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Elsa Pataky
Birth at
18 July 1976
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Elsa Pataky was born in Madrid on July 18, 1976, to biochemist José Francisco Lafuente and publicist Cristina Pataky Medianu. Since childhood, Elsa was a very mobile, artistic child, and the first to notice her talent was her maternal grandfather, a fairly famous Hungarian actor. In honor of his memory, Elsa took such a pseudonym. When her parents divorced, her grandfather took care of her and taught her acting skills. Pataki studied at the private Madrid Catholic University of San Pablo, where
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Elsa Pataky was born in Madrid on July 18, 1976, to biochemist José Francisco Lafuente and publicist Cristina Pataky Medianu. Since childhood, Elsa was a very mobile, artistic child, and the first to notice her talent was her maternal grandfather, a fairly famous Hungarian actor. In honor of his memory, Elsa took such a pseudonym. When her parents divorced, her grandfather took care of her and taught her acting skills. Pataki studied at the private Madrid Catholic University of San Pablo, where she studied journalism and in her spare time - dramatic art, enrolling in acting courses.
Her first work on the stage took place at the Las Rosas Cultural Center and attracted the attention of television workers. Elsa made her television debut in 1997 as Raquel Alonso in the teen melodrama Al salir de clase. This series became very popular and lit the actress a green light on the big screen. For the sake of filming, Elsa dropped out of university. The first work in a feature film was a role in the mystical thriller “El arte de morir”.
In 2005, the lead role in the comedy Ninette brought Pataki unanimous critical acclaim and many new leading roles. In 2006, Elsa began her career in the United States, starring in Snake Flight. In 2011, success was consolidated.
film "Furious 5" .
Now in the career list of the actress more than forty roles, and very diverse. She is fluent in several languages, which allows you to shoot with directors from different countries without dubbing. For example, Elsa successfully played one of the main roles in the French box office hit - the comedy "Iznogud" and in the Italian romantic comedy "Love Guide 2 - the next chapters." Among other films in which the actress starred, you can distinguish “Worse nowhere”, “Queen of swords”, “New Year’s story”, “Jallo”, “Mr. Ganjubas”.
In August 2006, a photo of the actress graced the cover of Maxim magazine. Elsa is married to Australian actor Chris Hemsworth. /