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. Her other successful films include, Snakes on a Plane (2006), Giallo (2009) and Give 'Em Hell, Malone (2009). She also starred in the Spanish film Di Di Hollywood (2010).
Pataky is best famous for her role as Elena Neves in The Fast and the Furious franchise.
Elsa is a Spanish model, actress, and film producer. Pataky began her career as a member of the Madrid theatre company Teatro Cámara de Ángel Gutiérrez during her school years. She first made her television series debut from Al Salir de Clase in 1997. She was in the cast of the television series Queen of Swords (2000) as Señora Vera Hidalgo. She also had a recurring role in the 2003 television series Los Serrano, playing teacher Raquel. She had a lead role in the 2018 series, Tidelands. She made her film debut from the 1997 short film, Solo en la buhardilla. She then played a few small films and eventually made Hollywood debut from the film, Snakes on a Plane in 2006.
She caught huge recognition after she played Officer Elena Neves in the movie Fast Five, with Dwayne Johnson in 2011. She also got wide attention starring alongside Van Diesel in multiple sequels of Fast and Furious. She reprised her role as Elena Neves in Fast & Furious 6 (2013), Furious 7 (2015), and The Fate of the Furious (2017), the respective sixth, seventh, and eighth installments of The Fast and the Furious film series.
Pataky was born as Elsa Lafuente Medianu in Madrid, Spain on 18 July 1976. She is the daughter of José Francisco Lafuente, a Spanish biochemist, and Cristina Medianu Pataky, a publicist She has a younger half-brother: Cristian Prieto Median, a cinematographic director. She uses the name 'Elsa Pataky' from her maternal grandmother: Rosa Pataky. Her nationality is Spanish and belongs to mixed ethnicity -Spanish, Hungarian and Romanian. Her religion is Roman Catholic and her zodiac is Cancer. 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.
The Fast and the Furious franchise star, Elsa stands a good height of 5 feet 4 inches tall. She has a slim body build that weighs around 51 kg. Elsa looks very glamorous in her physical proportions. She has hair color dyed blonde and a pair of green eyes. Regarding her body stats, her bra size is 34B, hip size is 33 inches, and waist size is 24 inches. Likewise, Her dress size is 4 (US) or 34 (EU) but her shoe size is not yet known. She has a straight sexual orientation.
Pataky has been married to an Australian actor Chris Hemsworth famous for his lead role in Marvel Studio's film Thor and Avengers. They started dating in early 2010 after meeting through their mutual representatives. They later married over the Christmas holidays in 2010 in a private ceremony. They have three children, two sons Tristan and Sasha and a daughter India Rose. The couple seems happily married without any news of their divorce. PrevPataky Pataky has dated American actor Adrien Brody from 2006 to 2009 and with a French actor Olivier Martinez, which didn’t last long.
The fast and furious franchise star has an estimated net worth of $5 million at present however her salary is yet to be disclosed. Elsa has earned this huge sum from her long active involvement in the field of acting to date. She has played in numerous hit Hollywood movies and TV series. In addition, she adds money from her modeling as well as film producing career. Pataky also earns from various endorsements and being the face in various magazines like Maxim, Hello! and Ellie. Pataky became the female face for the first collection of Time Force's jewelry line Ultimate Jewel, opposite football star Cristiano Ronaldo. Furthermore, Pataky shares a $20 million Byron Bay mansion in Australia with her husband, Chris Hemsworth. Information regarding her cars and other businesses is currently under review.