America Ferrera
Acting
- Born:
- 1984-04-18
- Place of birth:
- Los Angeles, California, USA
Biography
America Georgina Ferrera (/fəˈrɛərə/; born April 18, 1984) is an American actress, director and television producer. She has received numerous accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award, in addition to a nomination for an Academy Award. In 2007 and 2024, Time named her one of the 100 most influential people in the world and in 2023, she was named in BBC's 100 Women list. 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). 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 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), which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She also voiced Astrid Hofferson in the How to Train Your Dragon franchise (2010–2019) and co-produced and starred 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
The Cat in the Hat
The Lost Bus
Phoning It In
Dumb Money
Barbie
Angel City
WeCrashed
What If...?
Rita Moreno: Just a Girl Who Decided to Go for It
Every Vote Counts: A Celebration of Democracy
History 101
Gentefied
How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming
A Little Late with Lilly Singh
The Kelly Clarkson Show
How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World
Shine On with Reese
Family Feud
Katy Perry: Will You Be My Witness?
The Words That Built America
100 Years
America Divided
Special Correspondents
The 4%: Film's Gender Problem
Superstore
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Dragons: Race to the Edge
Lip Sync Battle
The Late Late Show with James Corden
Dragons: Dawn of the Dragon Racers
How to Train Your Dragon 2
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
X/Y
Cesar Chavez
Late Night with Seth Meyers
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Six by Sondheim
It's a Disaster
Sid the Science Kid: The Movie
Half the Sky
End of Watch
DreamWorks Dragons
Dragons: Gift of the Night Fury
Book of Dragons
The Latino List
Me Facing Life: Cyntoia's Story
How to Train Your Dragon: Legends
Conan
Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon
The Dry Land
How to Train Your Dragon
Our Family Wedding
Who Do You Think You Are?
The Good Wife
Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen
Tinker Bell
Sid the Science Kid
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2
Under the Same Moon
La Lupe: Queen of Latin Soul
Towards Darkness
Muertas
Ugly Betty
Steel City
3:52
Lords of Dogtown
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
How the Garcia Girls Spent Their Summer
Plainsong
Darkness Minus Twelve
Get the Fire!
The Ellen DeGeneres Show
Real Time with Bill Maher
Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Real Women Have Curves
Gotta Kick It Up!
Curb Your Enthusiasm
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
The Early Show
Independent Lens
The View
Touched by an Angel
Late Night with Conan O'Brien
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
LIVE with Kelly and Mark
Entertainment Tonight
The Oscars
Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Emmy Awards
Army of Shadows