Elizabeth Peña

Elizabeth Peña
Date of Birth: 23 Sep 1961
Country: USA
Biography: Elizabeth Peña is 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 has appeared in movies such as La Bamba, Down and Out in Beverly Hills, Lone Star, Vibes, and Rush Hour. In 2002, she starred in Showtime's Resurrection Blvd. as Tia Bibi Corrades in the episode "Justicia," which she also directed...(Wikipedia)
Total Credits at Criticker: 40 (Actor)
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Impostor
A psychological thriller from the future in which one man (Sinise) faces a disorienting nightmare as he becomes a fugitive from the law, as well as friends and family, all of whom believe he is a danger to humanity. (Dimension Films)
The Incredibles
From the creators of "Toy Story," "Monsters, Inc." and "Finding Nemo," comes this hilarious action-packed animated adventure about superheroes. (Disney Enterprises, Inc./Pixar Animation Studios)
Lone Star
John Sayles' murder-mystery explores interpersonal and interracial tensions in Rio County, Texas. Sam Deeds is the local sheriff who is called to investigate a 40-year-old skeleton found in the desert....As Sam delves deeper into the town's dark secrets, he begins to learn more about his father, the legendary former sheriff Buddy Deeds, who replaced the corrupt Charlie Wade... (imdb)
Rush Hour
The fastest hands in the East meet the biggest mouth in the West when legendary martial arts daredevil Jackie Chan teams with comedic powerhouse Chris Tucker. (New Line Cinema)
Things Behind the Sun
A young music journalist's dark memories are awakened when he goes to interview a female rock singer, and both are forced to confront troubling secrets from their pasts.
Tortilla Soup
A Mexican-American master chef and father to three daughters has lost his taste for food but not for life. (imdb)
Sueño
John Leguizamo stars in this Latin Musical as Antonio, a very talented young musician from Mexico, pursuing his dream of becoming a singer in Los Angeles. (Sony)
TransAmerica
Bree (Huffman) is a perfectly adjusted conservative transsexual woman. Born Stanley, a genetic male, she's about to tale the final step to becoming the woman Stanley always wanted to be - until she finds out that she is the parent of a long-lost 17 year-old son (Zegers). Afraid to tell the rebellious teenager the truth, Bree embarks on a journey with him that will challenge and change both their lives and bring them closer to the truth of their connection. (The Weinstein Company / IFC Films)
Jacob\
A traumatized Vietnam war veteran finds out that his post-war life isn't what he believes it to be when he's attacked by horned creatures in the subway and his dead son comes to visit him. (imdb)
*batteries not included
Apartment block tenants seek the aid of alien mechanical life-forms to save their building from demolition. (imdb)
La Bamba
Biographical story of the rise from nowhere of singer Ritchie Valens whose life was cut short by a plane crash. (imdb)
Down and Out in Beverly Hills
Beverly Hills couple Barbara and Dave Whiteman are very rich but not happy. Dave is a hard working business man... (imdb)
Strangeland
A schizophrenic sadist by the name of Captain Howdy lures teens through the internet into his painful traps... (imdb)
Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home
Two years ago the boy Jesse helped the whale Willy to jump into freedom. Jesse enjoys the life with his adoptive parents, when his half-brother Elvis arrives because the dead of their mother. During a holiday trip Jesse meets Willy again, as well as his indian friend Randolph. (imdb)
Blue Steel
A female rookie in the police force engages in a cat and mouse game with a pistol wielding psychopath who becomes obsessed with her. (imdb)
Ten Tiny Love Stories
One at a time, each by herself, ten women speak directly into the camera and talk about themselves. Talking about a relationship with a man - sometimes a long-term one and more often a brief one - triggers remembrances of a parent lost, of a pet, of childhood... (imdb)
Vibes
Cyndi Lauper and Jeff Goldblum play two psychics hired by Peter Falk to find his long lost son in a foreign country. When they get there they discover he's really hired them to help find a hidden temple in the mountains where all the psychic energy in the world comes from. (imdb)
Dragon Wars: D-War
A beautiful young woman possesses the power to transform a legendary giant serpent into an almighty dragon that can only ascend into heaven with the woman's ultimate sacrifice. But the forces of darkness are out to claim the young woman as their own while her reincarnated lover and his aged mentor stand in their way. (Freestyle Releasing)
Keep Your Distance
In the perfectly normal town of Louisville, KY, there is a perfectly normal man living the perfect life. GIL BELLOWS stars as David Dailey - a man who has it all: A great career, a community that adores him, and an enduring marriage. But beneath the surface, David's idyllic world is crumbling... (imdb)
It Came from Outer Space II
Aliens crashland near a small desert town, strewing odd bluish-glowing rocks throughout the area. Townfolk notice something is amiss when temperatures begin to soar, water disappears, power goes down and people seem not to be themselves. (imdb)
The Waterdance
This is a semi-autobiographical film for co-director Neal Jimenez who became a paraplegic after a hiking accident.
