Quick Facts Cindy Vela

  • NameCindy Vela
  • Birth Year1979
  • Birth month01
  • FatherFred Vela
  • NationalityAmerican
  • Birth PlaceBrownsville, Texas, the USA
  • EthnicityWhite
  • ProfessionActress, Musician, Model
  • Net Worth$3 million
  • Eye ColorBrown
  • Hair ColorBlack
  • EducationUniversity of Texas Rio Grande Valley
  • SiblingsFreddy Vela
  • Affair withKiefer Sutherland
  • Mother Lupita Vela

Cindy Vela is an American actress, model, musician, and winner of a beauty pageant Miss Latino USA in 2000. She is known for her roles in movies like “Desdemona,” “Ready or Not,” “Harvest of Redemption,” and “Thou Shalt Not Kill.”

Cindy Vela loves work out and is physically fit and healthy and she further motivates others to stay healthy and fit. Vela is also good at music and loves playing Saxophone during her spare time.

Cindy Vela Net Worth, Salary, Earnings

As of 2019, the net worth of Cindy Vela is estimated to be around $3 million. She earns an estimated average income of $52,000 from her acting career. Also, she tours for the music performances which also adds up to her total annual income. Likewise, her boyfriend Kiefer Sutherland has a net worth of $75 million.


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Vela knows the ups and downs of life. When she was a student in 2011, she had only $50 on her behalf and she was forced to file for personal bankruptcy. She was in $20,000 debt due to her student loan and unpaid credit cards. During that period she only had $510 in bank accounts and owned two cars worth $5,500 in total.

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Now Vela is successful in her career and now she can take good care of herself and her family in financial needs.

Cindy Vela Personal Life, Relationships, Affairs, Married

Cindy Vela began dating Kiefer Sutherland secretely in 2014. No one had the idea about their relationship. The relationship between Vela and Sutherland became public in 2017.  

Her boyfriend, Kiefer Sutherland is a Canadian actor, producer, director, singer, and songwriter. Sutherland has won multiple awards including Emmy, Golden Globe, Screen Actor Guild, and Satellite awards.


CAPTION: Cindy Vela with her love Kiefer Sutherland 

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In 2017, Vela and her boyfriend Sutherland got engaged. They both are happy with their current relationship. Their fans and well-wishers are eager to see the couple getting officially married. Hope they will soon make their fans happy.

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Sutherland dated a few personalities before he started dating Cindy. He dated Julia Roberts but due to some reasons, their relationship ended. Further, Sutherland was married to Camelia Kath and has a daughter with her. However, the pair later got divorced. Moreover, he was also married to Elizabeth Winn but divorced after four years of their wedding.

Cindy Vela Early Life, Education, Parents

Vela was born on 4th January 1979, in Brownsville, Texas, the USA to Lupita Vela and Fred Vela. She was raised along with her brother named Freddy Vela. Her nationality is American and holds white ethnicity.

Vela attended and graduated from Los Fresnos High School. She completed her bachelor’s degree in Music Education from The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. During college, Vela was a saxophonist of a band. Vela was also a band director at Memorial Middle School and Harlingen High School.

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Cindy Vela Career

Vela started off her acting career with the drama Punos Rosas in 2005. Vela starred in many movies such as Harvest of Redemption, Desdemona: A Love Story, and Thou Shalt Not Kill. Her movie Desdemona: A Love Story won the Boston Film Festival award. She also appeared in music videos of popular artist such as Santana, Christina Aguilera, and Daddy Yankee.


CAPTION: Cindy Vela

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Cindy is also a model. She took part in several modeling campaigns. Vela appeared as a model for different brands such as Special K, Motorola, Bio Ionic, OPI Products, and Wells Fargo. Vela was also featured as a cover girl for Bella Petite, and L’Estillo magazine. Cindy was also featured on the cover of a novel The Mexican Flyboy.

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Cindy Vela Death Hoax

In one video Cindy was hit by a car and she got killed in an accident. The video was circulated as live footage. Later, it was revealed that it was just a short film and in reality, the actress was still alive. It did bring her some negative comments but she finally made it clear that it was only a short movie and was not intended to hurt the feelings of her fans.

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  • Twitter – 3,162 followers
  • Facebook – 30,922 followers

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