Elizabeth Pena or Elizabeth Peña (born September 23, 1961) in Elizabeth, New Jersey, is a Cuban-American actress who graduated from New York's famed High School of Performing Arts in 1977. Her classmates include Ving Rhames (with whom she would later co-star with in Jacob's Ladder) and Esai Morales (with whom she would later co-star in La Bamba).
Peña is the daughter of Cuban playwright/director/actor Mario Peña, who co-founded the Latin American Theatre Ensemble (Official Site) in New York City in the early 1970s. Mr. Peña died on October 22nd, 2006. Her mother, Margarita Toirac, continues to run the company to this day.
She has appeared in movies such as La Bamba, Lone Star, Vibes and Rush Hour. She recently starred in Showtime's Resurrection Blvd. as Tia Bibi Corrades and voiced the character Mirage in Pixar's animated film The Incredibles.
