Aimee Garcia

Not to be confused with Aimeé García Marrero or Amy Garcia.

Aimee Sandimés Garcia López de Ordóñez^[1] (born November 28, 1978)^[2] is an American actress and writer. She is known for her television roles as Veronica Palmero on the ABC sitcom George Lopez, Yvonne Sanchez on the CBS period drama Vegas, Jamie Batista on the Showtime drama Dexter and Ella Lopez on the Fox/Netflix drama Lucifer.

Aimee Garcia
Garcia in 2013
Born	Aimee Sandimés Garcia López de Ordóñez[1] (1978-11-28) November 28, 1978 (age 45) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Alma mater	Northwestern University (BA)
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1996–present

Early life

Aimee Garcia was born in Chicago, Illinois.^[3] Her mother, Eloisa, is from Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico, and graduated from Northwestern University's dental school; her father, Hector, is from San Juan, Puerto Rico, and was in the U.S. Armed Forces.^[3][4] Garcia started acting in commercials as a child, and participated in theater at seven years old.^[4][5] She grew up in Oak Park, Illinois, where she attended Fenwick High School graduating in 1996.^[3][4][6] While in school, she took acting classes at Piven Theatre Workshop.^[5] She appeared in local plays and musicals during her time at Northwestern University, where she triple majored in economics, journalism, and French.^[4] After graduating, she quit acting for a year and did finance work for a mutual fund analyst in Brooklyn, New York.^[4] Unsatisfied with the job, she moved to Los Angeles, California, around 2002 to pursue acting as her career.^[4]

Career

She portrayed Maria on The WB's Greetings from Tucson, and appeared in the unaired pilot episode of Global Frequency. She had a role in the Disney Channel original movie Cadet Kelly (2002), and co-starred, as Lydia, alongside Anthony Anderson in The WB sitcom All About the Andersons. In 2006, she began appearing on the series George Lopez, playing Lopez's niece.

Garcia starred alongside Jessica Simpson in the comedy-drama Major Movie Star (2008). She also played a supporting role in the movie D-War (2007) and narrated the Adam Sandler film Spanglish (2004).

From 2009 to 2010, she was in the cast of the Peter Berg NBC medical drama Trauma, as EMT helicopter pilot Marisa Benez.

Garcia spent three years on Showtime's Dexter as Jamie Batista, for which she was nominated for a SAG Award for Best Ensemble in Dramatic Television Series.^[7]

She played Dr. Jae Kim in MGM's reboot film, RoboCop (2014).^[8]

In 2016, Garcia was added to the main cast for the second season of the Fox television series Lucifer, playing LAPD forensic scientist Ella Lopez.^[9] In 2019, Garcia starred in the independent film El Chicano, receiving praise from The Hollywood Reporter for her performance's "vivid impression".^[10]

In 2019, Garcia formed a writing partnership with former professional wrestler AJ Mendez. Their first project was the comic book series GLOW vs. The Babyface, based on the television series GLOW; the first of four issues was published by IDW Publishing in November 2019.^[11] In 2020, they created the production company Scrappy Heart Productions, dedicated to elevating diverse voices through storytelling.^[12] They went on to co-write the Dungeons & Dragons four-issue limited series At the Spine of the World; the first issue was published by IDW in November 2020.^[13][14] Alongside John Swetman, they co-wrote the screenplay for the 2022 Netflix film Blade of the 47 Ronin.^[15][16]

From 2021 to 2023, she voiced Alex Gonzalez in the DreamWorks Peacock animated series Dragons: The Nine Realms.

