Paula Garcés
Biography
Paula Garcés is an American actress and director. Born in Medellín, Colombia, she moved to East Harlem in New York City at a young age. She played Alvina in Dangerous Minds in 1995 and co-starred as Pilar Santos on Guiding Light. Her film work includes Clockstoppers (2002), Marci X (2003), Man of the House (2005), and Pledge This! (2006). She appeared in the Harold & Kumar series as Maria, including Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004), Harold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008), and A Very Harold & Kumar 3D Christmas (2011). On television, she was a series regular on Defying Gravity, had a recurring role on Warehouse 13, and appeared on The Shield, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, The Sopranos, and Oz. She created the Latina superhero comic book Aluna and voiced the character in a video game.
52years old
Turns 53 on March 20in 129 days
- Born Medellín
- Star sign: PiscesLast day of the sign, on the Aries cusp
- Also credited as Paula Garces
Movie Career
- Films
- 13
- Career span
- 30 years1991 to 2021
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Behind the camera
While promoting a Harold & Kumar film at Comic-Con, Garcés noticed how few Latino superheroes there were despite a large Latino audience, so she founded Further Lane Productions to publish a comic about the Latina hero Aluna.
Behind the camera
Garcés also worked with S2 Games, creating and voicing Aluna, a playable hero added in 2011 to Heroes of Newerth, the company's multiplayer online battle arena video game.
Behind the camera
Garcés produced a four issue Aluna comic book series with sekretagent Productions and Allegory Media, ready in time for the 2014 Comic-Con.
Paula Garcés movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Hayden Schlossberg and Jon Hurwitz directed two of these films together. Two actors appear in four of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Hayden SchlossbergDirector, 2 films, 2008
All films by Hayden Schlossberg
Jon HurwitzDirector, 2 films, 2008
All films by Jon Hurwitz
Also two films together3 more actors
- David KrumholtzHarold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
- Christopher MeloniHarold & Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay (2008) and Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004)
- Jane KrakowskiAdult Beginners (2014) and Marci X (2003)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Paula Garcés's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$177 million
10 of the 13 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 13 films: 10 worldwide figure; 1 never in cinemas; 2 figure not found.
- 10Worldwide figure
- 1Never in cinemas
- 2Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$43M24.6% of the total
- 2$39M21.9% of the total
- 3$36M20.5% of the total
- 4$24M13.5% of the total
- 5$22M12.2% of the total
- 6$8.7M4.9% of the total
- 7$1.8M1.0% of the total
- 8$1.7M0.9% of the total
$641,154from the other 2 films with a worldwide figure, 0% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.