She was raised in El Paso, El Paso County, Texas. She is 5′ 9″ (1.75 m) tall. She starred as Maria in the short-lived television series The Mountain, in which she received high marks for her acting. in January 2011, it was reported that De La Garza would reprise her role as D.D.A, Connie Rubirosa on Law & Order: LA. . She married her longtime boyfriend, Michael Roberts, a writer, on May 31, 2008 in Orlando, Orange County, Florida.
