Aimee Garcia
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 and she narrated James L. Brooks’ “Spanglish” starring Adam Sandler. On TV, Aimee starred on Netflix’s “Lucifer” as fan-favorite Ella Lopez for five seasons and currently stars as Dr. Julia Ochoa on Paramount Plus’ #1 Show “Criminal Minds: Evolution.” She recently 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.
On the writing front, she wrote and directed a short film starring Alfred Molina, Tony-nominated Olga Merediz and Lamorne Morris, which premiered at Tribeca to sold-out screenings. Her script for the feature made the Top 1% on The Black List. 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), IDW “GLOW,” and “Dungeons & Dragons,” which made Sci-Fi’s Best Comics of 2020 list. Currently, they are writing a movie for Toei Animation and are developing their original comic “Day of the Dead Girl” (which is in bookstores nationwide) and Mendez’s New York Times bestselling memoir “Crazy Is My Superpower.”
Garcia and Mendez founded Scrappy Heart Productions to elevate diverse stories with universal themes, making underdogs the stars of their own stories.
