013.

Top Genres

Elizabeth Peña works mostly in Drama Genre followed by Comedy Genre flixes. 40% of Elizabeth Peña movies are Drama Genre movies. See Top Genres that Elizabeth Peña worked on in the graph below.

Average IMDB Score

On average the IMDB score of the movies that Elizabeth Peña has worked on is 6.0.

6.0 / 10

Elizabeth Peña's Movies and Tv Series available to Stream now ..

Drama,Mystery,Western
Lone Star (1996)

When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.

7.4/10135 min

Available in 9 platform(s).

Drama,Horror,Mystery
Jacob's Ladder (1990)

Mourning his dead child, a haunted Vietnam War veteran attempts to uncover his past while suffering from a severe case of dissociation. To do so, he must decipher reality and life from his own dreams, delusions, and perceptions of death.

7.4/10113 min

Available in 10 platform(s).

Biography,Drama,Music
La Bamba (1987)

Biographical story of the rise from nowhere of early rock and roll singer Ritchie Valens who died at age 17 in a plane crash with Buddy Holly and The Big Bopper.

6.9/10108 min

Available in 10 platform(s).

Comedy,Family,Fantasy
*batteries not included (1987)

Apartment block tenants seek the aid of alien mechanical life-forms to save their building from demolition.

6.6/10106 min

Available in 11 platform(s).

The story of a macho straight and a well-educated gay man who have to share an apartment at a half-way house for aids-patients. Slowly they become friends.

6.5/10100 min

Available in 1 platform(s).

6.2/1030 min

Available in 2 platform(s).

Action,Crime,Drama
Blue Steel (1990)

A rookie in the police force must engage in a cat-and-mouse game with a pistol-wielding psychopath who becomes obsessed with her.

5.7/10102 min

Available in 4 platform(s).

Comedy,Drama,Music
Dream (2005)

A Mexican-American chases his dreams as he puts together a classic Mexican band to compete in a radio station sponsored contest, all while attempting to court a beautiful girl.

5.2/10108 min

Available in 7 platform(s).