Adrift in Manhattan
The lives of three lonely strangers intersect while commuting on New York's 1 and 9 subway lines. (imdb)
The Second Civil War
A simple immigration issue spins wildly out of control for those involved, ranging from the President of the United States, to a news producer (imdb)
Nothing Like the Holidays
A Puerto Rican family living in the area of Humboldt Park in west Chicago face what may be their last Christmas together.
Bis Später Max
An 80-year-old man continues to pursue his love life with youthful vigor, risking his relationship with the woman he loves. (imdb)
Crossover Dreams
Salsa singer screws over everybody on his way to the top; when his latest record flops, his career starts doing downhill.
Across the Moon
Two young women bond while living together out in the California desert to be close to their boyfriends who are serving time at the nearby state prison. (imdb)
Drug Wars: The Camarena Story
Fact-based story of undercover DEA agent Enrique "Kiki" Camarena who, while stationed in Guadalajara, uncovered a massive marijuana operation in Northern Mexico that led to his death and a remarkable investigation of corruption within the Mexican government. (imdb)
The Perfect Family
A devoutly Catholic wife and mother has been nominated for one of the church's top awards. She then goes about trying to prove she has the "perfect" family, refusing to accept them for who they are.
The Pass
After his wife leaves him, a businessman with a compulsive gambling problem travels to Reno, Nev., for some gambling therapy -- which takes a turn when he picks up a psychotic serial killer posing as a hitchhiker.
Plush
A young singer/songwriter, despite being married, becomes involved with her new guitarist, who she soon discovers has a dark past and may be a danger to her and those close to her.
Racing for Time
From Emmy-winning director and actor Charles S. Dutton, comes the true story of a guard (Dutton) at a Teen Correctional Facility-- who saw the cycle of destructive choices and racial tensions between female teen offenders, and decided to do something about it. He gathered African-American, Latina, and white teens, and put together a multi-racial track team behind the bars of the detention center.
Grandma
Self-described misanthrope Elle Reid has her protective bubble burst when her 18-year-old granddaughter, Sage, shows up needing help. The two of them go on a day-long journey that causes Elle to come to terms with her past and Sage to confront her future. (imdb)
Girl on the Edge
A troubled teenager falls victim to an online predator. Unable to cope with the trauma, Hannah Green becomes self destructive, and her parents make the heartbreaking decision to send her away to an alternative healing center in the wilderness. (imdb)
The Song of Sway Lake
Music collector Ollie Sway recruits his only friend, a rowdy Russian drifter, to help him steal a 78 record from his own family's estate. (imdb)
In the Dark
In the Dark (2013) - TV Movie
After suffering a tragic car accident Ali looses both her husband and son. As a side sequel she is now blind and while she is healing her doctor rcommends her to hire a caretaker. At the beginning everythiong is perfect but it seems that behid that mask of perfection Jeff is hiding something more sinister.
Fugitive Among Us
An increasingly obsessed detective chases an escaped rapist across the Southwest and enters into a complicated relationship with one of the victims. (imdb)
The Outer Limits
Matador
Matador (2014) - TV Series
How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer
Three generations of women in a Mexican American family experience sexual awakenings over the course of a summer. (imdb)