Elsa Pataky
Biography
Elsa Lafuente Medianu (born 18 July 1976), known professionally as Elsa Pataky, is a Spanish model and actress. Pataky is known for her role as Elena Neves in the Fast & 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).
Pataky became the female face for the first collection of Time Force's jewelry line Ultimate Jewel, opposite football star Cristiano Ronaldo. She played Officer Elena Neves in the movie Fast Five, with Dwayne Johnson as her partner, Luke Hobbs. MTV Networks' NextMovie.com named her one of the Breakout Stars to Watch for in 2011. Pataky was a stand-in for Natalie Portman in the post-end credit scene in Thor: The Dark World.
Pataky reprised her role as Elena Neves in Fast & Furious 6 (2013), Furious 7 (2015), and The Fate of the Furious (2017), the sixth, seventh, and eighth installments of the Fast & Furious film series respectively.
In 2018, Pataky starred in the Australian web television series Tidelands as Adrielle Cuthbert. It was released on 14 December 2018 on Netflix.
Pataky played the lead role in Interceptor, directed by Matthew Reilly, which was released in June 2022.
Pataky co-founded a skincare brand called Purely Byron. The brand launched its first product in 2022. In March 2023, Purely Byron was placed in administration and put up for sale. At the time, BWX Group owned a 47.4 percent stake in the company, while Ido Leffler and Lance Kalish held about 22 percent each, and Chris Hemsworth's Byron Bay 1st Management a 3.2 percent.
