Elsa Pataky: biography, filmography and the personal life of the actress (photo)

Elsa Pataki is a talented and very beautiful Spanish actress. By popularity at home, it is second only to his colleague Penelope Cruz. The actress was remembered by many for the main role in the comedy "Ninett", as well as on American films "Snake Flight" and "Forsage-5". Today Pataki actively acts in films and serials, and also brings up three wonderful children.

Childhood actresses

Elsa Pataki was born in the capital of Spain, Madrid on July 18, 1976 in the family of a biochemist and publicist. The father of the star is Jose Francisco Lafuente - a Spaniard by nationality, but his mother, Christina Pataki Median - of mixed Romanian and Hungarian descent. Elsa's parents split up when she was still young, so her grandfather worked on the maternal line. He was a famous Hungarian actor, so the man immediately saw a glimpse of the actor's talent from his granddaughter. Grandfather taught a lot to the little Elsa, so as a token of gratitude the actress took his name as a pseudonym.

Youth

After graduating from school, Elsa entered the University of San Pablo in the Faculty of Journalism. Since the girl from her early childhood dreamed about the career of an actress, she decided to take additional lessons in acting. This foresight has helped her in the future to win more than one interesting role. Thanks to relatives of different nationalities, Pataki is fluent in Spanish, Romanian, English, Italian and French.

The beginning of the creative path

At the University, Elsa took an active part in theatrical productions. The girl became a member of the Madrid Theater Community: the chamber theater of Angel Guterres. Elsa Pataki made her debut on the stage of the Cultural Center of Las Rozas. The biography of the actress points out the fact that it was these first performances that helped her get into the world of the film industry.

Young talent with an attractive and memorable appearance was immediately noticed and invited to appear in the television series Leaving the Class. For the sake of the role Raquel Alonso Pataki had to quit her studies, shooting her very exhausted, because the character Elzy appears on the screen in more than two hundred series. For her efforts, the actress was rewarded in full, in 2000 she was invited to star in the movie "The Art of Death." After this Pataki constantly came tempting offers, without work she did not sit.

The first successful work

In the early 2000s, Elsa Pataki starred in many films and serials. The most famous for her was the "Queen of Swords", the actress appeared in 14 series in the image of the lord of Vera Hidalgo. Another successful work was a secondary role in the series "Highlanders". Pataki got the role of a teacher, in love with a student. Elsa worked quite actively in Spain, but then decided to try herself in the French film industry. In 2004, the girl starred in the comic comedy of the French production "Iznogoud", the comic picture collected an impressive cash register, and the actors brought unprecedented success.

The best roles

On the actress's account, there are many interesting and worthy roles. The best films with her participation include films "Fast and the Furious", "Fast and the Furious", "No Message from God." Elsa also showed herself well in the series "Women of the Murderer", the Spanish comedy "Ninett", in which the actress starred in the title role. Even if the films turned out to be disastrous, Pataki's game was still praised by critics, because the girl tries as accurately as possible to convey the character and emotions of her character, to get used to his image.

Filmography

Elsa Pataki has already appeared in four dozen different films during her creative career. The filmography of the actress is supplemented every year with works. For the first time the girl showed her talent in the series "After graduation", which was broadcast from 1997 to 2002. Then there was a role in the short film "Solo en la buhardilla". From 1999 to 2006 there was a series "7 lives", Elsa there played the girl Christina. In the new millennium, Pataki began to receive more tempting offers. In Spain, all talk about the young talent after the horror film "The Art of Dying," the film turned out to be of average quality and did not arouse much enthusiasm among the audience, but Elsa brilliantly played her heroine.

In the same year, Pataki starred in the drama "Tatawo" and the comedy "Menos es más". Also in 2000, filming of the popular in Spain television series "Central Hospital", which was broadcast for 12 years. In addition, Elsa was given a role in the adventure series "The Queen of Swords" and the melodramatic film "Paradise". In 2001, the actress was invited to star in the drama "No news from God", as well as the comedy "Christmas Eve". In 2002 Pataki pleased the fans with her presence in the television movie "Clara" and in the comedy "It's Worse Nowhere".

2003 was very busy, the actress began to star in the series "The Serrano Family", which was broadcast until 2008, and also played a role in the comedy "Robbery on 3 ... and a half" and in the comic action movie "El furgón". In 2004, Pataki delighted the fans with the drama "Carousel" and the thriller "Romasanta: The Hunt for the Werewolf." In 2005, there were three films with Elsa's participation at once: a television movie "New Year's story", comedies "Ninett" and "Iznugud or Kalif for an hour". In 2006, the actress starred in the action movie "Serpent Flight", and in 2007 - in the melodrama "Textbook of Love: History".

2008 was very productive, Elsa started acting in the series "Women-killers", and also played a role in the action movie "On Skate from Death", the drama "Mancora", the thriller "Jallo", the fantasy "Santos". In 2009, an action film with the participation of Pataki "Send them to hell, Malone!" Was released. In 2010, the actress starred in the lead role in the drama "I Want to Hollywood", and also pleased with her presence in the criminal comedy "Mr. Ganjubas".

In 2011, in the short film "La importancia de ser Ornesto", the animated film "Snowball", the drama "Where the road meets the sun" and the action film "Forsage-5", Elsa Pataki starred. Photos of the actress after that decorated the covers of the most fashionable publications, and her name was on the ears far beyond the United States. In 2012, Elsa had a break in her creative career, related to the birth of her daughter, but the following year she appeared in the thriller "All things for all people", the action movie "Forsage-6" and the drama "The wine of summer".

Personal life of an actress

Elsa Pataki is not only a talented and popular actress, but also a very beautiful woman, so she was constantly accompanied by a suite of devoted fans. The press relentlessly attributed her many novels, although in fact Elsa never changed men like gloves, and now she has become a faithful, loving wife and a caring mother. In 2004, journalists every now and then wrote about the novel of the actress with the humorist Michel Junon. Whether there was something between the young people remained a mystery, as they did not comment on this information.

Pataki had an affair with the American producer and actor Adrien Brody. The lovers met a year later, after which they got engaged, but before the wedding, the matter did not reach, because Elsa constantly tried to control her fiancé. In the end, the actress found her happiness - on December 25, 2010 she married Australian actor Chris Hamsworth. On May 11, 2012, Elsa presented her with a beautiful daughter, India Rose. In November 2013, it became known that the actress was pregnant again, and in January 2014, Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataki announced that they were waiting for the twins. March 20 sons were born - Sasha and Tristan.

Interesting facts from biography

• The real name of the actress is Elsa Lafuente Median, but she is known to the public under the pseudonym Elza Pataki.
• The height of the woman is 1.61 m, weight 50 kg, the parameters of the figure are 86.5-63.5-89.