Isela Vega

Vega was born and raised in Hermosillo, Sonora. In 1957, Vega was chosen as "Princess of the Carnival" in Hermosillo. Shortly afterwards, she began modeling.

In 1960, Vega began her acting career.^[2] . In 1969 she released an album of her singing. Vega's most internationally-known role is that of Elita in Sam Peckinpah's Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974). She also wrote the song, "Bennie's Song", which appears in the film. She was subsequently photographed nude for the July 1974 issue of Playboy magazine, the first Latina model to do so.

Vega won four Ariel Awards for acting, as well as the Golden Ariel in 2017.^[2]

In the 1980s, Vega made her debut behind the camera by writing, producing and directing a number of films. She was called to sing the songs "Amanecí en tus brazos" and "El Siete Mares" in the 1986 film Gringo mojado. Overall, Vega participated in 150 movies.^[2]

Vega had a son named Arturo with singer Alberto Vázquez, with whom she had a short-lived troubled relationship, but never married; and a daughter, Shaula,^{[citation needed]} who is an actress and dancer, from her long lasting relationship with the actor Jorge Luke [es].^[1]

Vega died of metastasis in Mexico City on March 9, 2021, at the age of 81.^[3]

• 1980: Navajeros (producer)
• 1982: Una gallina muy ponedora (producer)
• 1986: Los amantes del señor de la noche (writer, producer, director)
• 2018–2019: Like La Leyenda