Personal life

Garcia resides in Los Angeles, California.^[4]

On May 4, 2021, the Chicago Red Stars of the National Women's Soccer League announced that Garcia had joined the women's soccer team's ownership group.^{[17][18][19][20]}

Filmography

Garcia in 2014

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	The Homecoming	Jodi
2001	Betaville	Ruby Derain (young)
2002	The Good Girl	Nurse
2003	Boys Life 4: Four Play	Caitlan	Segment: "L.T.R."
2004	D.E.B.S.	Maria
	Chicago Boricua	Lola
	Spanglish	Cristina Moreno / Narrator	Voice role
2005	A Lot Like Love	Nicole
	Cruel World	Gina
	Dirty	Rita
2006	The Alibi	Operator #1
	Mercy Street	Alicia Johnson
2007	Graduation	Suzy Winters
	D-War	Brandy
	Dead Tone	Jody Walters
2008	Universal Signs	Trish
	Private Valentine: Blonde & Dangerous	Private Vicky Castillo
2009	Shrink	Check out Girl
	B-Girl	Rosie
2011	Convincing Clooney	Amy
	Go for It!	Carmen Salgado
2014	RoboCop	Jae Kim
2016	Sister Cities	Sarah
2018	What They Had	Dr. Zoe
	Saint Judy	Celi
2019	El Chicano	Vanessa
	The Addams Family	Denise	Voice role
2021	Dear Evan Hansen	Librarian
2022	Murder at Yellowstone City	Isabel Santos
	Blade of the 47 Ronin	—	Co-written with John Swetman and AJ Mendez[16]
	Christmas With You	Angelina
2023	The Cases of Mystery Lane	Birdie Case

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1999	ER	Leanne Lawler	Episode: "Truth & Consequences"
2001	Resurrection Blvd.	Sylvia	Episode: "La Partida"
	The Agency	Motel Housekeeper	2 episodes
	V.I.P.	Receptionist	Episode: "The Uncle from V.A.L."
2002	Cadet Kelly	Gloria	Disney Channel Original Movie
	Angel	Cynthia York	Episode: "Birthday"
	American Family	Young Nina	Recurring role, 5 episodes
2002	MDs	Gina Willis	Episode: "Time of Death"
2002–2003	Greetings from Tucson	Maria Tiant	Main role
2003–2004	All About the Andersons	Lydia Serrano	Main role
2004	Las Vegas	Lizzie Posner	Episode: "Nevada State"
2005	CSI: NY	Rhonda Chavez	Episode: "City of the Dolls"
2006	Lovespring International	Sparkles	Episode: "Homeless Rockstar"
2006–2007	George Lopez	Veronica Palmero	Recurring role (season 5); main role (season 6)
2007	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Melissa Gentry	Episode: "Big Shots"
	Standoff	Tina Markovich	Episode: "Severance"
2008	Supernatural	Nancy Fitzgerald	Episode: "Jus in Bello"
	My Boys	Amy	Episode: "Take My Work Wife... Please"
	CSI: Miami	Andrea Rinell	Episode: "Won't Get Fueled Again"
2009	Gary Unmarried	Anna	Episode: "Gary and Dennis' Sister"
	Bones	Jennifer Keating	Episode: "The Science in the Physicist"
	Family Guy	Nicole	Episode: "Brian's Got a Brand New Bag"
2009–2010	Trauma	Marisa Benez	Main role
2010	Beach Lane	Holly
2011	Off the Map	Alma	Recurring role, 5 episodes
	Love Bites	Steffi	Episode: "Boys to Men"
	Hawaii Five-0	Karla	Episode: "Pahele"
2011–2013	Dexter	Jamie Batista	Recurring role (seasons 6–7); main role (season 8)
2012–2013	Vegas	Yvonne Sanchez	Recurring role, 14 episodes
	Motorcity	Tennie	Voice role; 3 episodes
2014	About a Boy	Stacy	Episode: "About an Angry Ex"
2015	Impastor	Leeane	2 episodes
2016	Rush Hour	Didi Diaz	Main role
2016–2021	Lucifer	Ella Lopez	Main role (seasons 2–6)
2017	Family Guy	Isabella	Episode: "Dearly Deported"
2021	M.O.D.O.K.	Jodie	Main role
2021	Holiday in Santa Fe	Magdalena Ortega	[21]
2021–2023	DreamWorks Dragons: The Nine Realms	Alex Gonzalez (voice)	Main role
2022	Woke	Laura	Recurring role (season 2)

