Aimee Garcia is a SAG Award nominee who starred in José Padilha’s RoboCop, opposite Gary Oldman and Michael Keaton, Bill Holderman’s What They Had opposite Hilary Swank, The Addams Family with Charlize Theron and Oscar Isaac. She also narrated James L. Brooks’ Spanglish starring Adam Sandler. On TV, Aimee starred on Netflix’s Lucifer for five seasons and headlined Netflix’s film Christmas With You, which premiered #1 in 80 countries and #3 in the US. Other credits include Showtime’s Dexter, Hulu’s WOKE, Marvel’s M.O.D.O.K and ABC’s The George Lopez Show, which earned her an Impact and ALMA Award. Currently, she stars opposite Adam Scott on Netflix’s upcoming animated series Strip Law and headlines The Cases of Mystery Lane franchise for Hallmark/Peacock.
On the writing front, she wrote and directed a short film starring Alfred Molina, Tony-nominated Olga Merediz and Emmy-nominated Lamorne Morris. She also wrote a story for DC Comics’ Wonder Woman: Black & Gold. Alongside New York Times Bestseller AJ Mendez, she co-wrote Universal’s Blade of the 47 Ronin, which reached #3 on Netflix’s Top 10 Movies List.
Garcia and Mendez founded Scrappy Heart Productions to elevate diverse stories with universal themes, making underdogs the stars of their own stories. The duo co-wrote IDW Publishing’s GLOW, based on the Netflix property, and Dungeons & Dragons, which made Sci-Fi’s Best Comics of 2020 list. Currently, they are writing Day of the Dead Girl, an original comic which will be released by Magma Comix. They’re also developing Mendez’s New York Times bestselling memoir Crazy Is My Superpower for television with A+E Studios.
A Chicago native and Northwestern University graduate, Aimee works with Lurie’s Children’s Hospital, which provides pediatric care and innovative medical technology to children across the globe. She has 2.2 million engaged fans on Instagram @aimeegarcia4realz and can be easily bribed with chocolate.