Elizabeth Peña

Actor Sep 23 (died age 55) Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA 1979–2019 (40 year career)

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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 …

Known For

Film

The Incredibles

Mirage (voice)

Film

Rush Hour

Johnson

Film

Jacob's Ladder

Jezzie

Film

La Bamba

Rosie Morales

Film

*batteries not included

Marisa Esteval

Film

Transamerica

Margaret

Film

Lone Star

Pilar Cruz

Film

Justice League: Starcrossed - The Movie

Paran Dul (voice)

Filmography

Acting (91)

Movies (65)

The Song of Sway Lake

as Marlena

Grandma

as Carla

Girl on the Edge

as Esther

Ana Maria in Novela Land

as Sra. Soto

Plush

as Dr. Lopez

Blaze You Out

as Dona

In the Dark

as Dr. Weinette

The Perfect Family

as Christina Rayes

Down for Life

as Mrs. Castro

Mother and Child

as Lawyer

Nothing Like the Holidays

as Anna Rodriguez

A Single Woman

as Storyteller

Racing for Time

as Flores

Goal II: Living the Dream

as Rosa Maria

Adrift in Manhattan

as Isabel Parades

Love Comes Lately

as Esperanza

Dragon Wars: D-War

as Agent Linda Perez

Sueno

as Mirabela

Transamerica

as Margaret

Down in the Valley

as Gale

The Lost City

as Miliciana (Zoraida) Muñoz

6.1

Keep Your Distance

2005

as Holly

3.9

How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer

as Lolita

The Incredibles

as Mirage (voice)

Justice League: Starcrossed - The Movie

as Paran Dul (voice)

Suburban Madness

as Clara Harris

The Hollywood Mom's Mystery

2004

as Theresa Shoe

7.5

Ten Tiny Love Stories

Zig Zag

as Ms. Tate

Things Behind the Sun

as Carmen

On the Borderline

as Connie

Impostor

as Midwife (as Elizabeth Pena)

Tortilla Soup

as Leticia Narnjo

Seven Girlfriends

as Martha

Border Line

as Maria Rodriguez

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

1999

as Self

Rush Hour

as Johnson

The Pass

as Zeena

Strangeland

as Toni Gage

Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within

as Rosario Ames

Gridlock'd

as Admissions Person

The Second Civil War

as Christina Fernandez

Contagious

as Det. Luisa Rojas

Lone Star

as Pilar Cruz

Recon

as Officer Santiago

Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home

as Kate Haley

The Invaders

as Ellen Garza

It Came from Outer Space II

as Ellen Fields

Roommates

as Lisa

Dead Funny

as Viv Saunders

Across the Moon

as Carmen

Fugitive Among Us

as Flo Martin

The Waterdance

as Rosa

Jacob's Ladder

as Jezzie

Building 'Jacob's Ladder'

as Self

Blue Steel

as Tracy Perez

Shannon's Deal

as Lucy Acosta

Vibes

as Consuelo

La Bamba

as Rosie Morales

*batteries not included

1987

as Marisa Esteval

6.7

Down and Out in Beverly Hills

as Carmen

Crossover Dreams

as Liz Garcia

They All Laughed

as Rita

Times Square

as Disco Hostess

El Super

as Aurelita

Television (26)

Charlie's Angels

2011

as Warden Gloria Galvez

Modern Family

as Pilar Ramírez

American Dad!

as Store Owner (voice)

Numb3rs

as Sonya Benavides

Ghost Whisperer

as Marla

Justice League Unlimited

2004

as Paran-Dul (voice)

8.3

Maya & Miguel

2004

as Rosa Santos (voice)

NCIS

as Lina Reyes

Without a Trace

as Rosie Diaz

CSI: Miami

as Mercedes Escalante

Justice League

as Paran Dul (voice)

Boston Public

as Superintendent Elizabeth Vasquez

7.6

Resurrection Blvd.

2000

as Beatrice 'Bibi' Corrales

8.0

Dellaventura

1997

as Simone

Two

1996

as Elizabeth Gaitan

5.5

The Outer Limits

1995

as Dr. Jennifer Martinez

The Invaders

as Ellen Garza

Dream On

as Debra

Shannon's Deal

as Lucy Acosta

Drug Wars: The Camarena Story

as Mika Camarena

I Married Dora

as Dora Calderon

L.A. Law

as Jinx Baldasseri

Tough Cookies

T. J. Hooker

as Maria

Cagney & Lacey

Hill Street Blues