JoAnna Garcia Swisher net worth (and 5 facts you might not know about the Sweet Magnolias star)

Millions of fans first fell in love with JoAnna Garcia Swisher in her role as Cheyenne Hart-Montgomery in the hit 2000s sitcom Reba. Now, she’s one of the leading stars of Netflix’s hit romantic drama series Sweet Magnolias, which dropped its third season in July 2023.

In the series, Garcia Swisher plays Maddie Townsend, a woman and mother of three whose marriage ends because of her husband’s affair. With the help of her best friends and small-town community, Maddie bounces back with a new relationship and business.

Netflix fans have also seen Garcia Swisher as the host of The Ultimatum: Queer Love, a role she stepped into as an ally, though these days, she’s most beloved as Maddie. Let’s get to know the talented actress a little better and delve into some facts about the Sweet Magnolias star.

What is JoAnna Garcia Swisher’s net worth?

According to Celebrity Net Worth, Garcia Swisher’s net worth is estimated to be about $8 million from her work as an actress in television and movies. For six seasons, she was a series regular on the popular sitcom Reba, which still airs in syndication on cable television every day. She also has the home decor line Clover by Jo for HSN and co-founded the blog The Happy Place. (It’s worth noting that net worth numbers aren’t always accurate.)

Does JoAnna Garcia Swisher speak Spanish?

Oprah Daily reports that Garcia Swisher speaks fluent Spanish because of her Cuban father and Spanish-American mother. (Sadly, both of her parents recently passed away.) In an interview with Telemundo from 2017, she briefly speaks Spanish, admitting “no todo,” meaning she doesn’t seem to know everything, though her understanding of the language might be stronger than her spoken fluency.

Back in 2008, Garcia Swisher told People En Español that she’s open to taking on a Spanish-language acting role while also speaking to that fact that because she doesn’t present Hispanic “in a stereotypical way,” Spanish-language roles didn’t present themselves to her early on in her career. It would have been amazing if her culture could have been part of Sweet Magnolias!

When JoAnna Garcia Swisher was 22, she starred in the show Reba

Garcia Swisher landed the role as Reba McEntire’s oldest daughter Cheyenne in the country music superstar’s eponymous sitcom Reba. She was 22 years old when the series premiered on The WB in October 2001. In the first season, Cheyenne is 17 years old and pregnant with her first child. She marries her dimwitted jock boyfriend Van and welcome their daughter Elizabeth.

When the series ended in 2007 after six seasons, the final airing on The CW, the actress was almost 28 years old. She would go on to headline The CW’s comedy-drama series Privileged a year later in 2008. The series ended after a single season but remained a cult critical favorite. And if you’re wondering, yes, she and Reba are still close friends!

JoAnna Garcia Swisher is the most popular Sweet Magnolia on Instagram with over half a million followers

Of the three leading stars of Sweet Magnolias, Garcia Swisher has the biggest following on Instagram with 583K followers (as of July 2023). Heather Headley, who plays Helen Decatur in the series, has 163K followers, and Brooke Elliott, who plays Dana Sue Sullivan, has nearly 90K. However, the most-followed Sweet Magnolias star is Jamie Lynn Spears with 2.1 million followers, most likely due to her connection to sister Britney Spears and her work in Nickelodeon’s Zoey 101.

JoAnna Garcia Swisher has starred in shows like Freaks and Geeks and Gossip Girl

In between her biggest television roles in Reba and Sweet Magnolias, Garcia Swisher has appeared in a number of shows and movies over the years. Some of the popular shows she’s appeared in are fan-favorites Freaks and Geeks, Gossip Girl, and How I Met Your Mother.

Here’s a list of titles you might have seen her in from past and present:

• Are You Afraid of the Dark? (1994-1996) as Sam
• Party of Five (1998) as Hallie
• Freaks and Geeks (2000) as Vicki Appleby
• American Pie 2 (2001) as Christy
• Not Another Teen Movie (2001) as Sandy Sue
• Family Guy (2005) as Liddane
• Welcome to the Captain (2008)
• Privileged (2008-2009) as Megan Smith
• Gossip Girl (2009) as Bree Buckley
• How I Met Your Mother (2009) as Maggie
• Better with You (2010-2011) as Mia Putney
• Revenge of the Bridesmaids (2010) as Parker Wald
• Royal Pains (2012) as Nina Greene
• Animal Practice (2012) as Dorothy Crane
• Once Upon a Time (2013-2015, 2017-2018) as Ariel
• The Mindy Project (2014) as Sally Prentice
• The Astronaut Wives Club (2015) as Betty Grissom
• Pitch (2016) as Rachel Patrick
• Fist Fight (2017) as Maggie Campbell
• Kevin (Probably) Saves the World (2017-2018) as Amy
• As Luck Would Have It (2021) as Lindsey Johnson
• Christmas with the Campbells (2022) as Becky

JoAnna Garcia Swisher’s husband Nick Swisher was a baseball player for the New York Yankees

Back in August 2009, Garcia Swisher started dating Nick Swisher, who’s now a former professional baseball player. Swisher is best known for his time playing with the New York Yankees. In 2009, the year they met, the Yankees won the World Series. He also played with the Oakland Athletics, Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Indians, and Atlanta Braves. He officially retired in 2017.

The Swishers got engaged in May 2010 and married in December of the same year in Palm Beach, Florida, which is Garcia Swisher’s home state. In 2013, the couple welcomed their first daughter, Emerson, and in 2016, the welcomed their second daughter, Sailor. The couple shares lots of family photos on their respective Instagram accounts, and they are truly family goals!

Watch Sweet Magnolias and The Ultimatum: Queer Love only on Netflix.