Aimee Garcia

Aimee Sandimés Garcia López de Ordóñez (born November 28, 1978) is an American actress, filmmaker, and writer. She is known for her television roles as Veronica Palmero in George Lopez (2006–2007), Jamie Batista in Dexter (2011–2013), Yvonne Sanchez in Vegas (2012–2013), and Ella Lopez in Lucifer (2016–2021).

Aimee Sandimés Garcia López de Ordóñez^[1] was born in Chicago^[2] on November 28, 1978,^[3] the daughter of Eloisa and Hector.^[2] Her mother is Mexican, from Pachuca, and graduated from Northwestern University's dental school; her father is Puerto Rican, from San Juan, and served in the military.^[2][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 graduated from Fenwick High School in 1996.^[2][4][6] While in school, she took acting classes at the 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] She appeared in some films and television series, but quit acting for a year and worked for a mutual fund analyst in Brooklyn.^[4] Unsatisfied, she moved to Los Angeles in 2002 to pursue acting.^[4]

Garcia 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. In 2022, she starred in Netflix movie Christmas with You with Freddie Prinze Jr.

Garcia has lived in Los Angeles since 2002.^[4]

In May 2021, Garcia joined the ownership group of the Chicago Red Stars women's soccer team.^{[17][18][19][20]}

• 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)
• Wonder Woman: Black and Gold #3: "The Stolen Lasso of Truth", illustrated by Sebastian Fiumara (co-feature, DC Comics, August 2021)^[24]
• Day of the Dead Girl, with AJ Mendez, illustrated by Belén Culebras (Magma Comix, October 2024)^[25]

• Aimee Garcia at IMDb