JoAnna Garcia Biography
JoAnna Garcia (JoAnna García Swisher) is an American actress. In addition, she is known for her roles as Sam in Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Vicki Appleby in Freaks and Geeks, and Cheyenne Hart-Montgomery on The WB/CW sitcom Reba in 2001-2007. Besides she gained popularity with her acting roles in Privileged in 2008–2009, Better with You from 2010–11, Animal Practice in 2012, Once Upon a Time from 2013–18, The Astronaut Wives Club in 2015, and Sweet Magnolias from 2020-2022. Furthermore, she is a star as Lindsey Johnson in Hallmark Channel’s As Luck Would Have It 2021.
JoAnna Garcia Age|Birthday
Garcia is 42 years old and known as an actress, She was born on 10th August 1979 in Tampa, Florida, United States. Therefore, she celebrates her birthday on the 10th of August every year.
JoAnna Garcia Height |weight
Garcia’s height is estimated to be 5 feet 4 Inches tall (1.65 meters). In addition, she has a body weight of 55 kilograms (121 pounds).
JoAnna Garcia Family
García was born and raised in Tampa, Florida, together with her parents, Loraine,(mother) who was known as a homemaker and former elementary school teacher of Spanish descent, and Jay García, (father) known as a gynecologist born in Cuba. Additionally, she has one brother, Michael García. Garcia in addition, began performing at age 10 when she auditioned for a local theater production and landed the lead.
JoAnna Garcia Husband
García became engaged to Trace Ayala, who co-founded the clothing company William Rast with his childhood friend Justin Timberlake in 2008. Ayala as well was Timberlake’s former personal assistant. People magazine reported that García was dating baseball player Nick Swisher in August 2009. Later they engaged in May 2010, and December 11 2010 they got married at the Breakers Hotel & Resort in Palm Beach, Florida.
In addition, Bridesmaids for García were friends and fellow actresses Jamie-Lynn Sigler, Reba McEntire, and Melissa Peterman. Additionally, she has been credited as Joanna García Swisher since her marriage. Furthermore, the couples are blessed with two daughters, one born in 2013 and the other was born in 2016.
JoAnna Garcia Career
García guest starred in seaQuest DSV, Second Noah, and Superboy and many movies of the week while in Florida. In addition, she was re-discovered by Nickelodeon and starred for three seasons as Samantha on Are You Afraid of the Dark? while attending high school. Furthermore, she commuted from Florida to Montreal, Canada, where the show was filmed. Besides, she was cast at the age of fifteen on the 1994 television drama Party of Five, playing the recurring character Hallie.
Furthermore, she had a recurring role on Freaks and Geeks (1999–2000) portraying the character of Vicki Appleby, the popular freshman cheerleader who spent seven minutes in heaven with the ultimate geek, Bill Haverchuck (Martin Starr). In addition, she then briefly attended college at Florida State University where she was a member of the Delta Delta Delta sorority, later left school to pursue acting full-time, moving to Los Angeles, California.
She again starred in the ABC sitcom Better with You. However, the show centers on two sisters who were at different points in their romantic relationships: one became unmarried and in a long-term relationship, and the other (García) got married after getting pregnant from a one-night stand. Besides, it was canceled on May 13, 2011.
Likewise, Garcia’s guest-starred on The Penguins of Madagascar in the episode “The Officer X Factor/Love Hurts”, which was live on February 12, 2011. Additionally, Garcia appeared in four episodes of the USA Network dramedy Royal Pains as a nephrologist treating Jack O’Malley (Tom Cavanagh) in 2012. During season three of the series Once Upon a Time she started playing the recurring role of the Ariel from The Little Mermaid in 2013.
JoAnna Garcia Education
Garcia attended Florida’s Tampa Catholic High School first before she was discovered by Disney Channel. Besides she is a devout Catholic and as well acted in local plays to keep up with her passion.
JoAnna Garcia Net worth| Salary
Garcia has an approximated net worth of $8 Million. However, she has not revealed details about her salary and total earnings. Therefore more details about the salary to be updated.
Garcia Awards
- 2005 Teen Choice Awards
- 2009 ALMA Awards
JoAnna Garcia Film
- 1997 Love’s Deadly Triangle
- 1999 Holy Joe
- 2001 American Pie 2
- Not Another Teen Movie
- 2006 Then Initiation of Sarah
- 2008 A Very Merry Daughter of the Bride
- 2010 Revenge of the Bridesmaids
- 2013 The Internship
- 2017 Fist Fight
Garcia Television
- 1992 Superboy
- 1994–1996 Are You Afraid of the Dark? Sam
- 1994 seaQuest DSV Iris
- 1996 Step by Step
- 1996 & 1997 Second Noah
- 1998 From the Earth to the Moon
- 2000 Freaks and Geeks
- 2001–2007 Reba
- 2001 Off Centre
- 2004 What I Like About You
- 2005 Family Guy
- 2008 Welcome to the Captain
- 2008–2009 Privileged
- 2009 Gossip Girl
- How I Met Your Mother
- 2010–2011 Better with You Mia Putney
- 2011 The Penguins of Madagascar
- 2012 Royal Pains
- 2013–2015 & 2017–2018 Once Upon a Time
- 2014 The Mindy Project
- 2015 The Astronaut Wives Club
- 2016 Pitch
- 2017–2018 Kevin (Probably) Saves the World
- 2020–present Sweet Magnolias
- 2021 As Luck Would Have It
