Aimee Garcia is an actress of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent born and raised in Chicago, IL. She broke into the entertainment industry at age 7 as a professional dancer in Paul Mejia’s “Cinderella” at the Auditorium Theater, and by age 12 she was dancing 20 shows a month as “Clara” in “The Nutcracker. She meanwhile joined the Young People's Company, whose alumni include John Cusack, Joan Cusack, Jeremy Piven, Lili Taylor, and Aidan Quinn.

A working actor throughout her childhood, Aimee took a break from professional acting to attend Northwestern University. She graduated as a triple major in Economics, Journalism and French. Meanwhile, she nabbed the lead role of “Diana Morales” in “A Chorus Line” for Broadway choreographer Mitzi Hamilton.

After Northwestern, Aimee moved to Los Angeles and had her first big Hollywood role as a series regular in the WB’s “Greetings From Tucson.” The short-lived series established Aimee as a TV regular, and since then she’s done 10 TV pilots and 4 TV series.

Best known for her character as Andy Garcia's daughter and George Lopez’s niece, "Veronica Palmero," on "The George Lopez Show", she is currently 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."

This fall, Aimee will star in Peter Berg’s new Monday night high-octane medical drama, “Trauma” on NBC.On her days off, when she isn’t travelling, she always makes time to give back to the community through various philanthropic and charity endeavors, including the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts and the National Kidney Foundation. But, what Aimee enjoys most is regularly visiting East L.A. schools to remind students about the importance of education.

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