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Paula Maria Santos Garcés was born on March 20, 1974 in Medellín, Colombia. Her father was a fisherman and her mother was a schoolteacher. Her parents decided to move her from her birthplace of Medellin, Colombia to the United States at a very young age. There Garcés started acting in commercials through her talent agent, Diego Santiago, who is her father's best friend. Garcés later pursued a mini-stint career in kickboxing and being a personal trainer in New York City. She is married to Antonio Hernandez, a deli owner and butcher in New York City. Garcés has one daughter, Skye Mahoney, whose father is Garcés' ex-boyfriend from high school. Her daughter Skye attended I.S.230 in Jackson heights, Queens.
Garcés' has made big screen appearances in films such as: Spin, Dangerous Minds, Clockstoppers, Marci X, Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle and Man of the House. She is slated to appear in Harold & Kumar 2, reprising her role as love interest "Maria" from the first film.
Garcés has a recurring role playing Millie Vizcarrondo in Law & Order: Special Victims Unit. In 2006, she joined the cast of the FX Networks crime drama The Shield as Officer Tina Hanlon. In Season 6 episode 9, 'Recoil' she is seen doing her first nude onscreen sex role with Alex O'Loughlin (Detective Kevin Hiatt) although a body double was used. She guest starred in the "Unidentified Black Males" episode of The Sopranos (Season 5), in which she played Felicia Galan. Garcés was ranked #62 on the Maxim Hot 100 Women of 2002.