Elsa Lafuente Medianu (born 18 July 1976), known professionally as Elsa Pataky, is a Spanish model, actress, and film producer. Pataky is known for her role as Elena Neves in The Fast and the Furious franchise. She has appeared in the films Snakes on a Plane (2006), Giallo (2009) and Give \'Em Hell, Malone (2009). She also starred in the Spanish film Di Di Hollywood (2010).\n', '

Pataky was born Elsa Lafuente Medianu in Madrid, Spain, the daughter of José Francisco Lafuente, a Spanish biochemist, and Cristina Medianu Pataky, a publicist of Romanian and Hungarian ancestry. She has a younger half-brother: Cristian Prieto Medianu, a cinematographic director. She uses the name \'Elsa Pataky\' from her maternal grandmother: Rosa Pataky.\n', '

Pataky attended the Universidad CEU San Pablo, studying journalism and taking acting classes. In addition to Spanish and Romanian, she is fluent in English, Italian, Portuguese, and French.\n', '

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