Elizabeth Pena

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ELIZABETH PEÑA  was born in New Jersey and raised in New York, and grew up with an appreciation and passion for the arts.   Peña recently starred in the film Down in the Valley with Edward Norton and David Morse, in which she played a woman who has a one-night stand with Norton's character; Transamerica, where she played a psychiatrist to a transgendered Felicity Huffman; and The Lost City, Andy Garcia's directorial debut, shot on location in the Dominican Republic. 

Peña garnered rave reviews for the CBS telefilm Suburban Madness, based on the true story of a woman who runs over and kills her cheating husband with her Mercedes.   She starred as "Clara Harris," the wife driven to murder.  

Peña is also working with PBS Kids, where she can be heard in the cartoon The Misadventures of Maya y Miguel as the voice of 'Rosa Santos,' the mother of 10-year-old twins.   The series is also voiced by Lucy Liu and Erik Estrada.   She also lent her voice as the seductive hero/villain "Mirage" in Pixar's blockbuster hit The Incredibles.

Peña also demonstrated her ability to perform behind the camera when she directed an episode on Nickelodeon's The Brother's Garcia.  The occasion marked her directorial debut.  Peña joined the Director's Guild of America, becoming only the fourth Latina member of the union at that time.

On television, Peña's credits include HBO's Ten Tiny Love Stories, Boston Public, CSI: Miami , Borderline; the Emmy Award-winning Drug Wars: The Camarena Story , Showtime's Aldrich Ames: Traitor Within and Things Behind the Sun, The Outer Limits, Dead Man's Gun, and the Emmy winning The Second Civil War with Beau Bridges.  She also had a recurring role on L.A. Law, starred in the John Sayles penned Shannon's Deal, and her own sitcom I Married Dora.

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