Lux Pascal

About

Lux Balmaceda Pascal (born June 4, 1992) is an American and Chilean actress and transgender activist. She is known for her roles in the Chilean television series Veinteañero a los 40 and Juana Brava and the Chilean drama film The Prince.

Lux was born in California as Lucas Balmaceda in Orange County, California, to Chilean exiles Verónica Pascal Ureta, a child psychologist, and José Balmaceda Riera, a reproductive endocrinologist. The youngest of four siblings, Pascal is the sister of producer Javiera Balmaceda, actor Pedro Pascal and Nicolás Balmaceda Pascal, a doctor.
When she was three years old, her family returned to Chile where she attended Saint George’s College. In 2010, Lux began studying theater at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile. In May 2023, she graduated from Juilliard School with an MFA in acting.

In 2014, during her fourth year of studying theater, Pascal made her stage debut in Pablo Rotemberg’s play La noche obstinada. That same year, she landed her first television role on Canal 13’s series Los 80, where she played Axel Miller. In 2015, she co-starred in the TVN soap opera Juana Brava, and the following year, she acted in the…