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America Ferrera
Actor, Producer, Director
Born April 18, 1984 (40 years)
America Georgina Ferrera (born April 18, 1984) is an American actress. She has received numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to an Academy Award nomination. In 2007, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Born in Los Angeles to Honduran parents, Ferrera developed an interest in acting at a young age, performing in several stage productions at her school. She made her feature film debut in 2002 with the comedy-drama Real Women Have Curves, earning praise for her performance. She achieved modest success early in her career with roles in films such as the comedy-dramas Gotta Kick It Up! (2002) and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005); the latter earned her the Imagen Award for Best Actress and her first nomination for the ALMA Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture. She garnered further critical acclaim and recognition for her starring role as Betty Suarez in the ABC comedy-drama series Ugly Betty (2006–2010). For her performance, she won a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, the first for a Latina woman in the category.
Ferrera's other notable film roles include the drama The Dry Land (2010), the romantic comedy Our Family Wedding (2010), the crime drama End of Watch (2012), and the fantasy comedy Barbie (2023). She provided the voice of Astrid Hofferson in the How to Train Your Dragon franchise, including the three films and the television series Dreamworks Dragons. She co-produced and starred as Amy Sosa in the NBC workplace comedy series Superstore (2015–2021).
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Born in Los Angeles to Honduran parents, Ferrera developed an interest in acting at a young age, performing in several stage productions at her school. She made her feature film debut in 2002 with the comedy-drama Real Women Have Curves, earning praise for her performance. She achieved modest success early in her career with roles in films such as the comedy-dramas Gotta Kick It Up! (2002) and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005); the latter earned her the Imagen Award for Best Actress and her first nomination for the ALMA Award for Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture. She garnered further critical acclaim and recognition for her starring role as Betty Suarez in the ABC comedy-drama series Ugly Betty (2006–2010). For her performance, she won a Golden Globe Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series, the first for a Latina woman in the category.
Ferrera's other notable film roles include the drama The Dry Land (2010), the romantic comedy Our Family Wedding (2010), the crime drama End of Watch (2012), and the fantasy comedy Barbie (2023). She provided the voice of Astrid Hofferson in the How to Train Your Dragon franchise, including the three films and the television series Dreamworks Dragons. She co-produced and starred as Amy Sosa in the NBC workplace comedy series Superstore (2015–2021).
Description above from the Wikipedia article America Ferrera, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
| 2023 | Dumb Money · as Jenny Campbell |
| 2023 | Barbie · as Gloria |
| 2022 | WeCrashed (TV Series) · as Elishia Kennedy |
| 2020 | Gentefied (TV Series) · as Andy Cruz |
| 2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming · as Astrid Hofferson (voice) |
| 2019 | How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World · as Astrid (voice) |
| 2017 | Jay Z: Family Feud ft. Beyoncé · as America |
| 2017 | Who Is? (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2016 | Special Correspondents · as Brigida |
| 2015 | Superstore (TV Series) · as Amy Dubanowski |
| 2015 | Dragons: Race to the Edge (TV Series) · as Astrid (voice) |
| 2014 | Dragons: Dawn of the Dragon Racers · as Astrid (voice) |
| 2014 | How to Train Your Dragon 2 · as Astrid (voice) |
| 2014 | Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (TV Series) · as Maternity |
| 2014 | |
| 2014 | Cesar Chavez · as Helen Chavez |
| 2014 | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (TV Series) |
| 2013 | Inside Amy Schumer (TV Series) · as Mena |
| 2013 | Sid the Science Kid: The Movie · as Dr. Cordova |
| 2012 | It's a Disaster · as Hedy Galili |
| 2012 | End of Watch · as Officer Orozco |
| 2012 | Dragons (TV Series) · as Astrid (voice) |
| 2011 | Book of Dragons · as Astrid (voice) |
| 2011 | Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury · as Astrid Hofferson (voice) |
| 2010 | Dreamworks How to Train Your Dragon Legends · as Astrid (voice) |
| 2010 | Legend of the Boneknapper Dragon · as Astrid Hofferson (voice) |
| 2010 | The Dry Land · as Sarah |
| 2010 | How to Train Your Dragon · as Astrid Hofferson (voice) |
| 2010 | Our Family Wedding · as Lucia Ramirez |
| 2009 | The Good Wife (TV Series) · as Natalie Flores |
| 2008 | Tinker Bell · as Fawn (voice) |
| 2008 | Sid the Science Kid (TV Series) · as Dr. Cordova |
| 2008 | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 · as Carmen Lowell |
| 2007 | Funny or Die Presents (TV Series) · as Emmy Presenter (segment "paco Dances") |
| 2007 | Under the Same Moon · as Martha |
| 2007 | Towards Darkness · as Luiza |
| 2007 | The Beautiful World of Ugly Betty · as Betty Suarez |
| 2006 | Ugly Betty (TV Series) · as Betty Suarez |
| 2006 | Steel City · as Amy Barnes |
| 2005 | 3:52 · as Kate |
| 2005 | Lords of Dogtown · as Thunder Monkey |
| 2005 | The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants · as Carmen Lowell |
| 2005 | How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer · as Blanca |
| 2004 | $5.15/Hr. · as Cast |
| 2004 | |
| 2002 | Real Women Have Curves · as Ana Garcia |
| 2002 | Gotta Kick It Up! · as Yolanda |
| 2002 | American Family (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 2000 | Curb Your Enthusiasm (TV Series) · as Lin's Wife |
| 2000 | CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) · as April Perez |
| 1999 | Independent Lens (TV Series) |
| 1994 | Touched by an Angel (TV Series) · as Charlee Wells |
| 1992 | The Tonight Show with Jay Leno (TV Series) |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall Of Fame (TV Series) · as Victoria Roubideaux |