• Garcelle is divorced from producer Daniel Sanders and they have one son, Oliver.
• Garcelle's mother moved her family to Massachusetts from Haiti when she was 12, after her parent's divorce.
• She has six siblings.
• When she was 16, the family moved back south to Miami and a year later Garcelle traveled back to New York to pursue a modeling career.
• QUOTE on her role in Wild, Wild West: "I got to make out with Will [Smith] for 14 hours. It was a lot of fun."
• Her trip to New York got her a contract with the Ford Agency. Garcelle was a cover girl for the likes of Avon, Mary Kay and Clairol then she took to the big stage with Calvin Klein and Isaac Mizrahi.
• Her acting debut came on Aaron Spelling's 'Models, Inc.," a short-lived television series. Garcelle wanted the role so badly she hand delivered a photo and resume to Mr. Spelling.
• She also starred in the police-drama 'NYPD Blue' as Assistant D.A. Valerie Heywood.

Garcelle was born in Haiti. Her mother, Maria Claire, was a teacher who moved Garcelle and her six older children to Massachusetts after a divorce from her father, Axel, four years prior. At age 16, the family moved again to Miami. At 17, Garcelle pursued a modeling career in New York. She got a break on Aaron Spelling's tv show, "Models, Inc.". She then joined L.A.'s comedy troupe, The Groundlings. She became engaged to Mike Nilon, an agent. She was formerly married to producer Daniel Saunders for 6-1/2 years with whom she had a son, Oliver born on 1992.