Elsa Pataky was born 18 july 1976 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 changed her name to Elsa Pataky from her mother's maiden name. Pataky attended the Universidad CEU San Pablo, studying journalism and taking acting classes. She started dating American actor Adrien Brody in 2006.For Pataky's 31st birthday in July 2007, Brody purchased her a 19th-century estate in New York. Pataky and Brody were featured at their New York home in a 35-page spread for HELLO! magazine in October 2008. The pair broke up in 2009. She then started dating Australian actor Chris Hemsworth in early 2010, after meeting through their mutual representatives. Pataky and Hemsworth married over the Christmas holidays in 2010.They have 3 children, a daughter, India, and twin sons, Sasha and Tristan. In September 2012, Pataky won €310,000 in Spain's supreme court against publishing group Ediciones Zeta. In March 2007, Interviu magazine, owned by the Zeta, published topless photos of Pataky that had been taken with a long lens while Pataky was changing clothes during a photoshoot for Elle magazine. The Zeta group said it would appeal the decision. In addition to Spanish, she is fluent in English, Romanian, Italian, Portuguese, and French.

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