Elizabeth Peña
Actor
Born September 23, 1959 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, USA
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 of her birth. Peña graduated from New York's High School of Performing Arts in 1977. Her classmates included Ving Rhames, alongside whom she would later co-star in Jacob's Ladder, and Esai Morales, alongside whom she would later co-star in La Bamba. She is also a founding member of the Hispanic Organization of Latin Actors. In 1979, Peña appeared in her first film, El Super, "an exceptionally moving and melancholy comedy about a family of lower-middle-class Cuban refugees attempting to adjust to life in Spanish Harlem.", New York City. Peña worked once again with film director, Leon Ichaso in his next feature Crossover Dreams opposite Ruben Blades.
Filmography
The Song of Sway Lake
Marlena
Grandma
Carla
Ana Maria in Novela Land
Sra. Soto
Girl on the Edge
Esther
Plush
Dr. Lopez
Blaze You Out
Dona
In the Dark
Dr. Weinette
Common Law
Travis' Foster Mother
Charlie's Angels
Warden Gloria Galvez
The Perfect Family
Christina Rayes
Down for Life
Mrs. Castro
Mother and Child
Lawyer
Modern Family
Pilar Ramírez
Nothing Like the Holidays
Anna Rodriguez
A Single Woman
Storyteller
Racing for Time
Flores
Love Comes Lately
Esperanza
Dragon Wars: D-War
Agent Linda Perez
Goal II: Living the Dream
Rosa Maria
Adrift in Manhattan
Isabel Parades
Sueno
Mirabela
Ghost Whisperer
Marla
The Lost City
Miliciana (Zoraida) Muñoz
Keep Your Distance
Holly
Down in the Valley
Gale
Transamerica
Margaret
American Dad!
Store Owner (voice)
How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer
Lolita
Numb3rs
Sonya Benavides
The Incredibles
Mirage (voice)
Maya & Miguel
Rosa Santos (voice)
Suburban Madness
Clara Harris
The Hollywood Mom's Mystery
Theresa Shoe
Justice League Unlimited
Paran-Dul (voice)
Justice League: Starcrossed - The Movie
Paran Dul (voice)
NCIS
Lina Reyes
Without a Trace
Rosie Diaz
CSI: Miami
Mercedes Escalante
Ten Tiny Love Stories
Zig Zag
Ms. Tate
Impostor
Midwife (as Elizabeth Pena)
Justice League
Paran Dul (voice)
On the Borderline
Connie
Things Behind the Sun
Carmen
Tortilla Soup
Leticia Narnjo
Boston Public
Superintendent Elizabeth Vasquez
Resurrection Blvd.
Beatrice 'Bibi' Corrales
Seven Girlfriends
Martha
A Piece of the Action: Behind the Scenes of Rush Hour
Self
Border Line
Maria Rodriguez
Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within
Rosario Ames
Strangeland
Toni Gage
Rush Hour
Johnson
The Pass
Zeena
The Second Civil War
Christina Fernandez
Dellaventura
Simone
Gridlock'd
Admissions Person
Contagious
Det. Luisa Rojas
Two
Elizabeth Gaitan
Lone Star
Pilar Cruz
It Came from Outer Space II
Ellen Fields
The Invaders
Ellen Garza
The Invaders
Ellen Garza
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
Kate Haley
The Outer Limits
Dr. Jennifer Martinez
Across the Moon
Carmen
Roommates
Lisa
Dead Funny
Viv Saunders
The Waterdance
Rosa
Fugitive Among Us
Flo Martin
Building 'Jacob's Ladder'
Self
Jacob's Ladder
Jezzie
Dream On
Debra
Shannon's Deal
Lucy Acosta
Blue Steel
Tracy Perez
Drug Wars: The Camarena Story
Mika Camarena
Shannon's Deal
Lucy Acosta
Vibes
Consuelo
*batteries not included
Marisa Esteval
La Bamba
Rosie Morales
L.A. Law
Jinx Baldasseri
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
Carmen
Cagney & Lacey
T. J. Hooker
Maria
They All Laughed
Rita
Hill Street Blues
Times Square
Disco Hostess
El Super
Aurelita