Carmen Elizabeth Juanita Costa-Brava Cortez is a fictional character

Fictional character

A character is the representation of a person in a narrative work of art . Derived from the ancient Greek word kharaktêr , the earliest use in English, in this sense, dates from the Restoration, although it became widely used after its appearance in Tom Jones in 1749. From this, the sense of...

 in the Spy Kids film

Film

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s, played by Alexa Vega

Alexa Vega

Alexa Ellesse Vega is an American actress, singer and pianist. She is best known for playing Carmen Cortez in the Spy Kids film series and Shilo Wallace in the movie Repo! the Genetic Opera. In 2009, she starred as the title character Ruby Gallagher in the ABC Family series Ruby & The...

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Carmen is one of two main protagonists (the other being her brother Juni

Juni Cortez

Junito Rocket Racer Rebel Cortez is a fictional character in the Spy Kids films portrayed by Daryl Sabara.Juni, like his older sister Carmen, is one of the series' main protagonists. Juni, like Carmen, had no idea his parents were secret agents until the first Spy Kids film...

) in the films. For most of her life, Carmen had no idea her parent

Parent

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s were secretly spies

Espionage

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. Carmen's main concern was with her little brother Juni

Juni Cortez

Junito Rocket Racer Rebel Cortez is a fictional character in the Spy Kids films portrayed by Daryl Sabara.Juni, like his older sister Carmen, is one of the series' main protagonists. Juni, like Carmen, had no idea his parents were secret agents until the first Spy Kids film...

, whom she felt she was unfairly forced to babysit. She responded by treating Juni abusively.