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![]() Elsa Pataky in December 2007
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Born | Elsa Lafuente Medianu 18 July 1976 Madrid, Spain |
Spouse(s) | Chris Hemsworth (2010?present) |
Children | India Hemsworth |
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www.elsapataky.com |
Elsa Lafuente Medianu, (born 18 July 1976 in Madrid, Spain)[1] known professionally as Elsa Pataky, is a Spanish model, actress, and film producer.
Elsa Pataky was born in Madrid, Spain, the daughter of Jos? Francisco Lafuente, a Spanish biochemist, and Cristina Medianu, a publicist of Romanian ancestry.[2][3] Pataky attended the Universidad de San Pablo CEU,[4] studying journalism and taking acting classes.
In addition to Spanish, she is fluent in English, Romanian, Italian, and French.[5]
Pataky was a member of the Madrid theatre company Teatro C?mara de ?ngel Guti?rrez. Eventually, she left school when she was cast in the television series Al salir de clase.[2] Some of her subsequent films were co-productions with the UK and France, which introduced her to working in English and French. She was in the cast of the television series Queen of Swords (2000) as Se?ora Vera Hidalgo, trophy wife of Gaspar Hidalgo and mistress of Captain Grisham, appearing in 14 of the 22 episodes. She also had a recurring role in the television series Los Serrano, playing teacher Raquel, who fell in love with her student Marcos (Fran Perea).
Pataky has appeared in over 10 Spanish films and co-starred in the French film Iznogoud (2004). She was also on the cover of August 2006 issue of Maxim. She was cast in 2009 in the Mexican series Mujeres Asesinas as Paula Moncada in the episode "Ana y Paula, Ultrajadas". She also starred in the action noir film Give 'Em Hell, Malone and Dario Argento's Giallo. Pataky became the female face for the first collection of Time Force's jewelry line Ultimate Jewel, opposite soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo.[6] She played Officer Elena Neves in the movie Fast Five, with Dwayne Johnson as her partner. MTV Networks' NextMovie.com named her one of the Breakout Stars to Watch for in 2011.[7]
Pataky is married to Australian actor Chris Hemsworth.[8] They made their relationship public at the opening Gala and ?Unmasking? for the Lynda and Stewart Resnick Grand Entrance Pavilion at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles on September 25, 2010. The couple have a daughter, India Rose, born May 11, 2012 in London, United Kingdom.[9]
In September 2012 Pataky won 310,000? in Spain's supreme court against publishing group Ediciones Zeta that owns Interviu magazine which published topless photos of Pataky, in March 2007, taken with a long lens while she was changing clothes when posing topless, but with her hands covering her breasts, for photographs that were to appear in Elle magazine. The Zeta group said it would appeal the decision.[10]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1997 | Solo en la buhardilla[citation needed] | Chica revista | Short |
1997 | Al salir de clase | Raquel Alonso | TV series (192 episodes) |
1998 | Tio Willy | TV series (1 episode) | |
1998 | La vida en el aire | TV series (13 episodes) | |
2000 | The Art of Dying [11] | Candela | |
2000 | Hospital Central | Maribel | TV series (2 episodes) |
2000 | Tatawo[11] | Blanqui | |
2000 | Less Is More [11] | Diana | |
2000 | Queen of Swords | Vera Hidalgo | TV series (14 episodes) |
2001 | Don't Tempt Me | Waitress in Hell | |
2001 | Twelfth Night[11] | Marta Cuspineda | |
2002 | Clara[citation needed] | TV movie | |
2002 | Peor imposible ?qu? puede fallar?[11] | F?tima | |
2002 | Para?so | Luisa | TV series (1 episode: "El cebo") |
2003 | 7 vidas | Cristina | TV series (1 episode: "La jaula de las locas") |
2003 | Beyond Re-Animator | Laura Olney | |
2003 | El furg?n[11] | Nina | |
2003 | Atraco a las 3... y media[11] | Katya | |
2003 | Los Serrano | Raquel Albaladejo | TV series (11 episodes) |
2004 | Romasanta: The Werewolf Hunt | Barbara | |
2004 | Tiovivo c. 1950 | Balbina | |
2005 | Iznogoud | Prehti-Ouhman | |
2005 | Arquitectura ef?mera deconstruida | V?deo 'Retorciendo palabras' | Video |
2005 | Ninette | Alajandra 'Ninette' | |
2005 | Films to Keep You Awake: The Christmas Tale[citation needed] | Ekran | TV movie |
2006 | Snakes on a Plane | Maria | |
2007 | Manuale d'amore 2[11] | Cecilia | |
2008 | M?ncora | Ximena Saavedra | |
2008 | Skate or Die | Dany | |
2008 | Santos | Laura Luna | |
2009 | Giallo | Celine | |
2009 | Give 'Em Hell, Malone | Evelyn | |
2009 | Mujeres asesinas | Paula Moncada | TV series (1 episode: Ana y Paula, ultrajadas) |
2010 | Mr. Nice | Ilza Kadegis | |
2010 | Di Di Hollywood[11] | Di Di | |
2011 | La importancia de llamarse Enesto[citation needed] | Short | |
2011 | Fast Five | Elena Neves | |
2011 | Where the Road Meets the Sun[citation needed] | Michelle | |
2011 | Snowflake, the White Gorilla / Copito de nieve[11] | Bruja del Norte | |
2012 | All Things to All Men | Sophia Peters | |
2012 | The Wine of Summer | Veronica | Post-production |
2013 | Fast Six | post production |
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