Elsa Pataky
☼ Born on 18 December 1976, in Madrid, Spain
BiographyElsa Pataky was born Elsa Lafuente Medianu in Madrid, Spain. Her mother, Cristina Pataky Medianu, is a publicist of Romanian and Hungarian ancestry, and her father, José Francisco Lafuente, is a Spanish biochemist. She attended the Universidad de San Pablo CEU where she studied journalism and began to take an interest in acting. She joined Teatro Cámara de Ángel Gutiérrez, a theater company in Madrid, and left college when she was offered a role in the long-running Spanish TV series Al salir de clase (1997).
More Spanish TV roles followed, alongside a growing career in movies, first in Spain but increasingly internationally.
She met her husband, Chris Hemsworth, through the management company that represents them both, ROAR.
In the role of actor
Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga (24/05/2024)
The backstory of the wasteland Imperator is told in Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga. As a child, Furiosa (Alyla Browne) is kidnapped from the Green Place of Many Mothers in the post-apocalyptic wasteland. Furiosa is taken to the camp of the Warlord Dementus (Chris Hemsworth) and her mother Mary Jo Bassa (Charlee Fraser). Furiosa is […]