Elizabeth Maria PeΓ±a (September 23, 1959 β October 14, 2014) was an American actress, and the daughter of a theater-company co-founder, who has also compiled experience as a television director in her own right. PeΓ±a was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, daughter of Estella Margarita (nΓ©e Toirac), an arts administrator and producer, and Mario PeΓ±a, the Cuban-born actor, writer, and director who jointly founded the Latin American Theatre Ensemble. It is unknown whether PeΓ±a was named after the town...