After attending a performance of Federico García Lorca’s La casa de Bernarda Alba at the age of 15 she was convinced that she wanted to become an actress. The same year she also had a minor role in the David Menkes movie I Will Survive (Sobreviviré) alongside Emma Suárez, Juan Diego Botto and a cameo from Boy George. Vega is also a model; she is signed to 1/One Management in New York City. Her second child, daughter Ava, was born on July 17, 2009.