Bibliography

• GLOW vs. The Babyface, with AJ Mendez, illustrated by Hannah Templer (IDW Publishing, June 2020, ISBN 978-1684056309)
• Dungeons & Dragons: At the Spine of the World, with AJ Mendez, illustrated by Martin Coccolo and Katrina Mae Hao (IDW Publishing, July 2021, ISBN 978-1-68405-791-7)
• Day of the Dead Girl, with AJ Mendez, illustrated by Belén Culebras (Magma Comix, October 2024)^[22]

Accolades

Year	Association	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
2007	ALMA Awards	Outstanding Supporting Actress – Television Series, Mini-Series, or TV Movie	George Lopez	Nominated	[23]
2007	Imagen Awards	Best Supporting Actress – Television	George Lopez	Nominated	[24]
2012	Screen Actors Guild	Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series	Dexter	Nominated	[7]
2013	ALMA Awards	Special Achievement in Television (shared with Lauren Vélez and David Zayas)	Dexter	Won	[25]

References

1. "Lucifer Reunion Special-Get Read For Season 4:Netflix". Netflix (Youtube). May 6, 2019. Event occurs at 1:10. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
2. Rose, Mike (November 28, 2023). "Famous birthdays list for November 28, 2023 includes celebrities Jon Stewart, Alfonso Cuaron". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
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6. Swartz, Tracy (April 29, 2019). "Chicago-area native Aimee Garcia on her new film 'El Chicano' and Latinx representation in movies". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
7. "Complete List of 2012 SAG Award Winners and Nominees". Reuters. January 29, 2012. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
8. Kit, Borys (September 17, 2012). "'Dexter' Actress Joins MGM's 'Robocop' (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
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10. Scheck, Frank (May 1, 2019). "'El Chicano': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 2, 2019.
11. McMillan, Graeme (August 19, 2019). "'GLOW' Comic Returns With Actor/Wrestler Tag-Team Writing Duo". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on August 19, 2019. Retrieved August 19, 2019.
12. Donnelly, Matt (July 23, 2020). "'Glow' Comic Authors Aimee Garcia, AJ Mendez Launch Scrappy Heart Productions". Variety. Archived from the original on July 27, 2020. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
13. Spry, Jeff (November 9, 2020). "Endless winter strikes Icewind Dale in IDW's new Dungeons & Dragons miniseries". Syfy Wire. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
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15. D'Alessandro, Anthony (April 20, 2021). "'47 Ronin' Sequel Sets 'Lucifer's Aimee Garcia & NYT Bestselling Author AJ Mendez As Scribes". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on April 20, 2021. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
16. Frater, Patrick (December 17, 2021). "Universal's '47 Ronin' Gets a Facelift With Female-Skewing 'Blade' (Exclusive)". Variety. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
17. "Chicago Red Stars Announce Expanded Ownership Group" (Press release). Chicago Red Stars. May 4, 2021. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
18. "Ownership Group". Chicago Red Stars. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
19. Watkins, Claire (May 4, 2021). "Red Stars see new investment as opportunity to change pro sports lexicon". The Equalizer. Retrieved August 24, 2022.
20. "Luminaries buy into Red Stars". Chicago Sun-Times. May 5, 2021. p. 44.
21. Wang, K.L. Connie (December 7, 2021). "Feliz Navidad! Find Out All About Mario Lopez's New Lifetime Christmas Movie, Holiday in Santa Fe". Parade. Retrieved December 31, 2021.
22. Tardive, Ambrose (July 19, 2024). "Exclusive: New Horror Series Day of the Dead Girl Celebrates Mexican Heritage With A 'Morbid, Magical Mystery'". Screen Rant. Retrieved July 20, 2024.
23. "2007 ALMA Award Nominees". ALMA Awards. Archived from the original on February 29, 2008. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
24. Abbott, Denise (July 26, 2007). "Imagen noms celebrate Latino portrayals". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
25. "Honorees & nominees". ALMA Awards. Retrieved August 14, 2018.

External links

• Aimee Garcia at IMDb