Aimee Garcia(I)
- Actress
- Writer
- Producer
A Chicago native of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent, she made her
professional stage debut at the age of seven in
Paul Mejia's "Cinderella" at The Auditorium
Theatre. By the age of twelve, she was dancing 20 shows a month as
"Clara" in "The Nutcracker". She joined the Young People's Company,
whose alumni include
John Cusack, Joan Cusack,
Jeremy Piven,
Lili Taylor and
Aidan Quinn.
Aimee graduated from Northwestern University with a triple major in
economics, journalism and French. While attending Northwestern
University, she was put under a two-year contract with Paramount
Television after Norman Lear hand-picked her
to headline his pilot-in-development, The Chavez Family, and also
played the lead role of Diana Morales in "A Chorus Line" for Broadway
choreographer Mitzi Hamilton.
After Northwestern, she developed a television career in Los Angeles
with
Greetings from Tucson (2002),
and had continued success as
Andy Garcia's daughter and
George Lopez's niece Veronica
Palmero on George Lopez (2002).
She is was at one point the only Latina in her generation to be on syndicated
television.
In 2007, she was nominated for an ALMA and Imagen Award for Best
Supporting Actress in a Television Series.
Aimee also starred in
Peter Berg's new high-octane medical
drama Trauma (2009) on NBC.
professional stage debut at the age of seven in
Paul Mejia's "Cinderella" at The Auditorium
Theatre. By the age of twelve, she was dancing 20 shows a month as
"Clara" in "The Nutcracker". She joined the Young People's Company,
whose alumni include
John Cusack, Joan Cusack,
Jeremy Piven,
Lili Taylor and
Aidan Quinn.
Aimee graduated from Northwestern University with a triple major in
economics, journalism and French. While attending Northwestern
University, she was put under a two-year contract with Paramount
Television after Norman Lear hand-picked her
to headline his pilot-in-development, The Chavez Family, and also
played the lead role of Diana Morales in "A Chorus Line" for Broadway
choreographer Mitzi Hamilton.
After Northwestern, she developed a television career in Los Angeles
with
Greetings from Tucson (2002),
and had continued success as
Andy Garcia's daughter and
George Lopez's niece Veronica
Palmero on George Lopez (2002).
She is was at one point the only Latina in her generation to be on syndicated
television.
In 2007, she was nominated for an ALMA and Imagen Award for Best
Supporting Actress in a Television Series.
Aimee also starred in
Peter Berg's new high-octane medical
drama Trauma (2009) on NBC.