Catalina Aruca

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Catalina Aruca
First appearance	Pilot
Statistics
Gender	Female
Age	30s
Family	(unnamed mother, deceased) (unnamed father, deceased) (unnamed siblings) Diego (uncle)
Spouse	Randy Hickey
Portrayed by	Nadine Velazquez
Created by	Greg Garcia

Catalina Aruca is a character on the NBC sitcom My Name Is Earl, played by Nadine Velazquez.

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A sexy maid at the motel where Earl and Randy currently reside. She is an illegal immigrant who entered the United States on January 1st, 2000 (just as Earl and the gang assumed they were the last humans alive). She appears to be from Latin America, though she specifically mentioned to Joy that she isn't Mexican. She learned English a year ago. She worked for a month as a pole dancer at Club Chubby and was very successful at it because instead of dancing, she jumped. She has a fear of snakes and rape. Her mother is dead but says not to feel sad, as "It's OK, It was either her or me." She also has several siblings, including a brother who killed her father, and several who "haven't been seen since the flood." It has been implied that she murdered someone. She and Joy have a mutual hatred stemming back to when they first met; the first thing Joy ever said to Catalina was "who's the whore?" During Season Two, she went back to stripping in order to help Earl, although she had to help Joy along the way. She seems to be very fond of Earl. Her last name Aruca has never been mentioned on the show but was revealed in a newspaper article in Bad Karma.

Randy has a large crush on her which started when she first came to clean his and Earl's motel room (when he tapped the half asleep Earl and muttered 'dibs'). He looks for excuses to be with her as much as possible. In season 2, Catalina marries Randy in order to get back to the US after Earl got her deported.

My Name Is Earl

Karma • The List • Episodes

Characters

Earl Hickey • Randy Hickey • Joy Darville • Catalina Aruca • Darnell Turner • Minor characters