Elsa Pataky | The Queen of Swords

Senora Vera Hidalgo

The original biography for Elsa Pataky...
Elsa Pataky starred as Senora Vera Gonzalez in The Queen of Swords in the 2001 - 2002 television season.

Elsa Pataky

Elsa Pataky plays Vera, the young and unfaithful trophy wife of the wealthy Don Hidalgo, on QUEEN OF SWORDS. A spoiled and callous schemer who agrees to spy for Colonel Montoya, Vera courts Tessa’s friendship, fooled by her guise as the petty Maria Teresa Alvarado and mistaking her as a kindred spirit
The stunning blonde actress, who has a college degree in Journalism, studied acting with Angel Gutiérrez at The Cámara Theatre for two years. Afterwards, she performed in the classical theatre play El maestro de Danzar by Lope de Vega. Pataky also studied theatre at the Cultural Center of Las Rozas in Madrid, and, for two years, took a movie course with Paco Pino, one of Spain’s best drama teachers.

Her professional debut was as Raquel on the television series Al salir de clase for director Antonio Cuadri, who also directed her in the telefilm Clara. Additional small screen credits include the prime-time series Tío Willy.

Pataky headlines Pascal Jongen’s upcoming film Menos es más and Alvaro Fernández Armero’s El arte de morir, as well as appeared in Tataro.

Pataky, who speaks Spanish, Rumanian, French and English, was born in Madrid to a Spanish father and Rumanian mother. Her interests in sports include roller-skating, skiing, horseback riding, skydiving and parachuting. She also likes to read and dance.


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